The Spaniard has never defeated Roddick to lose 2 matches out of 2.
Before Roddick downed Almagro in 3rd round in Shanghai 6-3 6-3 in 2011 and in the quarter finals in Miami 2010 by 6-3 6-3.
This time it was different, but even if Roddick is a retired tennis player he didn’t give it easy to Nicolas. Eventually the Spaniard won 2 difficult sets by breaking Roddick twice, 1 for each set.
Roddick got to the final by defeating in the semis Andy Murray 6-2 6-3 while Almagro had a comfortable 6-3 6-4 win against Isner.
Time to rest for both players…
