Murry Beats Roddick To Reach Final
Andy Murry pulled off the biggest win of his young career as he stunned top seed Andy Roddick in the SAP Open in San Jose.
The 18-year-old Scot reached his second ATP tour final with a 7-5 7-5 victory over the former US Open champion.
Roddick, 23, was looking for a hat-trick of victories in the event.
But Murry broke him in the 11th game of both sets to book a final date with Australian Lleyton Hewitt, who beat American Vincent Spadea 6-3 6-4 in his semi.
“I was almost a little sick because of nerves but in the end I came through,” Murry, the world number 60 said after his first win over a player ranked in the top 10.
“Beating Roddick in his home country is like a dream come true.”
Roddick said: “It just seemed like I couldn’t get the ball to go through the court how I would have liked.”
“It was difficult. I wasn’t getting much bite on my service action. It was frustrating.”
Sunday will bring Murry his second tour final after losing to Roger Federer in the final of the Thailand Open last October.
