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| Roddick beats Federer to retain Kooyong title | | | Melbourne, Jan. 13
Andy Roddick snapped his losing streak against Roger Federer.
Unfortunately for him, the result of the exhibition match does not count on their official records.
The defending champion picked up a confidence boosting 6-2 3-6 6-3 win today over top-ranked Federer in the final of the invitational Kooyong Classic.
But he remains 1-12 officially in his career against Federer, who looked good in patches in the second set on the weekend before he begins his Australian Open title defence.
Asked after the match if he'd prefer to trade the win for one at Melbourne Park, Roddick walked toward Federer holding up the trophy and asked: "Can we do that?"
Federer is a hot favourite to win the Australian Open, which would be his 10th Grand Slam title.
He compiled a 92-5 season in 2006, losing only to No 2-ranked Rafael Nadal - in four finals - and Andy Murray.
Murray placed third in the Kooyong event, beating 2005 Australian Open champion Marat Safin 7-6 (2) 6-2 in the previous match.
Roddick had less trouble than Federer in the hot and windy conditions.
The 24-year-old American dominated early on the back of his powerful serve, not conceding a point on serve between the second game of the opening set and the second game of the second set.
He broke Federer in the fifth and seventh games and finished off on three consecutive backhand errors from the Swiss star.
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