Roddick out at Queen's Club, earliest exit since 2001

Andy Roddick's Wimbledon tune-up sputtered to a premature conclusion Thursday when the top-ranked American was surprised by Israeli Dudi Sela in the third round of the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club.

Sela beat the four-time Queen's Club champion 6-4, 7-6 (8) in the third round of the Wimbledon tune-up. Roddick had two set points in the extended second-set tiebreak, but Sela held them off and won the match on his second match point with a diving volley at the net.

"I played OK I thought," Sela told BBC Sport in the understatement of the year. Roddick, for his part, thought Sela played a "perfect match."

Roddick had advanced to the semifinals at Queen's Club in every year since 2001, winning a record-tying four titles. (John McEnroe and Boris Becker are among the other six players who won four times at the event.)

On the bright side, at least Roddick got in a little practice on grass before Wimbledon. Injuries this spring prevented the world No. 7 from playing any clay-court tuneups before the French Open.