Archive for September, 2005

Kids In Distress To Honor Andy Roddick Foundation

Friday, September 30th, 2005

The Andy Roddick Foundation is pleased to announce a donation of $1 million to Kids in Distress. This gift has established the Andy Roddick Foundation and Friends Endowment Fund.
Kids In Distress is a community supported agency dedicated to the care and treatment of abused children, the prevention of child abuse, and the preservation of family. […]

Team Roddick Exclusive: Doug Spreen

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Doug Spreen has been a valued member of Team Roddick since late 2003. Working as Andy’s trainer, Doug travels the circuit with Andy as well as working with him during the off season. The former ATP trainer also works for Team USA in Davis Cup and was in attendance at the tie in Leuven.
“The tie […]

2006 Davis Cup Draw Announced

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Although this year’s champions have yet to be crowned, preparations are already underway for the 2006 Davis Cup tournament. The draw was made in Paris today, Thursday, September 29, and the USA received a home tie against Romania.
Playing in front of a home crowd will be a big boost to the US team, in […]

Davis Cup Exclusive With Alex Clayton

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

Imagine having just come home from winning the US Open Junior Double’s Title with friend Donald Young, to get a call from Andy Roddick telling you to pack your bags. That is what it was like for Alex Clayton nearly a month ago when he was invited to practice with Andy and the Davis Cup […]

Davis Cup Recap

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

Last weekend Team USA headed to Leuven, Belgium, with a very difficult task ahead of them. After losing to a strong Croatian team in the first round (a team which will now contest the Davis Cup final for the first time) the USA had to play a world group play off match against Belgium. As […]

Andy Leads Team Usa Victory

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

Playing in a crucial match, Andy Roddick defeated Olivier Rochus in five tough sets, 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-5(4), 4-6 and 6-3. The win gave Team USA an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the tie over Team Belgium.
Playing on his least favorite surface, clay, Andy showed the heart of a champion and kept pushing hard until the very […]

All Eyes On Andy

Saturday, September 24th, 2005

In the first of the reverse singles matches Sunday, Andy will take on Belgian number one, Olivier Rochus. Should Andy win the match, it would secure USA’s place back in the World Group Davis Cup Competition for 2006. Following the Bryan’s victory, the US team only has to win one singles match on Sunday to […]

Bryans Give Usa 2-1 Lead

Saturday, September 24th, 2005

With the traditional celebratory chest bump, the Bryan brothers sealed the victory over Belgium’s Oliver Rochus and Kristof Vliegen, 6-3, 6-7(2) 6-1, 6-3 to give USA a 2-1 lead. Battling the 2500 strong Belgium crowd and their cheer-sticks, Bob and Mike Bryan battled to a four set victory.
“It was a lot of fun,” Mike Bryan […]

Andy Evens The Score

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Following the first match upset where Olivier Rochus defeated James Blake 6-4,7-5,6-1, Andy found himself in familiar territory: under pressure. But Andy made it known with an ace on the first point of the match that only one Rochus would walk away with the “W” today. In one hour and forty-three minutes Andy decisively put […]

Andy Vs. Christophe Rochus In Round One