Archive for October, 2005

Andy By The Numbers

Monday, October 31st, 2005

As the 2005 season enters its final Masters Series event, after 65 matches Andy continues to top the charts in several categories for the Ricoh ATP Matchfacts. In the spirit of Halloween, some of these stats are so good, its scary!
No. 1 in Aces with 858 bombs
No. 5 in 1st Serve Percentage, with a solid […]

Paris City Profile

Monday, October 31st, 2005

The capital of France, Paris is a city known for its culture, tradition and scenic beauty. Home to more than 2 million today, Paris is built on an arc of the river Seine. It is known worldwide as the City of Lights. A financial, business and political hub, coupled with its various tourist attractions make […]

BNP Paribas Masters Preview

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

This week, Andy will compete in his final tournament before the end of the year Masters Cup. He won’t have to travel far today to begin preparations for the BNP Paribas Masters. At last year’s event Safin defeated Radek Stepanek to claim his third Masters Series Shield, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3. As the top seed, Andy […]

Roddick Takes Lyon Title

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

In a decisive final, Andy topped french teen Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2 to win The Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon . All week Andy has commented on his confidence building with each “w” in Lyon, so it is only appropriate that he finished the week on top.
Andy had anticipated the final would be […]

Andy Through To Lyon Final

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Andy has beaten Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 7-6(5) to move into his seventh final of the year in Lyon. Andy had said before the match that he was expecting it to be an intriguing contest between two very different players and Santoro’s skill certainly made it a competitive match.
Andy broke the Frenchman very early on, at […]

A-rod Vs. The Magician

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

“I played a good match yesterday but I definitely played a great match today,” Andy said after defeating Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-4 to earn his place in the semi finals in Lyon. “Mario and I always have close matches. I came into this tournament not having won too many matches in the last two months […]

Andy Into Lyon Semis

Friday, October 28th, 2005

In a little under an hour and a half, Andy secured a spot in tomorrow’s semifinals by defeating Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-4. In a smartly played match, Andy patiently waited for his opportunities while giving Mario little to work with.
The two held serve in the first until Andy broke Mario late, eventually taking the set […]

Match Preview

Friday, October 28th, 2005

In the quarter finals of the Grand Prix de Tennis in Lyon, Andy will face Croatian, Mario Ancic. Ancic, who is seeded seventh this week, is in the same mould as the majority of Croatian tennis players - very tall and with a big serve.
However, having played and beaten Ancic three times before, […]

Andy Into Quarters

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Roddick blitzed 13 aces to take down French qualifier Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (5), 6-3 today. With no breaks in the first, Roddick put his recent experience of tie-breaks to good use, taking the set. Andy was confident about his level of play, commenting after the match, “I think today was a much higher quality […]

Lyon City Profile

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Located in East-central France, Lyon is the second most important region in the country behind Paris. The region was founded in 43 B.C. by the Roman Empire, and was named Lugdunum after the Celtic sun God, Lugh, which means shining God. Lyon is the capital of the Rhone-Alpes region and home to more than 1.2 […]