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7/31/12 5:54 AM | Ricky Dimon
A rivalry will be renewed on Tuesday in London when Novak Djokovic faces Andy Roddick. Djokovic is a heavy favorite on paper but Roddick has won two of his last three tournaments.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick will be meeting for the ninth time in their careers but for the first time since the 2010 World Tour Finals when they clash in round two of the London Olympics on Tuesday.
Roddick leads the head-to-head series 5-3 thanks to a 5-1 streak from 2008 through the summer of 2010. His last win came that season in Cincinnati before Djokovic struck for a 6-2, 6-3 victory during round-robin action at the year-end tournament.
Although he may not be the same player now at 29 years old, Roddick could be in the midst of a resurgence. The veteran American looked lost on clay and even at the beginning of the grass-court swing (fell to Edouard Roger-Vasselin at Queen's Club). But he has suddenly won two of his last three events (Eastbourne and Atlanta) with a solid showing at Wimbledon in between.
Djokovic is 42-7 for his 2012 campaign; an awesome clip by almost anyone else's standards but pedestrian for those of Djokovic. The second-ranked Serb hasn't won a title since Miami, but he also hasn't lost prior to the quarterfinals of any tournament this season. He is coming off a semifinal loss to Roger Federer at the All-England Club.
Roddick can still be competitive in basically any grass-court match thanks to his serve, but he has to be the aggressive Roddick of old if he wants to have any chance in this one. Look for Djokovic to get the job done in straight sets, with at least one set being tight.
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Liked very much what saw from Nole ;)
danica , 7/31/12 6:50 PM
Roddick was no match
tennis2011 , 7/31/12 7:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UwS3slihXJ0
Emiliano55 , 7/31/12 7:48 PM
On a side note, Raonic and Tsonga are killing themselves! The draws are getting easier for Murray and Nole now.
Emiliano55 , 7/31/12 7:52 PM
Djokovic was awesome. Roddick actually wasnt that terrible but he did not win anywhere near enough free points on serve.
RickyDimon , 7/31/12 8:14 PM
Emiliano..was going to say same thing
Tsonga will be spent after the win..Djoko my eat him up in qtrs..Plus Cilic who could ahve troubled Djoko is out..he will eat up Hewitt too
And Berdy who could be threat to Murray is out too
We may get a Nole Murray semi easily
It could be a Fed Isner qtr on other end and a Fed Delpo/Ferrer semi
Im still thinking final will be Fed Nole with Nole pulling it off this time.
sanju , 7/31/12 9:09 PM
^^Im still thinking it could be a Murray fed final.
With MURRAY pulling through!
Still surprised about Roddicks destruction.
After all, he is SO much better than just about everyone ever on grass.
particularly when he gets beaten by the fed ;-)
No?
Twinge , 7/31/12 11:03 PM
^Yeah unlike Murray who always destroys Fed in their GS finals. How many majors has he won again? How many weeks was he ever world No. 1??? I forgot...^
ts38 , 8/1/12 7:09 AM
Give it a rest ts38 Pleeeeeeez
ed251137 , 8/1/12 8:09 AM
As opposed to Andy Roddick who hasn't beat fed anywhere just about.
lol How long was Roddick Numero Uno for?
About a week in the weakest part of the weakest era.
As for Mr Murray, we will just have to see, won't we
time will tell ts38,
time will tell.
As to Roddick, well i think we all know his time is well & truly UP.
;-)
Twinge , 8/1/12 12:01 PM
His time is up alright...wasting time answering his critics...like I'm done wasting my time conversing with you.
I'm surprised at you Edna
ts38 , 8/2/12 4:25 AM
Roddick's shoulder has been an iffy situation entering the Olympics. In his final in Atlanta he called for the trainer.
Roddick was No. 1 for 13 weeks and secured the year-end No. 1 ranking, which is the meaningful stat. Hopefully, Murray will some day be fortunate to attain even one week @ No. 1. Dunno why there's so much hate for Roddick he's not stopping Murray from attaining his goals. How about giving AR a rest? It's better to send the vibes to Murray which he could definitely use.
scoretracker , 8/2/12 6:48 AM
^^^Patronising tripe from a poster who needs put down a few pegs methinks.
Don't hate Andy R, in fact I think he has a great personality & is a real star of the game which is more than can be said for some top players.
But i will not drink the cool aid that he was a great player ergo the 2003 2007 period was a strong one.
He is not & it was not.
Twinge , 8/2/12 12:02 PM
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Goodness it looks like Andy forgot how to move on grass!!!!
ts38 , 7/31/12 5:03 PM