TENNIS:Holder Andy Roddick was dumped out of the Cincinnati Masters yesterday, beaten 7-6, 6-4 by 16th seed David Ferrer of Spain.

The American was made to pay for missing three set points in the 10th game of the match as Ferrer took the tiebreak and then broke in the 10th game of the second set to reach the quarter-finals.

Earlier, a resurgent Carlos Moya set up a quarter-final clash with Lleyton Hewitt. World number 19 Moya battled past Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the third round while the 20th-ranked Hewitt eased to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Austrian Juergen Melzer.

World number 78 Del Potro saved four match points in the third set before the Spaniard clinched victory after a successful Hawk-Eye challenge.