Andy Roddick, fought back after losing the opening set to reach his second straight final at a Masters 1000 event with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Rafael Nadal in Miami on Friday.Less than a fortnight after losing to Ivan Ljubicic in the Indian Wells trophy match, Roddick was back at the business end of an event as he waited for a Sunday finals opponent from Swedish fifth seed Robin Soderling and Czech number 16 Tomas Berdych, conqueror of Roger Federer at Crandon Park.Brisbane, Jan 4 : Top seed Andy Roddick gave his October knee injury a solid test Monday, firing 15 aces in a first-round defeat of Australian Peter Luczak 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at the Brisbane International.
The American, playing in Australia for only the second time outside of the January Open, was joined as a winner by second seed Radek Stepanek. The veteran Czech out put Australian John Millman 6-4, 6-0.
Roddick has said that his knee injury is still not 100 percent but he expects to be fit for the Grand Slam start Jan 18 in Melbourne.
The top seeded Andy Roddick of USA survived a scare from Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and he defeated his opponent in straight sets by 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) to advance in to semifinals of the Washington Classic tournament on Friday.The fifth ranked Roddick connected 74 percent of first serves in the match as compared to 59 percents by his opponent. However, Karlovic smashed 13 aces as compared to only seven aces by Roddick.
Roddick will meet with John Isner in the semifinal. John ousted eighth seeded Tomas Berdych of Czech in a three setter match by 6-3, 6-7 (10/12), 6-2. Roddick and John had met each other only once in the past.
Andy Roddick marked his best performance in the year 2009 when he posed a threat to Roger Federer to claim his 15th Grand Slam title. He is an American player and is former World No. 1 Player. He claims his winning streaks easily on clay and grass courts. He is among the top ranked US players and hence is the only American to make his way in the top 10 rankings. He marked his important in by claiming the title of US open in the year 2003. He eventually made his way to finals of other grand slams as well. Roger Federer was the man who posed a great difficulty at the finals all time and he lost most of the matches to him. However, he along with Federer holds the record to be in the top 10 rankings since the year 2002.Andy Roddick starts his attacking in the court from the first serve itself and he is widely known for his impeccable and strong serves. He even holds a record of the fastest served ball. Over the years he has been a permanent member of the Davis Cup team of America and has also helped to win the Davis Cup in the year 2007.
The year 2009 paved his way to the most prestigious final of the tournaments, but he could not win the most win. However, he has a long list of tournaments to witness in the year 2010 where he can pose a severe challenge to other top players and fight back his World No. 1 ranking.
Former Boca Raton resident, Andy Roddick has decided to withdraw himself from this week’s Delray Beach International Tennis Championships due to an illness.Roddick, the No. 8 player in the world, was penciled as the top seed at the event.
Before he even got to Delray, he had already complained about feeling ill before beating Milos Raonic in Sunday’s final in Memphis for his 30th career win.
“When I woke up yesterday, I felt like I got hit like a bus.” said Roddick to reporters at the Delray ITC Media Conference earlier this afternoon.
Roddick, who played his high school tennis in Boca Raton, made his ATP debut at the 2000 Delray Beach ITC event and was the runner-up in 2002.
“I’m very disappointed. I’ve waited too long to come back and play this tournament,” said Roddick, “It’s just unfortunate timing. I was looking forward to coming back. I honestly don’t feel I can go out there and give my best.”
Regardless of his withdraw from the Delray Beach ITC, Roddick is still expected to lead the United States against Chile in a Davis Cup first-round tie in Santiago next week.
This week’s top seed now in the Delray Beach ITC is American Mardy Fish, who was the 2009 champion and 2003 runner-up.
