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Injured Roddick hangs on

LOS ANGELES : Top seed Andy Roddick overcame a spirited resistance from fellow American Scott Oudesma before advancing to the Los Angeles Open quarterfinals with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory here on Thursday.

However, Roddick suffered an abdominal muscle strain late in the match and was considering withdrawing from the event with the U.S. Open looming large next month.

In doubles action in the Bank of the West Classicat Stanford, Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek stormed into the semifinals with a facile 6-2, 6-2 victory over Shikha Uberoi and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the second round.

The Indian teen and her American partner were at their aggressive best as they outplayed Sania's Fed Cup partner Shikha and her comrade-in-arms Jelena.

The results: At Los Angeles (ATP Countrywide Classic): Second round: Dominik Hrbaty bt Lars Burgsmuller 7-5, 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov bt Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-4; Robby Ginepri bt Kenneth Carlsen 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4; Andy Roddick bt Scott Oudsema 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2.

At Stanford (WTA Bank of the West Classic): Singles: Second round: Vera Zvonareva bt Nathalie Dechy 7-6(5), 6-0; Patty Schnyder bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 6-1, 6-4; Anna-Lena Groenefeld bt Vasilia Bardina 6-3, 7-5; Nicole Vaidisova bt Sybille Bammer 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: Sania Mirza & Bethanie Mattek bt Shikha Uberoi & Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-2.

At Umag (ATP Studena Croatia Open): Second round: Jiri Vanek bt Lukas Dlouhy 7-6(4), 6-4; Juan-Pablo Guzman bt Carlos Berlocq 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Novak Djokovic bt Stefano Ianni 6-3, 6-4; Carlos Moya bt Simon Greul 6-2, 6-1.

At Kitzbuehel (ATP Generali Open): Quarterfinals: Agustin Calleri bt Gaston Gaudio 7-5, 6-0; Fernando Verdasco bt Nicolas Lapentti 6-4, 6-4.

Third round: Gaston Gaudio bt Denis Gremelmayr 6-7(1), 7-6(7), 6-0; Mikhail Youzhny bt Edgardo Massa 6-4, 6-1; Juergen Melzer bt Andrei Pavel 7-5, 6-3; Agustin Calleri bt Nicolas Massu 6-2, 7-6(4); Nicolas Lapentti bt Stefan Koubek 6-3, 6-3; Juan Ignacio Chela bt Dusan Vemic 6-4, 6-0; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco bt Max Mirnyi 6-4, 7-5.

At Budapest (WTA Tippmix Budapest GP): Quarterfinals: Lourdes Dominguez Lino bt Romina Oprandi 6-3, 6-0; Martina Muller bt Eva Birnerova 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-1. Second round: Catalina Castano bt Aravane Rezai 6-7(9), 6-1, 6-3; Romina Oprandi bt Iveta Benesova 7-5, 6-4; Lourdes Dommnguez Lino bt Lucie Hradecka 7-6(5), 6-4; Eva Birnerova bt Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-4. — Agencies

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