Three-times runner-up Andy Roddick was sent tumbling out of the Wimbledon third round 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 by Spain's Feliciano Lopez on Friday.
The American eighth seed started in a fiery mood under rare south London sunshine, reeling off a string of aces but after an exchange of breaks in the first set he lost his way in the tiebreak.
World number 44 Lopez took confidence from seizing the initiative and also shone in the second set tiebreak as the two big servers otherwise cancelled each other out on Centre Court.
He sealed a famous straight-sets victory when Roddick fired wide.
In Image: Spain's Feliciano Lopez, left, shakes hands after defeating Andy Roddick of the US
Text: Reuters
Images: AP
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