[Andy Roddick Topic # 2] Apparently Cool

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Ook Andy Roddick (6) had tegen de Argentijn Eduardo Schwank geen eenvoudige partij. De verliezend finalist van 2004 en 2005 liet het op enkele belangrijke momenten afweten, maar versloeg de nummer zestig van de wereld uiteindelijk wel in drie sets: 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(0).

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Op dinsdag 24 juni 2008 22:24 schreef Wopper1 het volgende:

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LOL, welke website is dat nou weer .

Oke, hij had wat vaker kunnen breaken maar verder was het toch gewoon solide. En hun hebben het over een moeizame partij .

Sport1.nl

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Janko Tipsarevic velde het vonnis over Roddick: 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(4). De 34-jarige Serviër kreeg in de vierde set drie setpoints tegen, maar Roddick was niet scherp op de momenten dat het telde. In totaal kreeg de Amerikaan acht breakpoints, waarvan hij er niet één benutte. Roddick, die vorige week op Queen's met een halvefinaleplaats terugkeerde van een schouderkwetsuur, werd op Wimbledon nog nooit eerder voor de derde ronde uitgeschakeld.

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Upsets continued in the top half of the draw on Thursday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto as 19-year-old Marin Cilic defeated No. 6 and 2003 champion Andy Roddick 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

The Croatian teenager, who beat No. 12 seed Tommy Robredo in the second round, posted his fourth career Top 10 victory, the first since defeating No. 7 Fernando Gonzalez in the third round at the Australian Open in January.

After splitting the first two sets, Cilic broke in the opening game of the final set as Roddick hit a forehand long at 15-40. Cilic, who converted four of nine break points while losing serve three times in the one hour and 55-minute match, only lost five points on serve in the third set. He never faced a break point.

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Andy dug deep but eventually fell to Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 at the Rogers Cup in Toronto Today.

Cilic, who defeated Robredo yesterday, proved a resilient opponent out of the starting gates. The Croat earned the only break in the opening set to take the lead 6-4. Andy struggled with his first serve in the opening set but fought back in the second, breaking Cilic to level the match at 4-6, 6-4. Both Andy and Cilic traded break point opportunities throughout the match.

In the third set, Andy found himself down a break at 2-4, and despite a tough battle was unable to recover. Since Andy and Mardy withdrew from the doubles competition,
Andy will now start preparations for The Masters Series in Cincinnati

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Op zondag 27 juli 2008 20:51 schreef wimderon het volgende:

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No. 6 seed and 2003 champion Andy Roddick withdrew from the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters on Tuesday night due to a neck spasm.

Roddick took the court with German Philipp Kohlschreiber but then after the warm-up decided he couldn't play the second round match. He was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Woong-Sun Jun of Korea.

Roddick took the microphone and said to the crowd, "I woke up today with my neck hurting and could hardly look side to side. I wanted to come and give it a go. But I wanted to give some one else a chance to play. It kills me that I have to walk off without playing."

Shortly after, Roddick addressed the media, saying, "The shoulder has not been brought up. It was more of an inflamed cuff type thing. This is a neck spasm something. I mean, it (shoulder) hasn't been brought up today, not even as far as questions from the doctors or whatever."

Roddick also added, "I mean I've been feeling fine. I got in practices yesterday and the days before. I fell asleep last night. I was pretty tired. I fell asleep and woke up and I still had the lights on in my room. I just kind of passed out. I think when I did, we're guessing it was in had the wrong position or whatnot. I woke up this morning and something in my neck and kind of any activity is causing it to flare up. I went out and tried to warm for about five minutes at about 5:00. I mean, we've been getting treatment all day. You asked what was leading up. Went to a chiropractor and we had Doug work on it. We've had kind of everyone take a crack at it today.

"Tried to hit at 5:00; didn't go so hot. Went out for some more treatment. Tried to take some painkillers and whatnot. You know, I thought I might be able to give it a go if it didn't get any worse. My second or third serve in warm up out there just got definitely worse, kind of just to the point where it's tough to move my head right now."

Roddick plans to return to action next week in Los Angeles followed by Washington, D.C. in leading up to the US Open. "I'd love to play those tournaments and actually get some matches in both weeks and actually feel like a tennis player again where you go to the courts and play a match and go home and get ready for the next day. That's a better routine to have. That's the one I like. I know L.A. is only a 28 draw, which means I could probably get a late start there, which will probably be a good thing."