Archive for June, 2005

 

Andy Vs. Johansson

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Andy will be looking to reach his second consecutive final at Wimbledon when he takes on Swede, Thomas Johansson. Although Johansson is the oldest player still in the tournament, he also is the most obscure. Sidelined for all of 2003 by a serious knee injury, the 30-year-old Swede has revived his career and has been […]

Interview With Andy Roddick - June 29th 2005

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

THE MODERATOR: Ladies and Gentlemen, Andy Roddick. Questions, please.
Q. You’re back to your — I shouldn’t say “back to,” but two 5 sets here. Played a nice one today. Got a little bit dicey there but you played really well to pull it out.
ANDY RODDICK: When did I get dicey? In the fourth […]

Andy Edges Out Five Set Thriller

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

Andy is through to his third consecutive Wimbledon semifinal, after a sensational five set victory over Frenchman, Sebastien Grosjean 3-6, 6-2 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Grosjean started the match in lightning form and broke Andy at 3-2 in the first set. Despite a strong fight from Andy as Grosjean served for the set, the Frenchman’s serve […]

Andy Fights Into The Semis

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

As anticipated, it was excellent tennis as Andy battled Sebastien Grosjean through five sets 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to join Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, and Thomas Johnansson in the semi-finals.
Grosjean came out firing and Andy rose to the occasion with a brilliant combination of serves, ground strokes and volleys.
Check back for a full match […]

Andy Nominated For Espy Award

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

Andy received his second consecutive ESPY nomination on Friday for Best Male Tennis Player. He won this category last year and was even able to attend the awards in Los Angeles despite his demanding summer schedule.
Similar to on the court, Andy faces some stiff competition for this year’s award. Fellow nominees are Roger Federer, […]

Andy V Grosjean

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

In the quarter finals at Wimbledon, Andy will take on Sebastien Grosjean of France who is the number nine seed. These two players are no strangers to each other having already met seven times on the ATP circuit. Andy leads the head to head 6-1, only losing their first ever match. Included in those six […]

Roddick And Richie Partner For Charity

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Andy Roddick is hosting a concert in South Florida and five-time Grammy award winner Lionel Richie will be the guest performer.
The private concert will launch the Fifth Annual Andy Roddick Charity Weekend scheduled December 9-11th. Richie’s hits have sold in excess of 100 million albums worldwide. He is scheduled to perform on Friday, December 9th […]

Andy Gains Wimbledon Quarterfinals

Monday, June 27th, 2005

In beautiful weather at SW19 Andy Roddick advanced to the quarter finals for the third year in a row. To get there he beat Guillermo Coria 6-3, 7-6(1),6-4 in a close match. The Argentinean Coria is better known for his exploits on clay but today he transferred his game nicely to grass, which has had […]

Andy Roddick Interview - June 27, 2005

Monday, June 27th, 2005

THE MODERATOR: Andy Roddick. Questions, please.
Q. You seemed to be around the net a bit today doing some finesse things. Was that on plan or more reaction to his game?
ANDY RODDICK: No, I wanted to get into the net. I don’t know if I was thinking so much about finesse up there. But a […]

Andy Into The Quarterfinals

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Andy has advanced into the Wimbledon Quarterfinals by defeating Guillermo Coria (ARG) in straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 6-4. As a final statement defining his power game, Andy’s match point was an ace. Even though Coria is one of the fastest players on tour, it was not enough to compensate for the power of Andy on […]