Andy Murray will move ahead of Roger Federer to No. 3 in the ATP tennis rankings after winning the Shanghai Masters to secure a third straight title this month. Andy Murray beat Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 to claim the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday and move ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in the [...]
Second seed Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray advanced to the US Open semifinals by winning Friday. The 2 will square off Saturday following the first semifinal between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer. With First Lady Michelle Obama watching from the stands on a glorious sunny day at Arthur [...]
Second-seeded Rafael Nadal erased the last American from the 2011 US Open men’s singles draw with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 victory that put the Spaniard in the semifinals for the 4th time in 4 years. The sounds from Andy Roddick were anguished Friday, groaning, heaving grunts of effort, and then Rafael Nadal would send a [...]
Rafael Nadal has defeated Andy Roddick in the Men’s Single quarterfinal of the 2011 US Open. CBS Sports’ Mary Joe Fernandez caught up with Nadal after his victory. Defending champion Rafael Nadal overwhelmed Andy Roddick right from the start in their US Open quarterfinal. Whipping passing shots from all angles and returning superbly, the No. [...]
His ranking down, his health a question mark much of the season, Andy Roddick figures nothing will come easily at the U.S. Open. Roddick held on to avoid a first-round upset Wednesday night at the Grand Slam tournament he won in 2003, beating 96th-ranked Michael Russell 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. He returned to the [...]
Novak Djokovic’s was stopped by a sore shoulder that forced him to retire in the second set on Sunday, giving Andy Murray a 6-4, 3-0 win in the finals of the Western & Southern Open. Mary Carillo and Jim Courier have the recap. Novak Djokovic’s unbelievable winning streak was snapped Sunday, but more importantly, [...]
Spain’s David Ferrer beat American Mardy Fish, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (5), clinching a victory for Spain against the United States in a Davis Cup quarterfinal Sunday at Austin, Texas. David Ferrer, who beat Andy Roddick on Friday night, fell backward when Fish’s final shot sailed wide, then jumped into the arms of Spain [...]
Three-time Wimbledon champions Boris Becker and John McEnroe, Andy Murray‘s former coach Miles Maclagan and former Great Britain Davis Cup captain John Lloyd analyse the British number one’s 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4 semi-final defeat by defending champion Rafael Nadal. At the end of a disappointing match for the Centre Court crowd, there was nothing [...]
Prince William and his new wife, the former Kate Middleton, have arrived at Wimbledon. St. James’s Palace said Prince William and Kate Middleton were at the All England Club “privately.” The palace said Kate Middleton has been to Wimbledon “quite a number of times” and is a big tennis fan. A year after the Queen [...]
Andy Roddick crashes out in Cincinnati
Philipp Kohlschreiber fought back from a set and a break down to defeat a seething Andy Roddick in the first round of the Western & Southern Open. An angry and frustrated Andy Roddick lost his cool as he crashed out of the Cincinnati Open in the first round on Monday, suffering a 3-set loss to [...]
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