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Zero to nine. The number says it all.  That is the record of American men versus Spanish men in singles during Wimbledon and the recent Davis Cup meeting. For some well-chosen but dismal descriptions of the state of the American team, check out Jonathan Scott on Tennis.com who concludes his article “U.S. Davis Cup Team [...]

With Mardy Fish’s quarterfinal loss to Rafael Nadal, the American men completed a dismal 0-6 record in singles on the grass against Spanish players over the Wimbledon fortnight (fortnight being one of those words you only hear once a year when Wimbledon rolls around).  Not exactly the confidence boost captain Jim Courier wanted going into [...]

The U.S. Davis Cup match against Spain has been set for Austin, Texas, hometown of Andy Roddick, running from July 8-10. Let’s hope that Nadal will make the trip, but I’m betting the hard, indoor court will not be that appealing to him, especially if he goes deep in Wimbledon where the men’s final is [...]

Big-time comeback for Roddick on the red clay in Chile today — now on to Austin, San Antonio or Albany for the next round this summer. With the top dog Texas-resident back on the team, it’s got to be Austin or San Antonio when the Spaniards come calling in July.  (The USTA wouldn’t snub Andy [...]

As soon as I write a post about Americans hoisting trophies in the summer hardcourt tournaments, the news all turns bad.   Roddick, Querrey, Isner and Fish all lose early in Washington. Roddick falls to 11 in the rankings, marking the first time since the ATP rankings began that there are no American men in the [...]

Peter Bodo of Tennis magazine thinks so.  “I believe he’s going to do it, if not this year, then the next. If not then, then sometime,” Bodo writes on his blog. Roddick is coming off one of his best months ever, winning the Sony Ericsson and finishing second in Indian Wells.  He had not reached a Masters [...]

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 [...]

From Pete Sampras’ win in the 1990 U.S. Open to Andre Agassi’s win in New York in 1999, American men won 21 of the 40 Grand Slams of the decade.  The following ten-year stretch started strong, with Sampras, Aggasi and Andy Roddick combining for six more through September 2003.  However, since Roddick’s U.S. Open win seven years ago, only Andy has come [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]