Archive for January, 2005

 

Tsunami Emergency Relief - Serving For Tsunami Comes To Houston

Sunday, January 30th, 2005

Andy will join tennis legends John McEnroe and Jim Courier in an exhibition event in Houston called ’serving for Tsunami Relief” on Monday, Jan. 31. Joining the past and present ATP stars will be Chris Evert, Anna Kournikova and TV talk show host Dr. Phil for the exhibition at the Toyota Center.
The event will […]

Andy Out Of Australian Open

Friday, January 28th, 2005

Andy said goodbye to Melbourne today as he lost his semifinal match against home favourite Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 6-1.
Having a great start to the match, Andy broke serve early on as Hewitt hit long to give the American a 3-0 lead. At 4-2, Andy saved two break points, with two sensational forehands […]

Andy Vs. Hewitt In The Semifinals

Thursday, January 27th, 2005

It will be Andy (2) and the Australian local favorite Lleyton Hewitt (3) meeting in the semifinals. The other semifinal match will see Roger Federer (1) meet Marat Safin (4) placing the top four seeds in the semis.
Andy closed out Russian, Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 7-5, 4-1 ret., while Hewett battled David Nalbandian in a marathon […]

Andy Into Semis As Davydenko Retires

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Andy is through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open defeating Nikolay Davedenko 6-3, 7-5, 4-1(retired).
This was an emphatic first set by Andy, in which his serving was exemplary. He had a 76 percent first serve statistic, serving 8 aces and no double faults. He had only 4 unforced errors in the set and lost […]

Roddick Vs. Davydenko Preview

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

Nikolay Davydenko has carved his way most impressively through the draw as he has posted his best results to date at the Australian Open. Thus far, the young Russian has not dropped a set as he has taken out players such as Tim Henman, Guillermo Caņas and Christopher Rochus. His compatriot, Marat Safin, said, […]

Roddick Knocks Out Kohlschreiber

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Andy Roddick is through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after his straight sets victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-1.
The first set was fairly comfortable for Andy. The German had a bright start and was producing good shots in the rallys, but at 3-2, Kohlschreiber pushed a forehand long to give Andy a […]

Roddick Vs Kohlschreiber Preview

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Andy, the 2003 semi finalist in Australia, is inching ever closer to repeating that feat as he is only two matches away.
Twenty one year old, Philipp Kohlschreiber, from Germany, will be the first right handed player that Andy has faced in this tournament. Kohlschreiber is relatively unknown and is making his first appearance at the […]

Elton John To Star At Andy Roddick Charity Benefit

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Music superstar, Elton John, will join tennis superstar, Andy Roddick at the 2005 “Champions for Charity” Gala and Auction that will be held on Tuesday, April 26th at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin. All proceeds donated through The Andy Roddick Foundation will benefit local children in need including The Settlement Home, Austin Children’s Hospital and […]

Andy Melts Melzer

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005

Andy has progressed to the fourth round of the Australian Open with his three sets victory over Austria’s Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 6-2, 7-5. Andy proved too much for Melzer to handle in the first set, as some big serving and good baseline play saw him take the advantage. A powerful forehand on set point gave […]

Roddick V Melzer Preview

Friday, January 21st, 2005

After coming through his four set encounter against Greg Rusedski, Andy will now play, yes, you guessed it, another lefty in the third round.
Jurgen Melzer, the 23 year old, number 32 seed from Austria, has had a pretty easy passage through to round three. In round one, his opponent retired after only six games, […]