It's 2-15 for Roddick

Two-time Wimbledon runner-up and 2003 US Open champion Andy Roddick finally finally finally finally finally stemmed a frustrating tide of 11 straight losses to improve his record against world number one Roger Federer to--drumroll please--2-15 with a hard fought three-set victory (7-6 3-6 6-3) at the ATP Masters Series tournament at Key Biscayne, Florida.

Most likely riding on the euphoria of his recent engagement to a swimsuit model from New York and spurred on by good friend Mardy Fish's recent upset of Federer in Indian Wells, the 6th ranked American managed to hold off the Swiss who came back after losing the first set in a tiebreak (4-7) to level at one set all with a break of serve in the ninth game of the second set.

There was no doubt however that Federer played much better in this match than in his mysterious loss to Fish. He hit 47 winners, including 8 aces, to Roddick's 36, half of which were actually aces. In other words, Federer played well while Roddick served well. After all, the American relies primarily on his serve to win matches.

This long awaited victory by Roddick puts him in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open against Russian Nikolay Davydenko and a possible confrontation with world number two Rafael Nadal in the finals.

Sadly, it also leaves Federer still without a title this year.
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