Andy Roddick named former world number one Jimmy Connors as his new coach on Monday.
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 beaten Wimbledon finalist has now lost six of his seven meetings with Federer, the world number one.. \n\n
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.
Andy Roddick scored a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Swiss qualifier Michael Lammer
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.
"People talk about power, power, power, but there's still more to our game," said the American.
After the win, Roddick said he was looking forward to the European claycourt season.
The Briton unleashed a furious verbal volley at the umpire during his match after a spectator called out during a rally in the third set.
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.
Roddick edged past Andre Agassi while Grosjean easily beat Tim Henman in the semis of the Stella Artois Championship.
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.
In a match that finished after 2.00am, the sixth seed was ousted by Kohlschreiber 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-7 8-6, handing Roddick his earliest exit from the event since his debut in 2002.
Defending champion Andy Roddick fought to defeat qualifier Paul Goldstein to reach the quarter-finals of the $380,000 U.S. Clay Court Championships.
The Second seed Andy Roddick went through after Russian Nikolay Davydenko retired in the third set of their match because of breathing problems.
"There have been moments for optimism - plenty. And on the men's side, not as much."
The tennis ace may not have won a medal at the Olympics, but he learnt to say 'Efharisto poly.'
Second seed Tommy Haas and No 3 Marat Safin were ousted from the Washington Open.
The top seed survived three match points before beating Ivan Ljubicic in the semi-finals of the RCA Tennis Championships.
The top seed won two matches on Thursday to advance to the last eight at the RCA Tennis Championships in Indianapolis.
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.
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.
Andy Roddick blew away fellow American Robby Ginepri 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday to move into the third round of the Memphis Championships.
Agassi clattered former Melbourne Park runner-up Thomas Enqvist 6-0 6-3 6-3 in a breathtaking display at the Australian Open.
Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman defeated the world number one 6-3, 6-4 in just over an hour at the Qatar Open.
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.
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.
Top seed Robin Soderling underlined his credentials as an Australian Open contender by overpowering defending champion Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5 to win the Brisbane International on Sunday.
