Roddick beats Hewitt

06-12-2009 | AFP

Roddick edged through to the quarter-finals of Queen’s

Panama Star LONDON. American Andy Roddick won the battle of the kings of Queen's on Thursday, beating Australian Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4) in the third round.

Roddick and Hewitt have won the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event eight times between them, with Rafael Nadal's victory last year the first time neither player had lifted the trophy this decade.

But Hewitt's bid for a record fifth success in west London is over for another year after Roddick edged through to the quarter-finals, where he will face Ivo Karlovic, whom he beat in the 2005 final.

Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon champion, held a 6-4 advantage in the 10 previous meetings with Roddick, but they had only played once on grass, and ominously that Queen's semi-final clash had been won by Roddick.