Andy Roddick withdraws midmatch against Hewitt

Roddick contemplating what to do

 Roddick Retires after trailing Hewitt 3-6. 6-3, 6-4.A match that seemed almost destined for greatness fell short of expectations. The first set swung to Roddick but during the 2nd set, Roddick fell and his movement never really looked the same. The second set went to Hewitt and despite Roddick's injury, he almost managed to break back at 5-4 when Hewitt was serving for the set. However, the American veteran fell short of expectations in the match by deciding to retire before the fourth set after consulting tournament doctors. Hewitt has recently looked in good form and looks to be rediscovering form that brought him great glory in the early 2000's. Both players were looking for a resurgence in this tournament, both being riddled with injuries in 2011. Hewitt commented after the match that ""Obviously he stretched something. I wasn't sure if it was an ankle problem (but I) think it is something higher in his leg. It is hard to concentrate in those circumstances." However Hewitt was merciless as he peppered balls to and from Roddick in order to aggravate the injury more. "I don't want to sound mean but you obviously try to run him around as much as you can," Hewitt said. The resurgent Aussie will now face Milos Raonic in the third round, a match to watch. Raonic, like Roddick, has a huge serve and capitalizes most of his points off of it. However Raonic appeared to get tense in the big moments against Petzschner, choking when a break up and serving for the match. However the German too didn't appear to have the mettle to hold his serve and Raonic broke again, and then served out the match. My  opinion is that if Raonic will have trouble closing out important points against Lleyton Hewitt, who is a veteran of the sport. However, Raonic has shown much promise and could show the world a new champion. However I still believe that with the crowd on his side, Hewitt will triumph in 5 sets. Sadly, it appears that Roddick will have injuries (both mental and physical) to face, as he slowly falls in to obscurity.