Roddick, Agassi are upset in U.S. Open quarterfinals
NEW YORK - Andy Roddick was upset 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4 by Joachim Johansson in a quarterfinal at the U.S. Open Thursday.
Johansson, playing in his first major quarterfinal, started the year ranked 113th. He had also never had played a five-set match. Yet there he was, smacking serves at 141 mph, outslugging Roddick from the baseline, and ending the match by breaking the game's best server.
Coupled with Andre Agassi's loss earlier in the day, it is the first time since 1986 that no American man reached the Open semifinals.
Agassi's lost to No. 1 Roger Federer, who won 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in a quarterfinal suspended by rain early in the fourth set the night before and wrapped up in swirling winds that approached 40 mph.
Federer, the Swiss star, is two wins from becoming the first man since 1988 to win three Grand Slam titles in a year.
He'll face No. 5 Tim Henman of Britain, while Johansson goes up against 2001 Open champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia - whose sister Jaslyn just happens to be the 28th-seeded Swede's girlfriend.
