Wawrinka enters final
Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka reached the final of the Rome Masters here on Saturday after sixth seed Andy Roddick could last only three games of their semifinal here.
The American seemingly injured the shoulder on his serving arm early on and could not serve.
He lost the first three games before calling for the trainer but after an injury time-out he played only one point of his next service game before throwing in the towel.
Wawrinka will face either third seed Novak Djokovic or unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek - who put out world number one Roger Federer in the quarterfinals - in Sunday's final.
Wawrinka thus reached his first ever Masters Series final, a day after reaching a semifinal at this level for the first time.
It continues his remarkable run here where he had already put out 16th seed Andy Murray and eighth seed James Blake in previous rounds.
After facing a battle to hold his opening service game, he broke Roddick in the second game and then held serve comfortably in the third.
Roddick pulled up sharply on one point early in the third game and then seemed to be restricted in his movement, making no effort to reach the Swiss's shots throughout the rest of the game.
Following just one attempt to serve in the fourth game, he called it quits and went to the net to explain to his opponent that he could not serve.
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