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Andy Roddick withdrew from the season-ending tournament ahead of his scheduled match against defending champion Roger Federer.

Top-seeded Andy Roddick beat Robby Ginepri, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), setting up a quarterfinal against the big-serving Robin Soderling at the Lyon Grand Prix in France.

Rafael Nadal will close out the best season in his career with a difficult challenge against Argentina — and 20-year-0ld phenom Juan Martin Del Potro — in the Davis Cup final.

Spain’s Rafael Nadal, a master on clay, was buoyed by the cheers of 20,000 fans at Las Ventas arena in defeating The United States’ Andy Roddick, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4.

Scheduling uncertainty was added Saturday to oppressive humidity, along with the standard fan loquacity and occasional hostility to Novak Djokovic.

From darling to dark knight, Novak Djokovic’s image in Gotham has taken a tumble, and his semifinal opponent Saturday, Roger Federer, is a crowd favorite.

Novak Djokovic made a statement on the court with his defeat of Andy Roddick, who came into the match having dropped only one set in his first four matches.

The United States Davis Cup team that will face Spain was announced, and once again it will be Andy Roddick and James Blake playing singles and the Bryan brothers playing doubles.

Since he retired from the game 12 years ago, McEnroe has collected tennis jobs the way his brother John collected singles titles.

Andy Roddick turned Fernando González, the silver medalist in Beijing, into little more than a punching bag with a victory that lasted barely an hour and a half.