Shanghai, Oct 11: Andy Roddick fought off a set point in the second set and held on for a 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory over Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters.
The 10th-seeded American came back from a break down in the second set to level the score at 4-4 when the big-hitting Dimitrov put a backhand into the net after slipping at the end of a 43-stroke rally.
The Bulgarian broke back in the next game, however, prompting an angry Roddick to slam his racket into his tennis bag during the changeover.
"I don't know that I made a first serve that game, so that was frustrating for me," Roddick said. "I felt like I was returning pretty well and hitting my forehand pretty well. Then all of a sudden, you know, I'm not putting a first serve in the court."
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