Feliciano Lopez stuns American Andy Roddick

Feliciano stuns American in Wimbledon round 3

Three-time finalist Andy Roddick crashed out of Wimbledon in the third round yesterday as the American was beaten 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 by Spain's Feliciano Lopez.


USA's Andy Roddick during yesterday's Wimbledon third round match
against Spain's Feliciano Lopez in London. Lopez won 7-6 (7/2), 7-6
(7/2), 6-4. PIC/AFP

Roddick had won all seven of his previous seven meetings with Lopez, but the last of those encounters on grass at Queen's earlier this month suggested the eighth seed wouldn't have it all his own way on Centre Court.
It had taken Roddick three tough sets to see off Lopez at the Wimbledon warm-up event and this time the Spaniard was finally able to break his losing run against the former US Open champion. Lopez, twice a Wimbledon quarter-finalist,u00a0 secured a tie against Gael Monfils or Lukasz Kubot in the last 16.

Zvonareva crashes
Meanwhile, women's World No 2 Zvonareva followed Roddick out of the exit door when she slumped to a 6-2, 6-3 defeat against Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova next faces five-time winner Venus Williams, a year after beating the American 23rd seed in the quarter-finals.Williams reached the last 16 with a 6-0, 6-2 mauling of Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

Important results
R Federer beat Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-3, 6-2; C Wozniacki beat
V Razzano 6-1, 6-3; M Sharapova beat L Robson 7-6, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka beat Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 3-6, 6-2