Kei Nishikori

TOP seed Andy Roddick defeated impressive Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-4 in the second round of the San Jose Open.

Nishikori has been on fire in the past 2 weeks, and with a win over Roddick could really cement his place on the ATP tour Thursday night in San Jose’s 2nd round.

An old school 1990′s style match of big serving in this one that went the distance.

[Reuters] SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Top seed Andy Roddick fought off Australian Chris Guccione 6-3 6-7 7-6 at the San Jose Open on Wednesday, setting up a second round tie with Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori.

[ESPN] Japanese teen Kei Nishikori won in San Jose and next faces Andy Roddick.