India's Davis Cupper Somdev Devvarman is capping an eventful year with a 10-day training stint with American world number eight Andy Roddick. Somdev, who became India's number one men's singles player recently, is training in Austin, Texas, with the 2003 US Open winner under renowned coach Larry Stefanki.
American fourth seed Andy Roddick and fifth seeded Gael Monfils of France reached the second round of the Qatar Open with easy wins in Doha on Monday. Roddick beat Spaniard Ivan Navarro 6-1, 6-3 in a little over an hour while Monfils outplayed Czech Republic's Jan Hernych in a 6-2, 6-2 victory.
A lower back injury forced the American to miss the season-ending eight-man tournament starting in Shanghai on Sunday.
Andy Roddick reversed a run of three successive defeats to fellow American James Blake with a hard fought 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 first round victory at the Memphis Championships on Wednesday.
Andy Roddick was promoted from his ranking of four to be named second seed for Wimbledon championships
The American scored his maiden win over Arnaud Clement to advance to the quarter-finals of the Kroger St Jude championships.
World number three Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the invitational Kooyong Classic after Nicolas Kiefer withdrew just four minutes into their match with an ankle injury.
Fifth seed Andy Roddick advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open when his Argentine opponent Jose Acasuso retired with a left knee injury at the end of the third set on Thursday.
Andy Roddick barely put a foot wrong as he darted into the final of the grasscourt championships at Queen's Club with a 6-4 7-5 win over Russian Dmitry Tursunov on Saturday.
The U.S. second seed, who lost in last year's Wimbledon final to Switzerland's Roger Federer, will face the defending champion again in Sunday's final.
Roger Federer extended his dominance over Andy Roddick on Saturday, notching his 20th win in 22 meetings against the American as he won 6-2, 6-4 to reach the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel.
American top seed Andy Roddick claimed his first title of the season and a measure of revenge with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Czech Radek Stepanek in the final of the Memphis Championships on Sunday.
The world number three will meet Slovakian 16th seed Dominik Hrbaty in the third round of the Paris Masters.
The American won his third successive Stella Artois title with a tight 7-6, 7-6 victory over Croatian Ivo Karlovi.
Top seeded Roddick beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer while Grosjean scored over Nicolas Lapentti in the semi-finals of the U.S. Men's clay court championships.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are aiming for a third successive Grand Slam final meeting when they take their high-voltage rivalry to the US Open while Novak Djokovic looks to foil the new generation as he hunts a 25th major.
Andy Murray shrugged off a back injury to tame Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2 and retain his title at the Qatar Open on Saturday. As Murray enjoyed the perfect build-up to the start of the Australian Open on Jan. 19, the result also earned him a ninth ATP trophy.
The top seed survived three match points before beating Ivan Ljubicic in the semi-finals of the RCA Tennis Championships.
The American No. 2 scored a fluent win over Robert Kendrick U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.
Andy Roddick beat Vince Spadea 6-1, 6-3, while Guillermo Coria beat Fernando Gonzalez 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open.
Andy Roddick blew away fellow American Robby Ginepri 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday to move into the third round of the Memphis Championships.
Former champion Andy Roddick will take centre stage at the US Open on Friday, perhaps for the last time, when he plays rising Australian Bernard Tomic for a place in the third round.
The top seed toiled for more than two hours to overcome Todd Martin 7-6, 1-6, 7-5 in the first round of the Kroger St Jude tournament.
Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman defeated the world number one 6-3, 6-4 in just over an hour at the Qatar Open.
A new coach, a new work ethic and renewed belief in his game took Andy Roddick agonisingly close to a Wimbledon title on Sunday and while the experience left him utterly drained the American will not turn back the clock now.
The top seed was drawn against Fernando Gonzalez in the first round of next week's Australian Open.
Andy Roddick swept to his first grasscourt title on Sunday after thrashing Sebastien Grosjean 6-3, 6-3.
Andy Roddick stayed on course for a fifth Queen's Club title on Thursday when fellow American Mardy Fish retired after one set of their Centre Court clash.
Roger Federer was forced to dig deep during a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 win Andy Roddick in the Masters Cup.
In the other semi-final at the San Jose Open, German sixth seed Benjamin Becker, who upset Marat Safin will take on Ivo Karlovic.
Andy Roddick and number two Tommy Haas moved closer to a showdown at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic with third-round victories.
Andy Roddick beat impressive Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the San Jose Open.
Andy Roddick warmed up for the Australian Open in ideal fashion with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Marcos Baghdatis.
Andy Roddick entered the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Julien Benneteau
American sixth seed Andy Roddick will play unseeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Roddick overcame third seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-6, 6-3 while Lopez recovered from 2-5 in the final set to beat fifth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
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