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Roddick only American male to advance on Monday

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Monday, June 25, 2007

WIMBLEDON, England -- Let the record show that on Monday at 4:50 p.m., local time, an American man finally won a Grand Slam singles match. Of course, an American had to win, because Andy Roddick was playing fellow countryman Justin Gimelstob. But, really, that's nitpicking. Roddick's 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory ended an unsettling American streak of nearly five months without a major match win. The French Open was a well-documented 0-for-9 disaster. Roddick was the last U.S. man to get on the bo ...

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