Roddick overcomes Ginepri to reach Lyon quarter-finals

FRANCE: Top seed Andy Roddick served a barrage of aces to beat fellow American Robby Ginepri 7-6 7-6 and reach the Lyon Grand Prix quarter-finals on
Thursday.

"Robby certainly played better than me and my serve obviously made the difference," said the former world number one, whose 26 aces included one on a set point for Ginepri in the second tiebreak.

Roddick faces Robin Soderling for a berth in the last four. The seventh seeded Swede easily swept past Belgian qualifier Christophe Rochus 6-1, 6-2 in only 46 minutes.

Soderling beat Roddick in the quarter-finals in Memphis earlier this year in their only encounter so far.

"It is going to be hard for me," Roddick said.

The American, who is sixth in the race for the season-ending Masters Cup, is bidding for one of the three remaining places in the eight-man Shanghai event in November.