Mikhail Youzhny continued his great form from the US Open and played some excellent tennis to give Russia a 2-0 lead over the USA with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over James Blake.
It was always going to be tough and unfortunately clay and an in-form Marat Safin got the better of Andy in the first rubber as Russia won it 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5).
The winner is in from our inaugural Club Roddick exclusive competition!! We’ve had heaps of fun reading your witty entries over the last few days, but we decided this entry from Kave Davidge was perfect for Ron Angle’s priceless picture of John Roddick!
American tennis player Andy Roddick turned up confident of defeating Russia in the Davis Cup semi finals thanks to his new coach, the legendary Jimmy Connors.
“Connors has done a lot for me in recent weeks. There’s no doubt that he’s contributed a lot towards the preparation of the team,” confirmed Roddick in a press conference […]
Marat Safin was picked ahead of fifth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko and will open against Andy Roddick on Friday when Russia plays the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.Davydenko, who reached the U.S. Open semifinals this month but retired because of dizziness last week in the China Open quarterfinals, was left out of Thursday’s draw by […]
The United States and Russia will battle in a Davis Cup semifinal this weekend, and the best-of-five tie will get underway Friday with a marquee singles rubber between a pair of former world No. 1s, Andy Roddick and Marat Safin. Roddick is 3-2 lifetime […]
Marat Safin may strike some observers as more sensualist than masochist, but the 72nd-ranked Russian suggested the United States squad can expect a debilitating dose of Moscow misery in this weekend’s Davis Cup semifinal tied on the red clay of Olympic Stadium.
“Someone has to suffer and it will not be us,” Safin […]
Andy Roddick will face Marat Safin in the first singles’ match-up in this Davis Cup Semifinal in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, September 22nd at the Indoor Olympic Stadium.
The draw for the eagerly anticipated Davis Cup semi final between Russia and the USA has been made and Andy will take on Russia’s number two, Marat Safin first at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
In between practices and sight seeing at Red Square, Andy and the Davis Cup Team attended a cocktail party at United States Ambassador William J. Burns’s residence in Moscow Tuesday evening.