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Herald Tribune: Roddick to begin Queen’s Club defense versus fellow American

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Andy Roddick will begin the defense of his Queen’s Club title against fellow Americans Robby Ginepri or Vince Spadea in the Wimbledon warmup tournament.The top eight seeds, including No. 3 Roddick, No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, have first-round byes.
Roddick, who missed the French Open due to a shoulder injury, could […]

sports.scotsman.com: Queens champ Roddick gathers himself for record fifth title

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

A SHOULDER injury was enough to see him withdraw from the French Open but with the grass court season there usually comes renewed optimism for Andy Roddick.
It was telling that his coach stated early on he expected to be fit and raring to go by the time his peers arrived from London and prepared to […]

KilBurn Times: Big guns need bottle to win Artois swansong

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

WILL it be a high five for Andy Roddick or Lleyton Hewitt? Both players are looking for a record fifth Artois Championship at Queen’s Club this week.
With Artois ending their sponsorship after 30 years, this is an opportunity for Roddick and Hewitt, who have dominated the tournament since 2000, to give them a good send-off […]

Si.com: Roddick Defeats Federer

Friday, May 16th, 2008

With an almost flawless performance, Andy Roddick ended a streak of 11 consecutive losses against nemesis Roger Federer in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open.
Click here to view the photo gallery.

SI.com: US Open’s cable TV deal leaves USA

Friday, May 16th, 2008

The U.S. Open tennis tournament’s cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel starting in 2009.The six-year deal through 2014 was announced by the U.S. Tennis Association on Monday. ESPN now owns TV rights to parts of all four tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
USA began broadcasting the […]

TurkishPress.com - Roddick battles past Robredo to meet Wawrinka

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Sixth seed Andy Roddick overcame 14th seed Tommy Robredo in a fierce centre court battle 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 at the Rome Masters here on Friday.
It’s the second time the hard court specialist has reached the semi-finals of this competition following his appearance at the same stage in 2002.
It was Roddick’s eighth win in as many […]

SI.com: How Davis Cup became king

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

I realize that some people will immediately denounce this column as gender bashing, but they would be wrong. My analysis that Davis Cup in America is thriving and Fed Cup is dying is merely an objective look at the discrepancies and inequities of the two.
Case in point: earlier this month 10,000 people from all over […]

ATPTennis.com: Roddick Makes Confident Start at Foro Italico

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Sixth seed Andy Roddick (pictured) improved to 8-1 lifetime against American compatriot Mardy Fish with a 6-1, 6-4 victory Tuesday to become the first player into the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, an ATP Masters Series event held in Rome.
Roddick looked confident in his first ATP clay-court tournament of the year, striking four […]

BridalStars Celebrity: Andy Roddick Attends Bachelor Party for Mardy Fish

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Although tennis great Andy Roddick recently announced that he has decided to say so long to the single life, on April 21, 2008 the engaged sports star was just one of the revelers who celebrated fellow court champion Mardy Fish’s final days as a bachelor with a bash at JET nightclub at the Mirage Hotel. […]

chinaview.cn: Roddick, Ivanovic to make their debut in China Open in September

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The U.S. top tennis player Andy Roddick and women’s number two Ana Ivanovic will make their debut in this year’s China Open, set for Sept. 20-28 at the Beijing Tennis Center, organizers announced here Wednesday. The world men’s No. 6 Spanish player David Ferrer and Serbian Jelena Jankovic, have also confirmed their entry to […]