Andy Roddick's career has been brought to a close with defeat by Juan Martin Del Potro in the fourth round of the US Open.
It was fitting that the American's final moments in tennis should be played out on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the court where he enjoyed his biggest success when he won the title in 2003.
They resumed after a rain delay in a first-set tie-break and Roddick dropped only one of the first seven points, but Del Potro levelled and from there he was in control. Roddick saved a match point to huge cheers from the patriotic crowd but it was not to be as the Argentinian won 6-7 (1/7) 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 6-4 to set up a last-eight meeting with second seed Novak Djokovic.
