Archive for May, 2005

Hamburg Draw And Order Of Play Announced

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

Andy will play Nicholas Massu in his first match at the Master Series Hamburg on Monday May 9 on Center Court. Andy’s order of play is fourth match on with play beginning at 11:00 am (CEST), 5:00 am (EST).
Roddick who is seeded second to Roger Federer this week has never played Massu on clay. The […]

Hamburg Preview

Saturday, May 7th, 2005

In his final clay court tournament before Rolland Garros, Andy enters the Master Series In Hamburg this week with a 7-1 record on the red surface.
The Master Series Hamburg presented by E. ON Hanse will pit 64 of the world’s best in a $1,870,000 Euro event. Andy did not compete in last year’s tournament […]

Andy Lives Up To No Compromise

Friday, May 6th, 2005

The slogan “No Compromise” engraved into the blue band Andy wears every day held a new meaning at this week’s Telecom Master Series in Rome.
The stunning display of sportsmanship during his third round match against Fernando Verdasco when Andy overruled his own match point may have been shocking to the 4000 plus fans in […]

Roddick Loses To Verdasco

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

Andy was unable to progress to the quarterfinals of TMS Rome as he lost to Fernando Verdasco 7-6(1), 6-7(3), 4-6.
The match was incredibly tight, with Andy sneaking out the first set on a tie break. During the second set, Andy was much the better player and at 4-2 had a 0-40 chance to go […]

Rome Order Of Play Update

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

In the third round of the TMS Rome, number one seed Andy Roddick will take on up and coming Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco. They play Thursday, third on Central Court, with play beginning at 1pm local time, 7am EST.
These two young men have met three times so far in their careers, twice already this year. […]

Roddick Rolls Past Costa

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

Andy is through to the third round of TMS Roma with his 6-4, 7-5 win over former French Open Champion, Albert Costa.
It was an extremely competitive match, but Andy’s serve rarely looked threatened, and the American had some new found confidence at the net. This was demonstrated as Andy broke at 5-4 to take the […]

Andy Out Of Doubles

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

Andy and his partner Jurgen Melzer have been knocked out in the first round of the doubles by the Italian pairing of Bracciali/Galimberti 6-2, 6-0.
Contrary to what the scoreline suggests, there were some extremely competitive points in the match, however at the end of the day, Andy and Melzer were outclassed by two players […]

Report On Andy’s Practice Session

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

Prior to his doubles match today, Andy had a knock up on the practice courts at 4.00pm. Sporting his new Lacoste gear, Andy practised for just an hour, but drew in many crowds of people to the stands, many of whom were shouting, “Andy! Andy!”
Andy did the usual drills with basic ground strokes, volleys […]

Crocodile D’andy

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

He may have big shoes to fill, but Andy Roddick has never followed in anyone’s footsteps, so it is little surprise that the 22 year old is the only American in the top 100 to sign with Lacoste.
The trendy French label, known for its signature crocodile embroidery, will dress Roddick for five years for an […]

Andy Downs Rusedski