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The American stayed in the match by holding his nerve to save four match points at 5-4 down in the deciding set.

But 29th-seed Kohlschreiber produced two stunning returns to take control in the 14th game before closing out for a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-7 (3-7) 8-6 win.

And Roddick, who launched a series of verbal assaults on chair umpire Emmanuel Joseph during the tense battle refused to blame his short fuse on the night for his downfall, his earliest exit from the competition since his debut in 2002.

"I don't think it had anything to do with it," Roddick said.

"I came out and served aces after I got mad at his little section. If anything, I needed something to get inside of me. It was a long time between me talking to the umpire and when the match actually finished. I think it was pretty insignificant."

World number two Rafael Nadal put a slow start behind him to comfortably account for Frenchman Gilles Simon 7-5 6-2 6-3 in their third-round match.

Daring French youngster Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Russian seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny also booked places in the fourth round on Friday.

Fellow Frenchman and 23rd seed Paul-Henri Mathieu outlasted Austrian Stefan Koubek to claim a 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 7-5 8-6 triumph late in the evening.

And Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, seeded 24th, made it a nightmare evening for the Americans, eliminating Mardy Fish in four sets on Margaret Court Arena.