The United States takes on Spain in the next round of the Davis Cup in Winston-Salem, North Carolina beginning April 6. Leading the Davis Cup team for the US in the quarterfinals will be three of the Top Ten ranked players in the world: #3 Andy Roddick, #9 James Blake, and of course the world’s [...]
Indian Wells Semifinals
March 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Men’s semifinals at Indian Wells features a clash between Spaniard Rafael Nadal and American Andy Roddick–hot, hot, hot!! Second seed Nadal made short work of Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina in the quarterfinals (7-5, 7-5). Third seed Roddick beat Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in two tough sets that went to tie break (7-6 (7), 7-6 [...]
US Plays Spain in Davis Cup Quarterfinals
February 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Andy Roddick defeated Tomas Berdych in Round 4 to give the United States a 3-1 lead, assuring us a slot in the Davis Cup quarterfinals in April. In this high-pressure match of two giant players with giant serves, Roddick’s growing confidence finally reigned king (4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4)). Roddick is now 8-0 in Davis [...]
Davis Cup Action: America vs Czech Republic Tied
February 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The United States and the Czech Republic are locked at 1-1 in the first round of the 2007 Davis Cup. Andy Roddick gave the US an early lead, defeating Ivo Minar 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in Round 1. Roddick’s serve was clearly in control, including a flurry of formidable aces. Though Minar played an aggressive game, Roddick spent [...]
Bryans, Blake, Roddick in Davis Cup
February 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The 2007 Davis Cup kicks off on February 9, sixteen nations vie in a year-long best-of-five match series. Here is the draw for the first round of Davis Cup play: Chile vs Russia in Chile France vs Romania in France Germany vs Croatia in Germany Belgium vs Australia in Belgium Czech Republic vs USA in [...]
Roddick Throws Fish on the Barbie
January 23, 2007 By 1 Comment
In the men’s draw, Andy Roddick looked to be in near perfect form and showed no mercy to friend Mardy Fish in three sets with only four unforced errors (6-2, 6-2, 6-2). Afterwards they hugged it out. “Today I played pretty flawless,†Roddick stated. “I feel good going into the semis.†He will meet world [...]
Roddick Advances to Quarterfinals
January 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Just a quick note to say — WOW!! Still serving at 137 miles per hour three hours into the match, Andy Roddick played this one like a true powerhouse, beating Croatian Mario Ancic (6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4). After a close call against Roddick at match point, this good sport did not fuss. Instead he [...]
Men Thunder in Land Down Under
January 19, 2007 By 1 Comment
Andy Roddick managed an impressive victory over Marat Safin in third round action, winning 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6. Roddick attributes his inspiration for the win partly to the arrival of his beloved coach, Jimmy Connors. Connors had stayed behind in the United States after his mother’s death but arrived in Melbourne just in time for [...]