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Leif Shiras asks Roddick in phone interview during Isner-Djokovic match if he will play Davis Cup again? “I don’t know,” he said.  Adding that he won’t play this year, and about the future he doesn’t know.  Roddick is 31-11 career in singles at Davis Cup, second in wins for Americans to John McEnroe, who is 41-8.  He’ll never [...]

The twins got an easy win over an overmatched Croatian team on Saturday, setting up the U.S. – Croatia match for meaningful tennis on Sunday.  Up first will be James Blake against Marin Cilic, against whom Blake is 2-0, including a win this year in Australia.  The fifth and hopefully deciding match will be Mardy Fish against [...]

Andy Roddick’s marathon epic against Roger Federer left him with an ailing hip, forcing him out of this weekend’s Davis Cup match on red clay in Croatia.  In his place will be his good friend and sometimes doubles partner Mardy Fish, who will fill the other singles along with James Blake, in the American team’s effort [...]

I have at times poked a little fun at Andy Roddick here on these pages, and one of Topspinblog.com’s most popular posts remains the time I compared his April 2008 “faux-hawk” to the mohawk of Travis Bickle, Robert DeNiro’s deranged character in the movie Taxi Driver.  In casual discussions with tennis friends, I’ve been critical of his volleys, [...]