Poor Le Chard

Jeremy Chardy opened the draw for himself after sending the second-seed Fernando Verdasco packing in Memphis on Tuesday. Today, a stomach illness forced him to withdraw during his second-round match with Slovakian Lukasz Lacko.

Lacko will now head to a quarterfinal meeting with Philipp Petzschner. The German leads their head-to-head 1-0.






Thursday’s Results
Singles Second Round
1 Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 7-6(2) 6-4
5 Tomas Berdych (CZE) def. Michael Russell (USA) 3-6 6-3 6-2
8 Sam Querrey (USA) def. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-4 6-0
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) def. Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-4 6-4
Lukasz Lacko (SVK) def. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-6(4) 2-1 ret. (stomach illness)

Doubles Quarterfinals
2 M. Fish (USA)/M. Knowles (BAH) def. S. Huss (AUS)/J. Levinsky (CZE) 4-6 6-3 10-4
WC S. Lipsky (USA)/D. Martin (USA) def. E. Butorac (USA)/R. Ram (USA) 4-6 7-6(5) 10-7
R. Hutchins (GBR)/J. Kerr (AUS) def. M. Kohlmann (GER)/J. Nieminen (FIN) 6-2 6-4
J. Isner (USA)/S. Querrey (USA) def. L. Mayer (ARG)/D. Sela (ISR) 7-6(6) 6-4

Friday’s Order of Play

(Image: Ron Angle/Regions Morgan Keegan Championships)