Lu didn’t believe he’d beat Roddick

TAIWAN’S Yen-Hsun Lu refused to let himself believe he had a chance of defeating Andy Roddick before prevailing in a thrilling five-set encounter with the American at Wimbledon yesterday.

Lu caused a major All England upset by defeating the three-time finalist 4-6 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/4) 6-7 (5/7) 9-7 in the fourth round.

The hard-hitting Roddick struggled to stamp his authority on the world number 82 during the epic encounter, but Lu revealed that even as late as the deciding set he had no realistic aspirations of victory.