Roddick's ranking went down fast

After losing to Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 7-6 in his opening match in Miami, defending champion Andy Roddick could fall as far as No. 15 when the rankings are released after the tournament is finished. It would be the top American’s lowest ranking since 2002.

Roddick was having trouble breathing during the match and thinks he’s suffering from a bronchial infection. His coach, Larry Stefanki told FOXSports.com that he began to feel sick when he arrived in Miami, after losing to Richard Gasquet early at Indian Wells.

"I’ve had something for a little while, but I’m going to have it checked out when I get home," said Roddick. "I’ve had it dating back to Memphis [where he won the title] off and on. That’s a little too long, I think. It’s deep in the chest.

It’s not even so much nasally or throat or anything, it’s just when I laugh, I start sounding like a car trying to start."

Article by Matthew Cronin

My Comment : hang in there Roddick, you have my support.

Andy Roddick Spectacular Shot

Andy Roddick called it the "best shot I've ever hit in my life." Considering it was a tournament-winning, Boris Becker-style, all-out dive for a winner that gave him his 30th career title and a tense victory over an up-and-coming star, it's not just hyperbole.

 

The miracle shot capped a thrilling 7-6 (5), 6-7 (11), 7-5 Roddick victory over Milos Raonic in the finals of the ATP 500 event in Memphis. If Roddick doesn't get to the ball or hit it in play, Raonic, the big-hitting 20-year-old Canadian would have been serving at deuce to get into a decisive tiebreak.

But, oh, did he get to it: Nobody was as surprised at the end result as Roddick: "I played a pretty good point before that. Just making the return, you get disheartened when he doesn't miss the next ball because it's tough to get a serve back. He had a great volley there. I don't really remember much else besides the fact that I went for the ball, I hit it, I didn't really think much of it. Then I heard people cheering. I was like, ‘No, there's no way that went in.' I guess it did."

Raonic was equally impressed. After the match he said he was proud to be on the receiving end of such a spectacular point and that he looked forward to seeing himself on YouTube as a result. With bloody knees and elbows, Roddick accepted the winner's trophy in Memphis for a third time. On Monday, he withdrew from a scheduled tournament in Delray Beach. I'd say he deserves the rest.

Roddick frustrated over light and early exit

LONDON, November 24 : The advertising lights behind the baseline flashed and flickered, even while play was going on, and each time it made Andy Roddick more and more frustrated. Finally, after being broken for the second time in the match, Roddick snapped.

Or, actually, the rim of his racket snapped when he smashed it against his foot. “I was angry with myself and there wasn’t anybody else to talk to at that moment,” Roddick said wryly after losing to Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-3 Wednesday at the ATP World Tour Finals. Roddick had been playing well through the first set, but shortly after wasting a pair of set points on Berdych’s serve while leading 5-4, the eighth-ranked American was broken and eventually dropped the set. In the second, Roddick held his first two service games relatively easily.

Then, at 2-2, the neon lights on the front of the boxes where the line judges stand started to change, flickering red sometimes and then back to the light blue that they’re supposed to be. With Roddick growing increasingly frustrated, Berdych took a 15-30 lead with a forehand winner. Roddick then dumped a forehand wide on the next shot and lost his replay challenge, giving Berdych two break points.

After saving one when Berdych sent a forehand return long, Roddick tried an overhead smash from the baseline but the ball landed out, giving Berdych a 3-2 lead. That’s when he let it all out. First, he whacked a ball high into the rafters—it eventually landed only three rows from the top of the lower section of the O2 Arena.

Then, when he was walking back to his chair for the changeover, he smashed his racket against his foot and drew a code violation from the chair umpire. “The neons in the back weren’t quite to the settled position. They were still advertising fun stuff,” said Roddick, who dropped to 0-2 at the round-robin tournament for the top eight players in the world.

“When you’re trying to track a ball, it’s kind of neon lights and stuff. Then Tomas noticed it. A couple of them just went out before we played a point.” The match finished with the lights off.

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Federer to Quaterfinal and Roddick past first round in ATP Basel 2010

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—Andy Roddick defeated fellow American Sam Querrey 7-5, 7-6 (6) while Roger Federer cruised into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday. The fourth-seeded Roddick had 16 aces and dropped just six first-service points against the 22nd-ranked Querrey, who served 13 aces.

Roddick faces Andrey Golubev in the second round. Roddick has returned to Basel after seven years in hopes of claiming one of the last three berths in the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals in London this month. Roddick was eighth in the standings coming into the tournament.

Federer, the No. 1 seed, eased past Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic, requiring a single break in each set to complete a 6-3, 6-4 win in St. Jakobshalle. Federer served even more efficiently than Roddick, conceding seven points in nine service games. He sealed the first set with an ace and clinched the match with a service winner.

Ninety minutes after leaving the court, Federer was seated alongside his parents at the soccer game as his Wimbledon conqueror Tomas Berdych was eliminated. The No. 3 seed slumped to a 6-4, 6-1 loss to 72nd-ranked Tobias Kamke, who made the main draw as lucky loser in qualifying.

