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Roddick makes short work of Nishikori

SAN JOSE: Top-seeded Andy Roddick easily defeated in-form Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the SAP Open on Thursday. Roddick needed just 63 minutes to defeat Nishikori, who saw his eight-match ATP win streak snapped by the No. 6 player in the world.

Nadal upset

Rafael Nadal became the fourth straight seeded player to lose on Thursday, in the second round of the ABN Amro tennis championship in Rotterdam. The second-ranked Spaniard, who had been the last remaining seeded player in the draw, lost to Andreas Seppi of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Top-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic withdrew from the Qatar Open, in Doha, on Thursday after injuring her left ankle while beating Olga Govortsova of Belarus the previous day. The tournament then lost second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, who was beaten 6-3, 7-6(8) by Austrian left-hander Sybille Bammer. Venus Williams also crashed out, falling 6-3, 6-3 to Dominika Cibulkova.

The results: At Rotterdam (ABN Amro Championships): Second round: Ivo Karlovic bt Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4; Andreas Seppi bt Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Robin Haase bt Michael Berrer 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Robin Soderling bt Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-1.

At Buenos Aires (Copa Telmex): Second round: Igor Andreev bt Jiri Vanek 6-1, 0-6, 6-4; Filippo Volandri bt Sergio Roitman 7-5, 7-5; Jose Acasuso bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-4; Agustin Calleri bt Luis Horna 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

At San Jose (SAP Open): Second round: Yen-Hsun Lu bt Wayne Odesnik 6-4, 6-4; Mardy Fish bt Denis Gremelmayr 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3; John Isner bt Tommy Haas 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3; James Blake bt Jesse Levine 6-3, 6-4; Andy Roddick bt Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4.

At Doha (Qatar Open): Third round: Agnieszka Radwanska w/o Ana Ivanovic; Sybille Bammer bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 7-6(8); Jelena Jankovic bt Ai Sugiyama 6-1, 6-2; Maria Sharapova bt Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-2, 6-2; Dominika Cibulkova bt Venus Williams 6-3, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva bt Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-3; Li Na bt Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3. — Agencies

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