US top seed Andy Roddick, seeking his third Memphis crown and 30th ATP title, outlasted Australian Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals of an ATP and WTA indoor event.

Eighth-ranked Roddick fired 21 aces to win the clash of former world number ones, booking a Saturday date with 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, who ousted US qualifier Michael Russell 6-4, 6-2.

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