American Andy Roddick joined a select group of players -- Boris
Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and John McEnroe -- Sunday when he defeated
France's Nicolas Mahut 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2) to win his fourth
Queen's Club title.
Roddick, seeded second, also won from 2003-05.
"I think it's nice winning at tournaments that you really enjoy
playing at," Roddick said. "To have won four is great. I'll have a
number of chances to get five. My focus right now is on getting No.
1 at Wimbledon."
Mahut, who beat French Open champion Rafael Nadal in the
quarterfinals, was not broken once in the match. He is 0-2 against
Roddick.
Roddick served 24 aces and had only one break point. That came
at 4-4 in the opening set, but Mahut hit a low forehand volley to
force an error. Mahut then earned the only break of the match to
claim the set when Roddick's attempt to send a winner down the line
went wide.
Games went with serve in the second set before Roddick faced a
match point at 7-6 in the tiebreaker, but Mahut netted a forehand
and then made another forehand error to drop the set.
"It's good to get some of those tough matches in before
Wimbledon," Roddick said.
(Xinhua News Agency via Agencies June 19, 2007)