Roddick suffers another early departure

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Andy Roddick completed a disappointing year of grand slam events Wednesday by falling to Janko Tipsarevic in the second round of the U.S. Open.

Roddick, seeded ninth, failed to get past the quarterfinals in any of the four major tournaments this year.

Tipsarevic eliminated Roddick 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in a late-night match at the U.S. Tennis Center.

Andy Murray, playing in the heat of a scorching afternoon, cruised past Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in another highlight attraction and will meet Dustin Brown in the third round.

Tomas Berdych, runner-up at Wimbledon and seeded seventh in this event, was also a surprise victim Wednesday. He lost his first-round match to Michael Llodra 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-4.

In addition to his early departure at the U.S. Open, Roddick lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to Marin Cilic, fell in the third round at the French Open to Teimuraz Gabashvili and was knocked out in the fourth round at Wimbledon by Yen-Hsun Lu in five sets.

Ryan Harrison, making his U.S. Open debut at age 18, upset 15th seeded Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4. Sam Querrey was a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 winner over Bradley Klahn in the only first-round match between two Americans.

Other winners Wednesday included John Isner, Gael Monfils, Stanislas Wawrinka, Nicolas Almagro, Juan Ignacio Chela and Sergiy Stakhovsky.