Top seed Andy Roddick advanced to the Memphis Championship final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Juan Martin Del Potro on Saturday and will face big-hitting Canadian Milos Raonic.
Sometimes you have to stop beating yourself up about losing and accept that the better man won, and Andy Roddick was the first to admit on Saturday he had been a comfortable second best.
The American's hopes of getting some quality practice matches before next week's first grand slam of the year were ruined when he was knocked out of the Sydney International by Korean qualifier Lee Hyung-taik.
Three-time champion Andy Roddick defeated bullet-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-6 on Friday to book a spot in the semi-finals of the Washington Classic. Roddick won the tiebreakers 7-4 and 7-5 to set up an all-American affair with John Isner, who beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 at the $1.4 million hardcourt event.
The US Open champion gave the US a 2-0 lead over Austria on the opening day of their first-round Davis Cup World Group tie.
Andy Roddick booked a tantalising quarter-final date against former champion Lleyton Hewitt after outgunning Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6 6-4 6-3 at Wimbledon on Monday.
Andy Roddick will lead the United States against 2006 champions Russia in this month's Davis Cup final.
Top seed David Ferrer survived a scare before beating local favourite Takao Suzuki 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Japan Open quarter-finals in Tokyo on Thursday. Second seed Andy Roddick joined him in the last eight, the big-serving American overpowering Austrian Juergen Melzer 7-6, 6-2 under floodlights.
Andy Roddick is banking on his booming serve and improved court speed to help him beat world number one Rafael Nadal in Saturday's semi-final of the ATP event at Indian Wells.
Lleyton Hewitt said he was eager to represent Australia at this year's Olympic Games in Beijing.
Defending champion Andy Roddick has become the fifth top-10 player to withdraw from next week's Dubai men's championships. The American, who is playing in the semi-finals of the Memphis championships this weekend, would have to return to the United States after the Dubai tournament for Davis Cup duty against Switzerland.
Second seed Rafael Nadal beat fellow-Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero, while Andy Roddick got past France's Richard Gasquet at the Pacific Life Open.
Andy Roddick reached his first Wimbledon final with a hard-fought 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-5 victory in a semi-final played over two days and various rain interruptions.
Andy Roddick has agreed to re-join the American Davis Cup team next year after missing a season, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Thursday.
Richard Gasquet tamed Andy Roddick's power game with some brilliant all-court tennis to upset the American number three seed 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time on Friday.
American second seed Roddick is gunning for his fourth trophy at Queen's Club in five years.
Tim Henman, three times a finalist and at 32 playing his 14th Queen's tournament, failed to ignite the crowd, bowed out.
Andy Roddick is looking to break the world number one's 12-1 commanding hold over him when they meet in the Australian Open semis.
The world number five looked the lesser player for much of the contest that he eventually won 4-6 7-6 6-4.
Former US Open champion Andy Roddick stumbled to a bad-tempered early exit from his home Grand Slam on Wednesday, the American losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 to unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the final match of the day.
Mark Philippoussis lost 6-4, 7-5 to Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round
The world number two displayed his flair on the slick surface by hurtling towards a second successive Stella Artois title at the weekend
Top seed David Ferrer began the defence of his Japan Open title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory over American Jesse Levine.
Fit-again Andy Roddick kept his US Open preparations on a smooth track by crushing Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday.
Eyeing a sixth Grand Slam title, the Spaniard was eventually too strong for the metronomically consistent Fritz, whose biggest weapons were still not damaging enough to unsettle the second seed under a fiery sun on Centre Court.
Andy Roddick's 11th Australian Open campaign ended in disappointment on Thursday when he was forced to retire against Australian Lleyton Hewitt when trailing two sets to one.
Fernando Verdasco upset top seed Andy Roddick 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the San Jose Open on Sunday and snap a 15-match losing streak against top 10-ranked players.
Spain's Rafa Nadal will face American Andy Roddick in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after the pair enjoyed convincing victories on Wednesday.
Defending champion Andy Roddick made a shock early exit from the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday, suffering a second round loss to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 7-6.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko's 6-4, 6-3 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez was enough to send Federer through in the Masters Cup. The world number one then destroyed Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2.
The American slumped to a 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 defeat by Frenchman Fabrice Santoro in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix.
Andu Roddick beat Radek Stepanek 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to enter the third successive final at Queen's.
Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick in an epic final at Wimbledon on Sunday. But did the Swiss ace deserve the crown? Who do you feel was the better player today? Have your say.
Andy Roddick's body finally gave up on him when he limped out of the Shanghai Masters after retiring in the first set of his second-round match against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka on Tuesday.
World number one Roger Federer will return to suburban Melbourne to defend his Kooyong Classic invitational tournament title in January.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick advanced into the last eight of the Miami Masters.
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