Archive for December, 2007

 

Day 18 - Third Annual ARF Charity Gala

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

At the Third Annual ARF Charity Gala in Austin, Texas in October, over $1.3m was raised for the Andy Roddick Foundation through a live auction and the help of Sir Elton John, who performed at the event.

bizjournals.com: Andy Roddick Foundation building tennis center

Monday, December 17th, 2007

The Andy Roddick Foundation wants to help perfect the tennis moves of young people through a planned tennis center in the Texas Hill Country.
The Roddick foundation, along with CastleRock Texas, the city of Cottonwood Shores and the Marble Falls Community Tennis Association, are working on building an $8.2 million tennis complex on Ranch Road 2147 […]

Day 17 - Andy vs Fernando Gonzalez, Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Watching Andy’s second match at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai against Fernando Gonzalez, you wouldn’t have known that he had only played two tournament matches since the US Open, one of those being his opening victory against Nikolay Davydenko.

Flashback: US OPEN ‘07 Kids Day

Monday, December 17th, 2007

On Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the US Open, Andy played in two celebrity doubles matches and also played to hit the target.

Day 16: Andy at the Sony Ericsson Open Kick Off Party

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Andy kicked off the Sony Ericsson Open in style back in March when he attended the official opening party at the South Beach.

Omaha.com: Roddick rocks the night

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Stop everything, Andy Roddick said. Hold on.
He called the heckler, an 18 year old wearing a self-designed T-shirt that declared love for Roddick, down from the crowd. He walked to the microphone.
Did you all hear what he said, Roddick asked the crowd of about 6,000 at the Qwest Center: “He said, Andy, you wuss.”
So, in […]

Day 15 (Memorable Match Andy vs Bjorkman Davis Cup QFs)

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

It was the win that put Team USA in to the Davis Cup final – playing away against Sweden, Andy defeated Jonas Bjorkman 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the fourth rubber to give the US an unassailable 3-1 lead in the tie.

I Was There: Davis Cup

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

The Davis Cup final in Portland, Oregon witnessed a sell out crowd. We’ve heard from some of you who were lucky enough to be there!

nj.com: Roddick pinch-hits to help charity

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Tennis and snow don’t often go together, but yesterday’s sloppy storm created quite a treat for tennis fans at Justin Gimelstob’s charity exhibition in Chatham.
When the storm grounded Murphy Jensen’s flight from Los Angeles into Newark yesterday, Gimelstob found a pretty decent replacement. He just called Andy Roddick.
Fresh off his Davis Cup victory less than […]

Day 14 (Andy Roddick Youth Tennis Program)

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Helping others has once again been a huge feature of Andy’s year, and on Day 14 of Advent, we look back on the announcement of the Andy Roddick Youth Tennis Program, planned and engineered by his brother, Dr. Lawrence Roddick.