DELRAY BEACH, Fla., April 11 (UPI) -- Andy Roddick's straight-sets victory over Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman on Sunday lifted the United States into the Davis Cup semifinals.
Roddick was tested early before pulling away for a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-0 triumph that gave the U.S. an unassailable 3-1 lead.
The 21-year-old Roddick fired 11 aces and won 81 points on his first serve, including a 152-miles per hour delivery that smashed his own record of 150 mph set in a first-round win over Austria in Connecticut in February.
The Americans advanced to home tie against Belarus, which completed a 5-0 rout of an injured Argentine team in Minsk. The U.S., 12-2 in its last 14 quarterfinals, reached the semifinals for the first time since 2002 when it fell to France in Paris.
