Roddick, Stepanek advance in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus claimed her second title of the season Saturday as Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek booked a final showdown at this $1.22 million ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament.

Second-seeded Azarenka swept past top-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki, 6-1, 6-3, to add the Memphis crown to the first career title she won in Brisbane last month.

In the men’s semifinals, US top seed Andy Roddick rallied to beat Australian Lleyton Hewitt, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, in a showdown of former world number ones.

Roddick, who blasted half his 16 aces in the second set and six more in the third, advanced to Sunday’s final for a $300,000 top prize against Czech fifth seed Radek Stepanek, who eliminated Israeli qualifier Dudi Sela, 6-3, 6-1. (AP)