Andy Roddick advances to 4th round at French Open for 1st time in career

September 5th, 2009 Roddick upset by Isner at US OpenNEW YORK — Andy Roddick's U.S. Open is over much sooner than he expected.

August 13th, 2009 Nadal, Roddick reach 3rd round in MontrealMONTREAL — Rafael Nadal's knees held up fine. Instead, it was his opponent, David Ferrer, who limped off the court.

July 23rd, 2009 Federer, Nadal, Roddick head US Open men's fieldWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Five-time defending champion Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick are among eight Grand Slam winners leading the men's field for the U.S.

July 1st, 2009 Roddick advances to Wimbledon semifinalsWIMBLEDON, England — Andy Roddick has reached his fourth Wimbledon semifinal by beating 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4. The American broke Hewitt to lead 5-4 in the final set and then served out the match Wednesday.

June 29th, 2009 WIMBLEDON, England — Andy Roddick has advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by beating Tomas Berdych (ber-DITCH). The No. 6-seeded Roddick hit 24 aces, never faced a break point and defeated Berdych 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3 Monday.

June 25th, 2009 Roddick reaches 3rd round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Andy Roddick has advanced to the third round at Wimbledon by beating Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Playing on sunny Court 1, the No.

June 1st, 2009 Roddick loses to Monfils in 4th round of FrenchPARIS — Andy Roddick's best showing at the French Open ended with a lopsided loss in fading light. Which bothered him more Monday, that he played poorly in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 fourth-round exit against 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France — or that the match continued as dusk descended? "Obviously they're both frustrating, and both contributed to my frustration," said Roddick, the last U.S.

May 31st, 2009 Sharapova advances to French Open quarterfinalsPARIS — Maria Sharapova rallied again at the French Open on Sunday, moving into the quarterfinals by beating Li Na of China 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. Sharapova is making her return to Grand Slam tennis after almost a year off with a right shoulder injury.

May 30th, 2009 Djokovic loses in 3rd round of French OpenPARIS — Novak Djokovic became the first big-name player to be eliminated from the men's tournament at the French Open, losing to No. 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.

May 30th, 2009 Roddick reaches French Open 4th round for 1st timePARIS — Andy Roddick reached the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in his career by beating Marc Gicquel of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. Roddick is only the second American to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since Andre Agassi in 2003, the same year Roddick won his only major title at the U.S.

May 30th, 2009 Roddick advances to 4th round, Dementieva losesPARIS — Andy Roddick is still around at the French Open, reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time by beating Marc Gicquel of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday. Roddick is only the second American to advance this far at the clay-court major since Andre Agassi in 2003, the same year Roddick won the U.S.

May 29th, 2009 Ivanovic advances to 4th round at French OpenPARIS — Defending champion Ana Ivanovic made it through another easy match at the French Open, beating 32nd-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-2 Friday to advance to the fourth round. The eighth-seeded Ivanovic was taken to a tiebreaker in her opening match at Roland Garros, but she has lost only eight games since then.

May 29th, 2009 Djokovic advances to 3rd round at French OpenPARIS — Novak Djokovic quickly completed his suspended match at the French Open on Friday, easily winning the final set to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 and advance to the third round. The fourth-seeded Djokovic won the first two sets Thursday, but the match was stopped because of darkness.

May 29th, 2009 Djokovic advances to third round at French OpenPARIS — Novak Djokovic quickly completed his suspended match at the French Open on Friday, easily winning the final set to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 and advance to the third round. The fourth-seeded Djokovic won the first two sets Thursday, but the match was stopped because of darkness.

May 25th, 2009 HAMBURG - Rafael Nadal has taken a big lead as he begins his conquest for a fifth straight French Open title in the men's tennis rankings issued Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Nadal tops the bill with 14,960 points ahead of long-time rival Roger Federer, who has 10,470 after handing Nadal a rare defeat on clay in the Madrid masters final May 24.