Rome Masters
Roddick was generous in praise of Verdasco and spoke of his own improvement on a surface that does not favour his serve-and-volley style.
"Sometimes you feel you've done something wrong and deserve to lose the match. That wasn't the case today. He just went for broke," Roddick said after the game.
Of his decision to correct the umpire's call the American said, "Maybe I should have stood on the mark," Roddick told reporters. "I don't think I did anything extraordinary, the umpire would have come down and said the same too.
"I just saved him the trip."
Before losing in the Italian capital he had won seven matches in a row on clay, including his run to the U.S. Claycourt title in Houston last month.
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