[Andy Roddick Topic # 2] Apparently Cool

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Roddick Steamrolls Gonzo in Straights

After a tumultuous day of long, five-set battles that pushed the featured women’s match from Arthur Ashe Stadium to Armstrong to prevent the men’s marquee lineup from starting prohibitively late, Andy Roddick took to the court against Fernando Gonzalez determined to get an early night’s sleep.
He played dreamlike tennis and won going away, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.

No. 8 Roddick, who has looked extremely sharp through four rounds at Flushing Meadows, dropping only a single set against a succession of tough opponents, started well and never allowed Gonzalez into the match. Roddick broke the hard-hitting Chilean, the 11th seed, in his first service game and raced to a 6-2 lead in just 26 minutes.

Roddick did everything well. The American hit running passing shots off both wings; charged the net repeatedly, taking 20 of 29 points in the front court; and won 93% of his first-serve points.

“I did pitch a good ball game,” said Roddick, decked out in a black baseball hat in his post-match press conference.

Roddick cracked 30 winners and, most impressively, committed only 7 unforced errors to finish off Gonzalez with great haste, in just 1 hour, 27 minutes. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – the latter Roddick’s next opponent in the quarterfinals – each spent more than three-and-a-half hours on court.

Roddick looks to improve upon last year’s quarterfinal exit from the US Open. “Now I’m in line to make something really good happen,” he said.

Roddick and Djokovic have played just twice, both times on hard courts; each player has one victory.

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Op dinsdag 2 september 2008 22:38 schreef TheGeneral het volgende:
Ik zie Roddick Djokovic wel verslaan.

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Op dinsdag 2 september 2008 22:39 schreef Ambrosius het volgende:

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Moet 'ie eerst van Gonzo winnen.

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Op dinsdag 2 september 2008 23:29 schreef Norrage het volgende:
maar, stel, tegen roddick in de halve finale verliezen...dat is toch echt de ondergang van het tennis

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Op woensdag 3 september 2008 04:00 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
6-2 rod. Heb hem nog nooit zo goed zien spelen denk ik. 11winners en 3 ue. Gonzo wel erg matig. Meer backhand dan forehanwinners lol

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Op woensdag 3 september 2008 04:31 schreef Ambrosius het volgende:
Roddick speelt idd erg sterk. Na een uur spelen 6-2 6-4 .

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Op woensdag 3 september 2008 10:55 schreef TheGeneral het volgende:
Ik zei het toch KZ. Geen probleem.

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Op donderdag 21 augustus 2008 12:44 schreef TheGeneral het volgende:
Ach, daar hoef je je iig dan geen zorgen over te maken..

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Op woensdag 3 september 2008 11:52 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
ik wist dat die quotes gingen komen

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Op woensdag 3 september 2008 11:53 schreef TheGeneral het volgende:
Uit Roddick zijn interview over Djokovic

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Q. When asked about his injuries today, mentioning the right ankle as opposed to the left ankle, the other day..

ANDY RODDICK: Isn't it both of them? And a back and a hip?

Q. And when he said there are too many to count.

ANDY RODDICK: And a cramp.

Q. Do you get the sense right now that he is...

ANDY RODDICK: Bird flu.

Q. Lot of things. Beijing hangover.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah.

Q. He's got pretty long list of illness.

ANDY RODDICK: Anthrax. SARS. Common cough and cold.

Q. Got a lot of things going on with him.

ANDY RODDICK: Sure.

Q. Do you think he's bluffing?

ANDY RODDICK: No, I mean, I'm sure ‑‑

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Op zondag 7 september 2008 09:00 schreef Bilibala het volgende:
Zoals beloofd:

Andy Roddick

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Op maandag 15 september 2008 01:49 schreef VerdwaasdeVogel het volgende:

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Denk dat Davis Cup, Bejing, Madrid en Parijs en de Masters het eigenlijk wel zijn. De meeste toppers spelen davis cup+ 1 toernooitje en dan de Master series en dan de Masters.
Of bedoel je wat anders?

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Ole for Spain as Ferrer adds second victory
David Ferrer completed the first day’s work for Spain by defeating USA’s Andy Roddick 76(5) 26 16 64 86 in 3 hours, 17 minutes to give Spain a 2-0 lead in the 2008 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinal at the Plaza de Toros Las Ventas in Madrid. Ferrer was supported by an enthusiastic and energetic crowd of mostly Spanish fans who had turned up at noon to watch world No. 1 Rafael Nadal win the first point for Spain.

By any reckoning Andy Roddick is a big occasion man, regularly gracing centre courts of the Grand Slam tournaments, year-end championships and, of course, two Davis Cup Finals. But he committed an uncharacteristic number of unforced errors (54) and was only able to convert six of 13 break point opportunities against the Spaniard. Roddick is definitely the one to beat on the American team and, with a 29-9 Davis Cup record, beating him in this competition is never easy but Ferrer, who was able to convert three of four break point chances, rose to the occasion.

After the tense and emotional victory by world No. 1 Rafael Nadal over Davis Cup first-timer Sam Querrey, the crowd in the 21,000 seat Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, including Prince Felipe of Spain, might have been forgiven for being a little flat but instead the atmosphere was celebratory and good-natured as Spain’s No. 2 Ferrer whose Davis Cup experience at 4-2 was considerably less than Roddick’s.


Roddick in great form

The American was surely buoyed by the fight that Querrey staged against Nadal (whom Roddick will face in Sunday’s reverse singles) but Ferrer, who had defeated his opponent in three of their five previous meetings, looked confident and comfortable in the opening set, forcing a tiebreak where he capitalised on a Roddick forehand error at 6-5 to win the opening set.

In the second set, Roddick hit an outstanding forehand winner crosscourt at 15-40 to break Ferrer for a 3-2 lead and broke again for a 5-2 lead before securing the second set with an ace 6-2.

Roddick rolled over Ferrer in the third 6-1 and it looked like a certain American victory but the Spanish No. 2 had other ideas, getting an early break in the fourth from a series of unforced errors by Roddick. Ferrer held on to the lead, converting his first set point opportunity with a forehand winner to level the match at two sets all.

“At no point did I think all was lost,” said Ferrer. “I always thought I had a chance if I hung in there. He was serving very well in the second and third set and I was missing a lot of opportunities.”

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Spain knocked Davis Cup holders the United States out of the competition after world number one Rafael Nadal thrashed Andy Roddick to give his team an unassailable 3-1 lead in their semi-final.
Nadal beat Roddick 6-4 6-0 6-4 in a rain-delayed match lasting two hours 12 minutes