I feel like this has been a long time coming...the decline of the American favorite, Andy Roddick. He's not entirely out yet, but I feel like everybody is "holding" their breath for him to announce that he's hanging up his tennis racquets and move onto life after the tour. For the last year or so, Roddick has been on a steady decline in the rankings, not major drops or … [Read more...]
What I learned from the 2011 tennis season
It's over. The 2011 tennis season is finally over, phew! I would love to give you readers a detailed recap of the 2011 tennis season filled with video highlights, commentary, analysis; and the rest of all those pretty things that other big tennis blogs/sites have to offer. Fortunately this site is not funded by a bigger company nor do I have investors paying me to do what I do, … [Read more...]
Nadal Dismantled Roddick in US Open quarterfinals
What I thought was giong to be a close, if not epic tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick, turned out to be a major beat down. Nadal was on fire and Roddick was about as flat a heavily used tennis ball. Nadal didn't a bad match, nor did he play a spectacle of a tennis match; he played good. He found the lines, anticipated well, returned better, and was just on … [Read more...]
Roddick Had A Poor Showing In Cincy
The last time we saw Andy Roddick step on a competitive tennis court was early July in World Group Quarterfinals Davis Cup match. Since then, Roddick has pulled out of some of his favorite tennis tournaments due to an abdominal (oblique) injury. His next match up was in Cincinnati, Ohio for a Masters 1000 tournament leading into the US Open; Roddick was matched against world's … [Read more...]
What Roddick Can Learn From Fish
We all know that Andy Roddick has somewhat dropped out of the conversation lately and Mardy Fish is now the talk of the American tennis town. Fish, who just a year and a half ago was ranked outside of the top 100 (#101 - 3/22/2010), has taken the tennis tour by storm, reaching more finals this year than he ever has in his tennis career. Now comfortably ranked at a career high … [Read more...]
Does Brooklyn Get More Love Than Andy?
Since Andy Roddick married the smoking hot supermodel turned actress Brooklyn Decker, his tennis career has been as impressive as we had once known. That's not to say that Roddick is not still an awesome tennis player, but I'm starting to get the feeling that his bride is overshadowing his career. Brooklyn Decker is obviously talented in what she does, posing, wearing a … [Read more...]
Roddick Disappoints Again
What I thought would have been an easy match for American Andy Roddick against Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, turned out to be another early exit for the American hopeful. This is the second year in a row where I have seen Roddick play some terrible tennis, he simply got outplayed. Lopez did put up a great fight, handling all of Roddick's heat off the serve and playing a calm and … [Read more...]
Should Andy Roddick Retire?
No, Andy Roddick is NOT going to retire. Though it might be an optimal time for him to at least think about the possibility of hanging up his tennis racquets at the end of the 2011 tennis season. There's that saying, in gambling, "Quit while you're ahead." That's pretty much what we're talking about here with Roddick. He's been the staple of American tennis since he came … [Read more...]
Andy Roddick Not Hungry Enough
Prior to the 2011 Australian Open, Andy Roddick's camp (Doug Spreen, Lance Hooten, and Larry Stefanki) had never seen Andy so "hungry" to compete this year, especially at the first Major of the year, the 2011 Australian Open. In the early rounds, Roddick looked rather strong ousting Hajek (6-1, 6-2, 6-2), Hunitsyn (7-6, 6-2, 6-3) in the first two rounds, then had a small … [Read more...]
A Look At The 2011 Australian Open – Mens
It is really hard to believe that the 2011 Australian Open is only a couple of weeks away now. It seems like just last month Roger Federer was celebrating his ass-kicking of Andy Murray and an almost picture perfect run down under. This year, the game has changed, well sorta, we still have the usual suspsects at the top and a few up and comers with the hunger to wipe out those … [Read more...]