Andy Roddick's right shoulder survived a bruising examination by Spaniard Feliciano Lopez on Tuesday as the American opened his grasscourt season with a 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 victory in the second round at Queen's Club.
World number eight Andy Roddick and 18th-ranked Sam Querrey will represent the United States in a first-round Davis Cup tie against Chile next month, captain Jim Courier said on Thursday.
Roger Federer will open his bid for a third successive Masters Cup title, and a fifth in all, against Gilles Simon after being grouped with the Frenchman in Wednesday's draw for the $4.45 million (2.8 million pounds) tournament. The Swiss is top seed in the absence of Spain's world number one Rafael Nadal, whose withdrawal through injury allowed Simon to take his place in the season-ending event for the top eight men in the world.
The Indian pair was drawn in a relatively easy bottom half in the men's doubles tennis at the Athens Games.
Fernando Gonzalez claimed a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 victory over third-seeded American Andy Roddick to reach the final of the Vienna Open.
There's no American man in the top 10 in the ATP rankings issued on Monday - the first such instance since the rankings were introduced in 1973.
James Blake joined compatriots Andy Roddick and Robby Ginepri in the last four of the RCA Championships.
World No 1 Rafa Nadal fell to Cyprus's Marco Baghdatis 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters Friday as three of the top four seeds lost out.
The Spanish world number one, preparing to defend his Wimbledon title this month, went down 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 when the exertions of winning a record-equalling sixth French Open crown on Sunday caught up with him.
Novak Djokovic on Wednesday said it would be difficult to cut down on tournaments despite the leading men's players complaining that the packed calendar is shortening careers. After being forced to pull out of the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, American Andy Roddick said governing body the ATP must give players a proper off-season.
A jetlagged Pete Sampras paid a surprise first visit to Wimbledon for seven years on Sunday to watch Roger Federer overtake his record for grand slam wins, and then hailed the Swiss as the game's best-ever player.
Roger Federer became the first man to win 15 Grand Slam singles titles when he triumphed over American Andy Roddick to take his sixth Wimbledon crown on Sunday. The marathon match broke several other records.
The All England Club took the players' grasscourt credentials to come up with their top 32 seeds for next week's Wimbledon championships.
World number three Novak Djokovic celebrated his return to action with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over France's Jeremy Chardy in the first round of the Marseille Open on Wednesday.
World number three Novak Djokovic opened the defence of his Toronto Masters title in impressive style with a 6-4 6-4 win over Canadian Frank Dancevic.
Andy Roddick is the man no one wants to play golf with.
The American teenager beat compatriot Paul Goldstein in the San Jose Open first round on Monday.
Roger Federer has been drawn with Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Gonzalez at the Shanghai Masters Cup.
It has been a tale of two draws at the US Open, with the men's seeds advancing full steam ahead and the usually fastidious women's field in disarray. Eight of the top 16 women's seeds have been given the boot at Flushing Meadows, while all 16 men have strolled forward.
Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick stayed on course for an all-American U.S. Open final.
The top seeded pair was shocked by Americans Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in the first round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
Six years after getting a taste for grand slam titles, Roger Federer returned to the scene of his first major triumph on Sunday to rewrite the record books.
Top seed David Ferrer of Spain was bundled out of the $524,000 China Open by Israel's Dudi Sela on Thursday, while big-serving American Andy Roddick swept past compatriot Brendan Evans to book a quarter-final place.
The Briton escaped with a $2,500 fine following his foul-mouthed tirade at an umpire during his second round defeat by American Andy Roddick.
James Blake fought off two match-points to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and lifted the United States to a 2-0 lead over France in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Friday. Earlier in the day, Andy Roddick gave the US a 1-0 lead in a close 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 victory over Michael Llodra.
The following are five contenders for the men's title at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.
Novak Djokovic's battling victory under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium made him the oldest man to reach the last 16 at the US Open.
The Swiss will play Nadal's countryman David Ferrer in Sunday's final at the showcase eight-man event in Shanghai following his 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of American Andy Roddick in the first semi-final.
The Swiss beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3 to stay alive in the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, while American Andy Roddick became the first player to book a semi-final spot at the season-ending event in Shanghai after crushing Chile's Fernando Gonzalez 6-1, 6-4.
The two players were named as the top seeds for the men's and women's singles event at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.
Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took just 46 minutes to beat Tomas Behrend 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Open on Tuesday.
The Swiss holds the rare distinction of not attracting any negative press despite being a top sportsman.
The world number one believes he is pulling away from his rivals in men's tennis.
He said that experience had taught him how to handle "an incredibly good baseliner" like Nalbandian.
World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3, 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final.
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