Roddick, Murray Beaten at ATP Memphis

"It's just a little frustrating right now," said Roddick, who continued his habit of making faces at the chair umpire and linespeople, ranting over what he believed were some bad line calls during the match. "I felt like tonight I actually hit the ball better than I have over the last two weeks. I came off the court not really thinking I did a whole lot wrong. The guy was pretty much ripping winners from all angles."

Benneteau won the first point of the third-set tiebreak before Roddick nervously double faulted to go down 0-2, eventually losing 7-4.

Roddick previously beat Benneteau at this year's Australian Open, dropping only five games in three sets.

Now the favorite status for the title switches to the lone remaining seed of the four semifinalists, No. 6 Tommy Haas who rebounded from a set deficit and absorbed 14 aces to defeat Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4.

Also into the semis were Belgian Kristof Vliegen (d. (Q) Capdeville from a set down), and hot-handed Swede Robin Soderling (d. Murray).

"I was a little bit tired mentally," Murray said after his five-game effort. "It's really difficult to keep a run going, especially after the week I had last week. I'm a little bit disappointed to lose but happy with the last couple of weeks."

Saturday's match-ups will be (6) Haas vs. (Q) Benneteau (first meeting), and Soderling vs. Vliegen (Swede won sole meeting).

The doubles semis will be (1) Bryan/Bryan vs. (WC) Blake/Fish, and (2) Aspelin/Perry vs. Haggard/"Dr." Ivo Karlovic.