“I really enjoy it here,” Andy noted after the match as he now moves on to Round 2 after defeating Paraguay’s Ramon Delgado 6-3, 7-6(4). Though both sets boasted Andy earning the first break, Delgado getting one back, then Andy taking the lead, the second kept you on the edge of your seat until the last point.

Andy opened with a 139 mph serve. From the get-go, he was unleashing his forehand. Delgado quickly picked up on it and played mostly to his backhand. Andy’s first double fault gave away the first break, 2-1, though Andy immediately broke back and broke Delgado’s next two service games to serve. Holding one more game a piece, Andy served out the set. In 37 minutes, Andy seemed to be smooth sailing into the second.

“It was a mental error, I played sloppy after the break,” Andy admitted to losing two match points. His serving weapon earning him 16 aces turned into his brick wall when he double faulted at 5-4 with the match on the line. Delgado used Andy’s frustration to his advantage, and capitalized by breaking back to even the score at 5-all. Andy, however, was not going quietly into the warm DC night and cranked it up a notch to hold to 6 all for the all-powerful tie-breaker. Not only did Andy’s first serves “click” again, but so did his offense and they earned him two match points on his racquet. And just like that, “click” – a 137mph lightening ace down the T to Delgado’s backhand slammed into the back wall to chime that the Paraguayan’s time is up.

“I’m going to bear down mentally from here on out.” Andy now moves into the second round to face Eduardo Schwank of Argentina on Thursday in Washington D.C. Stay tuned to AR.com for a look at his next opponent and what’s still to come. Go Andy!

Source: Andy Roddick.com