Roddick knee injury to keep him from London finals field

November 17th, 2009 more images more imagesInjured Roddick pulls out of season-ending eventLONDON — Andy Roddick is withdrawing from the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals because of a left knee injury. The No. 6-ranked Roddick hurt his knee at last month's Shanghai Masters.

November 15th, 2009 more images more imagesLONDON - Ace tennis player Andy Murray is determined to end the playing season on a high note by winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. The event, being held in the capital for the first time and featuring the world's top eight players, starts at the O2 Arena.

November 13th, 2009 more images more imagesPARIS - Fernando Vesdasco gained the last spot in the eight-man ATP season finals after Rafael Nadal defeated the last of the year-end contenders, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-5, 7-5 Friday in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters. Swede Robin Soderling was also dealt out of a chance at the World Tour Finals in London starting a week from Sunday after losing to Novak Djokovic 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

November 13th, 2009 more images more imagesPARIS - Revitalised Rafael Nadal ended the repeat title dream of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Friday 7-5, 7-5 in a move to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters. Second seed Nadal called his victory over the French defending champion his best in some months after starting the event with a pair of struggling wins.

October 20th, 2009 LONDON - Andy Roddick can rest his knee injury from Shanghai without stress after qualifying Tuesday for the sixth spot in next month's ATP World Tour Finals. The American could well not play again until the November 22 start in London of the eight-man event after learning of his good fortune.

October 17th, 2009 LONDON - Andy Roddick is expected to re-join the chase for one of the last three spots open at the eight-man World Tour Finals in London in November after doctors determined that his current knee injury only needs extra rest. The chase to the season final could therefore go down to the wire depending on how the world number six American performs at the Bercy arena from Nov 9, the last week of the regular ATP season.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has sparked speculation over his ability to last in the Ashes series as he had to leave the field due to his troublesome knee on the fourth day of the ongoing second Test Sunday. Flintoff, who has announced retirement from the Test cricket after the Ashes series, claimed two wickets in the new ball spell before calling for treatment on his suspect knee, The Times reported.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Roger Federer made tennis history Sunday, winning his sixth Wimbledon title in seven years to claim an all-time best 15th Grand Slam trophy 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 16-14 over American Andy Roddick. The Swiss, only man to appear in seven consecutive Wimbledon finals, re-wrote the records in front of tennis royalty - Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras, the seven-time All England club champion with whom he shared 14 Grand Slam honours.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has said that he approaches every match without fear, and adds that he is on a mission to end 71 years of British hurt of not winning a Wimbledon men's final. According to The Sun, success on Centre Court will make Murray the first Britisher to crack the final frontier since Bunny Austin in 1938.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Sixth-seed Andy Roddick has revealed that he can handle 15,000 fans, fatigue and the Fahrenheit as he too bids for a first Wimbledon title like British hero Andy Murray. Roddick said that he has a cunning plan to turn the Centre Court crowd in his favour in tomorrow's semi-final with Andy Murray.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Tennis star Andy Roddick is best mates with a taxi driver he met by chance, and therefore, when he says he loves Wimbledon, it comes as no surprise. Taxi driver, Stephen Little, was even invited to Texas in April for Roddick's high-profile wedding with model Brooklyn Decker.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - Andy Roddick pounded home a perfect serve to conclude a battle of aces and join top seed Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the Queen's Club event Friday with a 7-6(4), 7-6(5) defeat of Ivo Karlovic. The second seed's victory over the towering Croatian was a repeat of his 2005 finals victory against Karlovic.

June 13th, 2009 Murray to face Blake in Queen's finalLONDON — Andy Murray reached his first grass-court final Saturday, while Andy Roddick's quest for a fifth title at Queen's Club ended when he had to retire against James Blake with a foot injury. Murray beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 6-4 in their Aegon Championships semifinal, before Roddick had to quit at 4-4 in the first set of his match against Blake.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Top seed Andy Murray fulfilled home hopes with a win into the quarter-finals while No.2 Andy Roddick won a duel of serves with Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4) after a minor bomb scare alert at the Queen's club grass tournament here. Murray was lifted by a partisan crowd in his 6-4, 6-4 victory of Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Thursday.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON/MANACOR - A dmaged right knee could keep Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal out of this year's Wimbledon, The Telegraph reports. Toni Nadal, the reigning Wimbledon champion's uncle and coach, said the 23-year-old had a damaged right knee and was doubtful for the Grand Slam which starts on June 22.