The World’s Highest Paid Tennis Players

Our look at the highest-paid tennis players typifies this kind of equality in the game. Half of the top ten are men and half are women. For incomes we include prize money, endorsements, exhibitions and appearance fees over the past 12-months without taxes or agent's fees deducted. Informaton from website forbes.com.

No. 1 Roger Federer Income: $43 million Sponsors: Nike, Credit Suisse, Gillette Federer has won a record $56.9 million in career prize money in addition to his record 16 Grand Slam titles. His Nike sponsorship is the most lucrative endorsement deal in tennis.

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No. 2 Maria Sharapova Income: $24.5 million Sponsors: Nike, Prince, Tiffany Sharapova inked an eight-year contract extension with Nike this year that could be worth as much as $70 million thanks to royalties from her own tennis line and a line of bags and shoes through Nike subsidiary Cole-Haan.

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No. 3 Rafael Nadal Income: $21 million Sponsors: Nike, Kia Motors, Babolat The Spaniard returned from an injury-plagued 2009 to capture five tournament titles and the No. 1 ranking this year. Nadal is only 24 years old, but his $32.9 million in career prize money is third best all-time.

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Roddick through 1st Round of the Match

NEW YORK - AUGUST 30: Andy Roddick of the United States (R) shakes hands with Stephane Robert of France after the Men's Singles first round match on day one of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 30, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Roddick defeated Robert 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

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Biography of Andy Roddick

 
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and the only American inside the ATP top 10. As of July 5, 2010, he is ranked World No. 9 by the ATP rankings.
 
He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals. Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon three times and the US Open once), losing to Roger Federer each time.

Fish down Roddick to reach Final

CINCINNATI - AUGUST 21: Mardy Fish reacts after defeating Andy Roddick (4-6, 7-6, 6-1) during Day 6 of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 21, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Roddick beat Djokovic in Quaterfinal Cincinnati Open

CINCINNATI - AUGUST 20: Andy Roddick reacts after winning against Novak Djokovic of Serbia (6-4, 7-5) during Day 5 of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 20, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Andy Roddick, Last American Out

Andy Roddick, has fallen to number 11 in ATP Ranking

Since computerized rankings were introduced in 1973, each edition of the men's top 10 has included an American. From Stan Smith to Jimmy Connors to Arthur Ashe to John McEnroe to Andre Agassi to Pete Sampras to Andy Roddick, there's been a solid red, white and blue top-10 presence in the 1,922 weeks of the ATP rankings. Until Monday.

This week, for the first time in 37 years, no American man is ranked among the 10 best tennis players in the world. Andy Roddick slipped from No. 9 to No. 11 in the rankings released Aug. 9, courtesy of a third-round loss at the ATP 500 event in Washington D.C.

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The Curious Case of Andy Roddick

"I'm going to be pissed when I wake up tomorrow." This is how Andy Roddick reacted after he lost to little-known Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei in the 4th round of the Championships 2010. Roddick lost in five sets in the last four of the five Grand Slams that he has played.

Has Roddick lost his punch or is it the colossal pressure of living up to the standards set by the past American greats that have been taking a toll on this hugely talented player? It came as heartbreaking news for many, when Andy Roddick lost to Roger Federer 16-14 in the fifth set of the 2009 Championships final, but then they accept it because the American was playing against the King Federer – and there were many moments in the match, when Roddick thoroughly prevailed over the then world no. 1.

But, his recent defeat to the little-known Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei in the fourth round of Wimbledon came as a hard-to-swallow glob – sardonically, he lost 9-7 in the fifth set to Lu, who was ranked outside the top 50 in the ATP Rankings.

Before the start of the Wimbledon 2010, many predicted that Roddick has a real chance this time because Federer had not been in the best of his form and Nadal was looking a bit vulnerable on grass, but before Roddick could have met any of the top-seeds in the quarterfinal stage, he was ousted by Lu – abrupt crash of the flight of hope.

It was heartening to observe that no American men remained in the Wimbledon field after Roddick’s loss in the Championships 2010. It did look somewhat bizarre, as Grand Slams had been always adorned by American legends in the past by the likes of John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Jim Courier among others.

Roddick who turned pro in 2000, won the US Open and Australian Open junior singles title in the same year. Roddich shot to fame in 2001, when he shocked the French Open champion Michael Chang by defeating him in the second round of the tournament on clay, which is not considered his best hunting surface till date. Roddick tasted his big success in the United Kingdom in 2003, when he defeated the then world no. 2 Andre Agassi in the Queen’s Club.

Eventually, Roddick also made into the Wimbledon semifinals in the same year, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets, the latter won the Championships and ushered a new era of dominance. Roddick, who holds the world-record for the fastest serve surprised many with his raw talent at the age of 21, when he won the U.S. Open in 2003 and by the end of the year, he was ranked no. 1 in the world. Many Americans and renowned tennis writers across the world hailed this triumph as a dawn of a new era and predicted that Roddick had all the requisites to tread on the coveted path contrived by the past American tennis legends. Sadly, that was the last time; they saw an American with a Grand Slam trophy.