EASTBOURNE, England (AP)— Andy Roddick reached the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne tennis championships on Wednesday, needing eight match points to overpower Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 7-6 (6).
``You know, I served well. I returned pretty well. He served great on big points, but, you know, I stuck through there,'' Roddick said.
The American has been seeded 30th at Wimbledon, where he has reached the finals three times.
I'd resigned myself to the fact I wasn't going to be seeded,'' he said.I mean, they can't give me credit for three years ago. I was looking forward to trying to be a spoiler. That was a new position for me.''
Marion Bartoli of France reached the quarterfinals after defeating Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-2, 6-2.
After an early exchange of breaks, the fourth seeded Bartoli broke her opponent again to lead 3-2, but then had to recover from 0-40 as she served out the set.
In the second, Bartoli gave up just five points on serve, winning six of the final seven games.
I played extremely well,'' Bartoli said.That was probably one of the best matches I played on grass. ... Hopefully I will be able to keep it this way.''
American Christina McHale failed to match the first-round performance that ousted former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki from the grass-court tournament, falling 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia.
Ekaterina Makarova, who ousted Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the first round, advanced with a 6-4, 7-5 win over British qualifier Laura Robson. Fifth seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany also advanced after defeating Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-3, 6-2.
Seventh-seeded Lucie Safarova overcame Heather Watson 7-6 (5), 6-1 of Britain, and eighth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia was upset 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 by Tamira Paszek of Austria.
On the men's side, defending champion Andreas Seppi of Italy defeated Argentina's Carlos Berlocq 7-6 (2), 6-3, while second-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain fell 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2) to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Fourth-seeded Australian Bernard Tomic led Fabio Fognini 5-2 in the final set but lost the next five games to give the Italian a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory.
Seventh seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber overcame Britain's Jamie Baker 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Steve Darcis of Belgium edged Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and American Ryan Harrison beat Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan 6-1, 7-6 (2).