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Against steep odds and the whole of the U.K., Andy Roddick played a fantastic match Friday and beat the hometown hero Andy Murray on his own turf of Wimbledon Centre Court.  (Both players are on Twitter, and should be interesting to see if and what Roddick and Murray post.)
Now, on to the final.  An all-American sweep [...]

The possibility of a big American broom sweeping the four biggest Wimbledon trophies is still alive at this advanced semifinal date.  It seems very likely that the Williams sisters will win the women’s doubles, and one of them will take home the singles crown.  The Bryan brothers are favored to win the men’s doubles, but James Blake and Mardy [...]

The sign hung above the Swiss section in Birmingham’s Davis Cup matches said it all, “Roger We Miss You.” 
 
Andy Roddick took care of business Sunday afternoon in Birmingham, outplaying Stanislas Wawrinka to give the American team a victory over Federer-less Switzerland and putting himself in second place on the American list of all-time Davis [...]

Stanislas Wawrinka beat James Blake Friday in four anemic sets, and Andy Roddick beat Marco Chiudinelli in three with an inspiring challenge by the Swiss fill-in for Roger Federer.  Fore more detail, read Peter Bodo of Tennis magazine at www.tennis.com.

There will be no surprises in the American Davis Cup lineup (Roddick, Blake and the Bryans), but the only certainty for the Swiss team is that Stanislas Wawrinka will play, The Birmingham News in Alabama reports today. 
Part of the paper’s report of Tuesday’s press conference: 
Swiss captain Severin Luthi chuckled when asked who is playing No. 2 [...]

The decision by Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish to pass on the trip to Bejing in order to prepare for the U.S. Open seems to be paying off.
Fish beat Frenchman and French Open semifinalist Gael Monfils in straight sets Monday, to become the first man in the quarterfinals. Earlier he beat friend James Blake in [...]

The top four ranked Americans — No. 8 Andy Roddick, No. 9 James Blake, No. 35 Mardy Fish and No. 53 Sam Querrey — have reached the third round of the Open, leaving behind six compatriots who lost in the second round.
Collectively, the 19 American men who started the tournament are 14-15 in the Open, [...]

It has been five years since Andy Roddick cradled the U.S. Open cup during that short window between Sampras’ retirement and Federer’s rise. In fact, it has been five long years since any American man has won any Grand Slam.
It seems like long odds that Roddick or James Blake or any of the other [...]

Wayne Odesnik is into the third round of the French Open, and four other Americans–James Blake, Mardy Fish, Robby Ginepri and Bobby Reynolds are waiting to play their second round matches. American losers in the first round are Sam Querrey who had the misfortune of playing Roger Federer first, and Vince Spadea, John Isner, [...]