Updated: June 11, 2005, 12:10 PM ET Roddick advances to third straight Queen's final LONDON -- Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced to his third straight final at the Queen's grass-court tournament, overcoming a sloppy second set to beat Radek Stepanek 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Roddick, who has won 14 straight matches at Queen's, is trying to join Lleyton Hewitt and John McEnroe as the only players to win three consecutive titles at this Wimbledon warmup. "I played some of my best tennis at the end," Roddick said. "In the third set, I felt I returned a lot, lot better." Roddick will play either Ivo Karlovic or 2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson in Sunday's final. Karlovic and Johansson were to play later Saturday. Roddick had to save two break points during his first service game, then broke Stepanek on his way to taking the first set. Then things started to unravel for the American. Stepanek broke Roddick in the second game of the second set, as the two-time champ struggled with his serves and returns. The Czech evened the match by breaking Roddick in the eighth game with a backhand winner. Roddick rallied to take a 3-1 lead in the third set. He missed a chance to break Stepanek again when the two reached deuce nine times before the Czech held on. Roddick did break for a 5-2 lead and won the match when Stepanek's return sailed wide. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2082890 -- http://0rz.net/5e0p9 Marion Raven (M2M) --

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