The Hindu : Roddick serves up a new mark

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Feb 08, 2004

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Roddick serves up a new mark

UNCASVILLE, FEB. 7. Andy Roddick set the record for the fastest serve in a match by whipping one 241.3 kph (150 mph) in Davis Cup play on Friday.

It was Roddick's first serve of his match against Stefan Koubek of Austria. The American later matched the new mark in the eighth game of the match.

The U.S. Open champion broke the record of 239.7 kph (149 mph) that he shared with Greg Rusedski. Roddick hit a serve at that speed during a victory over Andre Agassi at the Queen's Club tournament in June. Rusedski set that standard in 1998.

The fastest serves ever: Andy Roddick (U.S.) 241 kph (150 mph), 2004 Davis Cup; Andy Roddick, 2003 Queen's Club & Greg Rusedski (GBR) 239 kph (149 mph), 1998 Indian Wells; Taylor Dent (U.S.) 232 kph (144 mph), 2001 Wimbledon; Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 229 kph (142.3 mph), 1997 Dusseldorf; Gilles Elseneer (Bel) 226 kph (140 mph), 2003 Basel; Julian Alonso (Esp) 226 kph (140 mph), 1997 Long Island.

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