Venus Barely Pulls it Out, Roddick Rolls

The entire media center–including us!–was writing Venus Williams’ obituary. Down 4-5 in the second set against 47th-ranked Vera Dushevina, three points away from a stunning upset, Venus managed to turn it around and avoid her first-ever exit during the Open’s first week. But not without more twists: up 4-0 in the third, she let Dushevina Read More

Booked!

No need to channel-surf! Here’s a list of notables on late night tonight. We’ll post each weekday, for your convenience!

The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 11:30pm): Andy Roddick, musical guest Mutemath.

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm): Mike Tyson, Matisyahu.

Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, 12:05am): Kathie Lee Gifford, Selena Gomez, Darius Read More

Andy Roddick’s New York Moment

At some point in the not-so-distant past, Andy Roddick was our great American hope. It was early in the decade, and Pete Sampras was calling it quits. Andre Agassi was slowing down, and New York–area tennis fans turned to a cute, plucky native of Texas. He was going to be the new king of Queens. Read More

Roddick Claims He Was Joking, Novak Apologizes

Andy Roddick said that his comments about Novak Djokovic’s various injuries were all a big joke.

"Listen, I joke all the time. I don’t think anybody in their right mind takes me serious. I think it’s very clear when I give a serious answer and when I don’t give a serious answer."

Well, Read More

Andy and Novak

We made the argument this week that men’s tennis today is looking exactly like the golden age of women’s tennis from about eight years ago–its full of high quality tennis, rivalries and interesting characters. The only thing men’s tennis appeared to be missing was the Henin-Williams-sisters-type feud. And now it looks like men’s tennis Read More

Andy Reaches Quarters, Can Look Forward to Novak, Roger, and Rafa

Andy Roddick, the 2003 Open champion and perpetual Great White Hope of U.S. men’s tennis, dominated his fourth-round match against Fernando Gonzalez, taking just about an hour and a half to win, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.

Roddick played excellently and consistently, committing only 7 unforced errors and and winning 93 percent of first-serve points, but Gonzalez Read More

The Late Show

Novak Djokovic got his first test of the tournament this afternoon, and now it’s Roger Federer’s turn. Federer and Igor Andreev have nabbed a set each (at 7-6) and Federer is up a break in the third. At this point, we’ll start the women’s match at about 8:30, Roddick’s match at 10:30, and we’ll all Read More