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Roddick downs Haas to win Kooyong Classic title
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-14 20:30
Roddick, however, used his booming serve to save the game and then his
powerful forehand in the next to earn a break.
He levelled at 5-5 in the next game and had three break points in the 11th
before Haas also scrambled his way back to take a 6-5 lead.
Roddick sent the match into the tiebreak and then jumped out to a 3-0 lead
before Haas fought his way back to 5-5 on a superb running backhand pass.
The American, however, was not to be denied and held his last two service
points to win the tiebreak 8-6.
Roddick will face Switzerland's Michael Lammer in the first round of the
Australian Open, while Haas has been drawn against 14th seeded Frenchman Richard
Gasquet.
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