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Still Alive! Isner and Bob Bryan Win a Thriller

Still Alive! Isner and Bob Bryan Win a Thriller

Bob Bryan and John Isner, subsituting for an ill Mike Bryan, fought back in the first and third set tiebreakers to win in four sets in the Davis Cub doubles against Serbia on Saturday.  A brilliant win, especially for Isner in his Davis Cup debut, a weekend in which he did not plan to play doubles.  Tomorrow [...]

U.S. Davis Cup: Backs to the Wall in the Balkans

U.S. Davis Cup:  Backs to the Wall in the Balkans

From Daviscup.com:  Novak Djokovic confirmed Serbia’s dominance over USA by beating Sam Querrey at the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie in Belgrade.
Playing in front of a passionate home crowd, Djokovic handed his team a commanding 2-0 lead on Friday. Despite a spirited fight back from Querrey in the third set, [...]

American Young Guns to Get Chance at Davis Cup in Serbia

American Young Guns to Get Chance at Davis Cup in Serbia

A new era for American Davis Cup has begun, and it will be up to John Isner and Sam Querrey to step up and fill the shoes of long-time Davis Cuppers Andy Roddick and James Blake who are sitting out the competition this year.   The tall twosome — Isner is 6′9″ an Querey 6′6″ — have a [...]

Roddick Fights Back, Isner Cut Down

Andy Roddick fought back deep in the fourth set and dominated the fifth to overcome Fernando Gonzalez and his rowdy Chilean fans in Melbourne.  The biggest point of the match was a Roddick shot at set point that was called out but the review overruled and deemed it good, much to Gonzalez’s dismay, who had let the [...]

Red Hot Americans Roll on in Australian Open

The big servers with the big streaks came through on Friday in Australia.    John Isner started strong and finished well in the tiebreakers to beat Gael Monfils in four sets, and Andy Roddick survived a tough four-setter against Feliciano Lopez, placing each in the round of 16.
Roddick has been here many times before, but this [...]

Americans in Australia: And Then There Were Two

Donald Young started strong but finished weak against Lleyton Hewitt (who I think is a dark-horse to go deep — he’s a feisty Aussie who knows his time is running out), but this tournament was a good showng for Young, who won four matches counting the qualies.  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rolled over Taylor Dent.
Tonight, Roddick goes [...]

Nadal Beats Roddick on London Lawn; Blake Loses in Germany

Rafael Nadal beat Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Artois Championships at the Queens Club on Saturday. Roddick said in Thursday’s press conference that although his shoulder feels good, his serve is not yet up to full speed. He told reporters he expects to be at full strength for Wimbledon.
American [...]

Roddick Returns, Dispatches Ginepri and Fish in Wimbeldon Warmup

Andy Roddick returned to the ATP Tour this week, beating fellow Americans Robby Ginepri in three sets on Tuesday and Mardy Fish on Thursday to reach the quarters of the Artois Championships in London. Fish retired after losing the first set in a tiebreaker due to an ankle injury.
Roddick said of the shoulder injury [...]