Roddick roars back from brink

Second seed Roddick won six games in succession

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Andy Roddick staged a remarkable comeback from a set and 0-4 down against Andre Sa to reach the quarter-finals of the Kroger St Jude tournament in Memphis.

The second seed stared defeat in the face before rallying to beat his Brazilian opponent
5-7 6-4 6-3.

At 0-4 down in the second, Roddick won six games in succession to square the match and then kicked on to book a quarter-final against Sargis Sargsian.

I have no idea how I won that match

Sargis Sargsian

He said: "I never gave up.

"A year ago I might have thrown my toys around, but I knew I had to make him work for it."

Sargsian earned his meeting with Roddick by upsetting sixth seed Jonas Bjorkman 1-6 6-3
7-6(8).

The Armenian, watched by his 99-year-old grandfather, survived a match point in the decisive tie-break.

He said: "I have no idea how I won that match.

"Jonas had break points and missed what was an easy volley for him. I was lucky in the end."

Set points

Top seed Tommy Haas reached the last eight with a straight sets victory over American qualifier Justin Gimelstob.

But the world number four had to survive three set points in the first before coming through to win 7-6(7) 6-2.

The German now faces James Blake, a 6-2 4-6 6-3 winner over fellow American Taylor Dent.

Haas beat qualifier Gimelstob in straight sets

The other quarter-finals see Jan-Michael Gambill face Rainer Schuettler and Todd Martin take on Xavier Malisse.

In the women's semi-finals, American Alexandra Stevenson takes on Russia's Alina Jidkova, who beat top seed Amanda Coetzer in round two.

The other match sees American Lisa Raymond face Japan's Ai Sugiyama.

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Thursday's results from Memphis

Men: Second Round
Jan-Michael Gambill (USA) bt Paul Goldstein (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-0
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Martin Damm (Cz) 6-2 6-4
Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Jeff Morrison (USA) 6-4 7-5
Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Justin Gimelstob (USA) 7-6(7) 6-2
Andy Roddick (USA) bt Andre Sa (Bra) 5-7 6-4 6-3
Sargis Sargsian (Arm) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 1-6 6-3 7-6(8)
Todd Martin (USA) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 7-5 7-6(2)
James Blake (USA) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-3

Women: Quarter-finals
Alexandra Stevenson (USA) bt Silvija Talaja (Cro) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Alina Jidkova (Rus) bt Jana Nejedly (Can) 7-6(5) 6-2
Lisa Raymond (USA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-4 6-4
Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Adriana Serra Zanetti (Ita) 6-0 6-4

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