Andy Roddick, my pick to win Wimbledon, rewarded my faith in him by winning the Artois Championships for the fourth time in his career Sunday. But he had to earn it the hard way with a gritty 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-2) triumph over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut. He was match point down in the second set tie-breaker.
Whew!
It is Andy's first tournament win of the year and the 22nd overall. Roddick joins Boris Becker, John McEnroe and Lleyton Hewitt as players to have won this Wimbledon tuneup four times.