Sports
Federer and Roddick will do it again
Published Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 04:54 AM
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) _ Five-time champion Roger Federer and Andy Roddick will square off for the Wimbledon men's title Sunday. Federer advanced to his seventh straight championship match at the All England Club with a 7-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Germany's Tommy Haas. Federer will be in pursuit of tennis history against Roddick. He'll be looking for his 15th Grand Slam title, which would break a tie with Pete Sampras. Roddick is in the Wimbledon final for the third time in six years. The sixth-seeded American defeated Scotsman Andy Murray 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 in the day's second semifinal. Roddick lost to Federer in the 2004 and '05 finals and trails the Swiss champ 18-2 in head-to-head meetings. ^ Today's women's final at the All England Club will be a repeat of last year's showdown between Venus and Serena Williams. It will be the sisters' fourth meeting in the Wimbledon title match and second in a row. Venus won last year's all-family showdown on grass, but Serena holds a 5-2 advantage in head-to-head meetings in Grand Slam finals.
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