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Roddick confirms his participation at Queen's

ESPN staff
March 24, 2010
Andy Roddick last won Queen's in 2007 © Getty Images
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Andy Roddick will attempt to win a record fifth title at Queen's Club in June as part of his preparation for Wimbledon.

World No. 8 Roddick is desperate to go one better at Wimbledon this year after finishing runner-up to Roger Federer at the All England Club in 2009.

The American sees the Queen's tournament, which he last won in 2007, as the ideal precursor to achieving that goal.

"I love the whole month in London. Over the years I've had a lot of success at The Queen's Club and I still say it's the best grass court in the world," Roddick said. "It plays perfectly and so [Queen's] is a great way to prepare for Wimbledon.

"If you look at my grass court season [in 2009] as a whole, it went well. Wimbledon was a very good event for me. I would have loved to have changed the last five minutes of it but I look forward to another opportunity.

"The more you distance yourself from it, the more you start remembering the better things about it. I promise you, I wish more than anything that I would have won that tournament but I'm still going to move on and keep going with the plan that we've set in place, because I feel like it is working."

Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro will also compete at Queen's, which runs from 7-13 June.

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