Evening Standard (London): Roddick's a winner on and off the court

ANDY RODDICK cruised into the quarterfinals with a straight sets win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber and then revealed he is winning money in the casino as easily as he is winning money from his court exploits here.

Second seed Roddick won 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 to reach the last eight and then admitted he was looking forward to joining the rest of the tennis world in watching Andre Agassi's quarterfinal clash with defending champion Roger Federer tomorrow.

Roddick, who now meets Nikolay Davydenko in the last eight, said: "I was down in blackjack, now I'm up 600 bucks so I'm pretty excited about that. The game is really simple, so I understand it! My dealer was Alfie, and he was being good to me the other night.

"Andre has set the standard so high for himself that it's not surprising to see him winning matches. It's not going to be surprising two years from now if he's still here winning matches. People have been talking about, 'It could be his last . . .' since before I was on tour. I've come to just really expect it.

"Andre has been able to give Roger probably his best matches over the last year or so. I think Roger has got him a couple of times, but they have always been pretty close and gone the distance."

Davydenko, playing in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time in his career, won 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 against the 12th seed Guillermo Canas of Argentina.