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Andy and Bobby head to the Super Bowl 46 in Indianapolis, Indiana where the pair will be on the infamous “Radio Row”.
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Yesterday, Open Era history was remade when the Djokovic-Nadal final lasted five hours and 53 minutes, breaking the 1988 US Open Wilander-Lendl final of four hours and 54 minutes. Marathon matches of this magnitude, specifically Down Under, were highlighted today on SportsIllustrated.com, fourteen of them to be exact. Without a doubt, the 2003 Roddick-El Aynaoui quarterfinal made this list!
Click here to see the young, backwards visor-wearing Roddick post-match with a brief recap and also to check out the other great Australian Open battles: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1101/australian.open.moments/content.7.html
Stay tuned to AR.com for Andy’s next on-court appearance in San Jose, CA for the SAP Open, starting on February 13.
Andy is scheduled to return to the court in a week at the SAP Open in San Jose. Andy has already been slotted to debut his 2012 appearance at the HP Pavilion on Wednesday, February 15th at 7:00PM.
This will be Andy’s tenth appearance in Northern California where he holds an impressive 32-6 record and has claimed the title three times.
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On this week’s show, Andy and Bobby will be interviewing Ndamukong Suh from the Detroit Lions, Jermichael Finley from the Green Bay Packers, George Karl from the Denver Nuggets, and CBS College Hoops Analyst Seth Davis
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As the tennis world focuses its attention on the Australian Open, it won’t be long before many of the top players return for their annual South Florida swing with the first stop at the 20th Delray Beach International Tennis Championships from Feb. 24-March 4.
The 13-time singles Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and former World No. 1 Andy Roddick will pairing in the mixed doubles in 2012 Olympics, schedule to begin from July 27th to 12th August in London.
The 2003 US Open champion Andy Roddick and his country mate Serena will be team-up in the mixed doubles in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, schedule to kick off from 27th January. The mixed doubles has been will be included as an event for the first time since 1924. Serena said she had a dream about playing with Andy Roddick in the mixed doubles, shaved his head into a sort-of Mohawk recently, before arriving in Melbourne.
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On this week’s show, Andy and Bobby will be interviewing: Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and current Allen Wranglers General Manager, Drew Pearson; HBO Boxing Analyst Jim Lampley; Sports Illustrated Analyst Chris Mannix; Tennis Channel Analyst Justin Gimelstob and Buffalo Bills defensive back Drayton Florence.
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Andy was trailing by two sets to one in Melbourne, when he was forced to retire with a right hamstring injury against home favorite, Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 3-6, 4-6.
Andy had started the match brightly, going up a break at 3-2 as a forehand from Hewitt drifted wide. Andy consolidated the break, and employed a variety of shots including a serve and volley to create set point at 5-3. A thunderous serve sealed the first set.
Andy went down a break early in the second set though, and at 3-0, he left the court for a medical time out. Despite struggling with his movement in the next two sets, Andy’s character and fighting spirit shone through as he continued to battle against Hewitt.
In a similar pattern to the second set, Andy again went down a break early in the third set. Although he was able to break back, Hewitt continued to push Andy and was able to get a second, and decisive break, to lead 3-2. Serving for the set at 5-4, Hewitt presented Andy with three break back points. Unable to convert any though, Andy lost the set and consequently took the decision to retire from the match.
In his post match press conference, Andy updated the media on his injury:
“I could probably hit standing still, you know, small steps and stuff. But it’s a matter of pushing anything really explosive…I wanted to see what I could do. He’s (Hewitt) a tough guy to play. You can try to ham and egg it against a lot of guys. But he’s really intelligent. He knew what was going on.”
Andy explained that he initially got the injury in training in December, and unfortunately aggravated it when he fell in the first set. Explaining his decision to retire, Andy said,
” I was hitting the ball as well as I could from a compromised position and still felt like I was just hanging on. I don’t know that it would have been smart to do that for two more sets. And if somehow you pull a rabbit out of the hat, I don’t think you play in two days. If I’m looking at timelines, I think there’s three weeks or so before I have to play again.”
In the second round Down Under, Andy will face local favorite, Lleyton Hewitt. “He’s a fighter,” Andy shared. “I have as much respect for him as I do for anybody in the game, how he goes about his business, how he competes, how professional he is.”
The Aussie took out German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to set the stage for the second round battle with Andy. The two are no strangers, having played 13 times before. In the early years of this rivalry, Hewitt claimed six of seven victories, but since the ATP Master Series in Cincinnati in 2005, Andy remains undefeated. In the big picture the American has a slight edge in their head to head record 7-6, but Andy is far from underestimating the fierce Australian.
“I think when we play, numbers go out the door as far as the number next to our name as far as ranking. I don’t pay much attention to it when it comes to Lleyton. He knows how to win tennis matches. “ Andy said following his first match. The American is hardly looking at seeding numbers or rankings when sizing up Hewitt’s potential.
This second round battle has the tennis world drooling, as this will be the sixth meeting between the two on a Grand Slam Stage in matches that many tennis reporters already claim as “classics”. We are certain Thursday’s match will not disappoint.
Here are some stats on Hewitt courtesy of the ATP World Tour:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx
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Andy is comfortably through to the second round of the Australian Open, with a straight sets win over Robin Haase 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.
Andy dispatched of the Dutchman in under two hours, firing down 13 aces during the match. Speaking about his serve, Andy said:
“The serve was real good. I only missed a couple of returns. You know, it felt as clean as it does for a first round in a slam.”
After a frustrating 2011, with injuries, Andy is feeling optimistic about the start to his 2012 season:
“I think strength‑wise I had a good off‑season. I put in the work. ”
In the second round, Andy will face former World Number 1, Lleyton Hewitt, against whom Andy has had some memorable clashes.
“I’ve won the most recent meetings, but I think out of the six that I’ve won, four or five have gone the distance to the last set. We always have a bit of a war. I probably don’t see it being any different. ”
Andy has also entered into the mixed doubles draw at the Australian Open. He will partner Serena Williams. It is Andy’s first time playing doubles at a Grand Slam since 2001. Talking about the partnership, Andy said:
“I think it will be fun. I want to be sure to do over the next couple years some of the things that I’ve always wanted to but haven’t been able to do. Serena and I have been friends for a really long time.”
Stay tuned to AndyRoddick.com as we bring you all the latest from Melbourne, including a preview of Andy’s second round match, due to be played on Thursday.
