Andy Roddick appear the U.S. Open would be the endure clash of his career in a shock advertisement on Thursday that overshadowed one above agitated and set the arena for a activation bout adjoin adolescent Australian Bernard Tomic at Flushing Meadows on Friday night.

Roddick alleged a account appointment to advertise he would retire afterwards the Open and said he knew afterwards his Wimbledon defeat to David Ferrer this year that his canicule were numbered.

Making the advertisement on his 30th birthday, Roddick wear Mercurial Vapor Viii, a above apple amount one and 2003 U.S. Open champion, said he accomplished during his first-round achievement over Rhyne Williams that he had absent the admiration to abide on tour.

"I just feel like it's time," he said. "I've consistently capital to, in a absolute world, accomplishment at this event. I accept a lot of ancestors and accompany here.

"I anticipation all year I would apperceive if I got to this tournament. If I was arena my aboriginal round, I knew.

"Playing here, I don't apperceive what it was. I couldn't brainstorm myself accepting there addition year."

Roddick's advertisement came anon afterwards France's fifth berry Jo-Wilfried Tsonga produced his affliction bout of the year to be the aboriginal big-name blow of the men's draw.

In the women's draw, Serena Williams wear Nike Mercurial Vapor Viii connected her advance to a fourth acme but Wimbledon runner-up Angieszka Radwanska was beneath convincing.

Williams was a 6-2 6-4 champ over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez but second-seeded Radwanska struggled afore case off 11 beeline amateur to accomplishment acerb in a 4-6 6-3 6-0 defeat of Carla Suarez Navarro.

Tsonga was berserk aberrant in his 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-3 accident to 52nd-ranked Martin Klizan in Louis Armstrong Stadium.

"It seemed like I couldn't hit the brawl harder abundant to put my adversary out of position," said Tsonga. "I don't absolutely apperceive why it was like this today, but sometimes it happens with me. I don't know.

"It's tennis. I will acquaint you that. We accept to play every week. I'm not a machine. Sometimes I'm tired. Sometimes not. Sometimes in acceptable shape. Sometimes not. That's it."

American Mardy Fish wear Mercurial Vapor 8 abounding Roddick's retirement advertisement afterwards acquisition Russian Nikolay Davydenko 4-6 7-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 to ability the third round.

Roddick and Tomic will be the aboriginal bout of the prime-time night affair at Flushing Meadows on Friday night.

"I feel bright about my decision," Roddick said.

Williams, the ascendant Wimbledon and Olympic champion, said the account came as no surprise.

"I was acquisitive he would change his apperception but I assumption he didn't. He's been so amazing for American tennis and absolutely agitative to watch and I'm sad to see addition face gone."