Roddick through to quarter finals

Bookmakers’ favourite Andy Roddick eased into the quarter-finals but revealed a chink in his armoury which will provide a glimmer of hope for his next opponent Jonas Bjorkman.

The 20-year-old American number five seed took just under two hours to secure a 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 victory over a battling Paradorn Srichaphan in a lively curtain-raiser to the Centre Court appearance of Tim Henman.