And this is how Andy Roddick keeps his world ranking intact. He may not have won a Grand Slam in years but the guy keeps on winning the little ATP tournaments in between the big ones.
Roddick rolled Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-5 in the SAP Open final. The victory handed Roddick his 24th career title.
Yay, Roddick. […]
The rising star of Japan’s tennis hopes couldn’t make it past Andy Roddick yesterday in the SAP Open. Kei Nishikori lost in two sets 6-2, 6-4 to the world number six.
Roddick was aggressive in the victory, aggressive to the point where he was shouting things at his opponent. Things like, “Stick me with it the […]
As I’m sure you noticed, Rackets and Balls has been experiencing some technical difficulties over the past couple days. I do appreciate your patience and understanding…there’s nothing quite so frustrating as a webpage that won’t come up. Believe me, I totally understand - I’m one of those people that hits the refresh button 20 times […]
Sports. We love them, right? I know I wrote earlier about how I fell in love with the game of tennis and this time, I want to speak a little more broadly about my relationship with sports. It’s a love/hate relationship. It’s up, and it’s down. When you’re winning (or your team or person is winning), you’re […]
I have been dying to write about the 2008 Popcorn Tennis Awards but it has been overshadowed by things like Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova winning Australian Open titles. Like that is a big deal or something.
(By the way - the “t” on my keyboard is being a bit obstinate and not wanting to work […]
The chips are in and the cards are down. The fortnight at the Australian Open is a closed book, but there are 10 moments from Down Under that were pretty special.
10. No Americans at the Australian Open past the quarterfinals.
I should take that back. There was one American who lost in the semifinals and that […]
Basically, there are two words that can sum up the United States representation in men’s tennis - it sucks.
Donnie Collins of the Times Tribune gives a great breakdown of the lackluster era in American men’s tennis. A few points from Collins’ article:
- Since 2003, an American has faced Roger Federer 41 times…and lost 41 times.
- […]
Yeah, I know the Australian Open is still going on. I know Venus Williams was beat by Ana Ivanovic but so do you probably. And Novak Djokovic is in the process of dismantling David Ferrer. But I feel like all I’ve talked about is what the stars are doing on the court (or not doing).
So […]
I knew it was coming, you know. But it doesn’t make it any easier now that Andy Roddick is out of the Australian Open at the hands of Philipp Kohlschreiber in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-8 battle. The nearly four-hour match saw Roddick fire 42 aces. Sadly for him (and me) it wasn’t enough.
Rafael […]
With the Australian Open set to kick off tomorrow, I need to get my preview of the men’s side of the tournament in before the first serve is hit.
Roger Federer is obviously one of any sane person’s pick to win the Australian Open, but I think this tournament may be one of the best opportunities […]
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