Andy Roddick claims Dubai Open title in his first visit
The American number one tennis player and booming server Andy Roddick came up with some stupendous tennis to overcome the heroic efforts of unseeded Spanish player Feliciano Lopez to win the 2008 Dubai Open with a score line that reads 6-7, 6-4 & 6-2. Andy Roddick who had recently won the Sap Open is on the top of his game right now, as he amassed a total of 84 aces in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. Lopez who also played some fabulous tennis during the course of the week by defeating top players like Ferrer, Davydenko and Berdych made Andy toil for his maiden victory in his first appearance in Dubai.
Roddick said that he was pretty happy to win the title and the main idea of playing this tournament was to test himself against some of the top players in the world. Roddick said that he felt he was on top of his game while he was playing in the match and was confident in his mind that he can pull this game off. Roddick said that any player can crack during pressure situations and that is what exactly happened in the second set with Lopez. Roddick said that he played the third set pretty well and hoped to continue the rich form well into the season.
