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LONDON: Andy Roddick won a record equaling fourth
Queen’s title with a hard-fought three-set victory over unseeded
Nicolas Mahut on Sunday.
Roddick, the second seed, will
never have worked harder to win any of his titles at the Wimbledon
warm-up event as France’s Mahut pushed him all the way before the
American finally won 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-2).
The world number five, who had
won the title three times between 2003 and 2005, has tied the record
for most singles crowns jointly held by Lleyton Hewitt, Boris Becker
and John McEnroe.
Roddick, who has lost only twice
in 25 matches at Queen’s, collected a check for 80,500 euros but
more importantly claimed his first tour title of the season.
He is moving into ominous form
just in time for Wimbledon, where he has twice lost to Roger Federer
in the final, and will believe he can go one better at the
All-England club this year.
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