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Del Potro tops Roddick to defend title

Associated Press

Sunday, August 9, 2009

WASHINGTON -- After fourteen points in the third-set tiebreaker and 2½ hours of tennis, Andy Roddick and Juan Martin del Potro stood at the net, waiting for the scoreboard to tell them if they would continue to play. Del Potro had apparently won the match with a crosscourt forehand winner, but after Roddick challenged the call, both players expected play to continue. "I actually thought it might have been out, and I asked him and he said it might have been out," Roddick said. "So imagine the ...

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