Federer, Roddick, Djokovic, Hewitt into Wimbledon round of 16

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06/25/2010 - Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt were among the winners in third-round action Friday at Wimbledon.

The top-seeded and six-time Wimbledon champion Federer had his first easy match of the tournament, taking a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory over French veteran Arnaud Clement.

It was a welcome result for Federer as he pursues another title at the All England Club, as the Swiss superstar had struggled in this year's edition. He dropped the first two sets before beating Colombian Alejandro Falla in the first round, and was tested in the second, beating Serbian qualifier Ilija Bozoljac in four sets, two of which went to a tiebreak.

Federer will face Jurgen Melzer in the fourth round, as the 16th-seeded Austrian rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 triumph over 22nd-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Melzer is coming off his best-ever Grand Slam effort with a semifinal appearance at the French Open earlier this month.

Meanwhile, the third-seeded Djokovic had few problems in dispatching 28th- seeded Spaniard Albert Montanes, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. The Serbian fired 11 aces and broke his opponent four times, while never facing break point himself.

The 15th-seeded Hewitt was a 6-3, 7-6 (11-9), 6-4 winner over 21st-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils, continuing his success on grass this year. He is 8-0 on the surface in 2010, including a championship victory over Federer in Halle earlier this month.

The former world No. 1 Hewitt is a two-time major champ, including a Wimbledon title back in 2002.

Hewitt and Djokovic will meet in the fourth round in their first encounter since 2008. Djokovic has won the last three matches between the two, including a fourth-round Wimbledon victory in 2007.

The fifth-seeded Roddick, a three-time Wimbledon runner-up, advanced with a 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-3 decision over German Philipp Kohlschreiber. The American had 28 aces and took the win in just under three hours.

Roddick will next face Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu, who continued the best Wimbledon performance of his career Friday, moving into the fourth round after his opponent, German Florian Mayer, retired. Lu was leading 6-4, 6-4, 2-1 when Mayer called it quits.

Czech Tomas Berdych, seeded 12th, also reached the fourth round by topping Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin. Berdych was a 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 6-4 winner in a match that lasted nearly four hours.

Earlier Friday, John Isner was bounced in his second-round match against Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands. The 23rd-seeded American was coming off his marathon victory over France's Nicolas Mahut, a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68 victory that lasted more than 11 hours spanning three days and shattered multiple records.

However, with nothing left in the tank, Isner fell in 74 minutes as De Bakker took a 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 win.

France's Paul-Henri Mathieu was also a second-round winner, dropping 13th- seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny by a 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 score.

Fifth-seeded American Andy Roddick, who Federer beat in last year's final, faces German Philipp Kohlschreiber in his third-round match Friday.

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