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The "enjoy your little break, you've earned it :D (and vamos mandy)" Spring HC Thread

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#256 ·
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OMBG!!! I hope she comes here!! heyaaaaaaaaaa! :hug:
 
#257 ·
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I know, her rants were lengendary. :worship: I checked her profile, her last post was exactly two years ago, Jan. 2007. :eek: She was always harping on Andy's poor eating habits and lack of fitness but now that he's 15 lbs lighter she's come back. Yay. :D
 
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From today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Andy Roddick takes a stand against mixing politics and sports
By RUSTY HALL crhall@star-telegram.com

Few sports figures deserve to wear the red, white and blue more than Andy Roddick, who fittingly is representing the United States this weekend in Davis Cup action against Switzerland in Birmingham, Ala.

When it comes to standing up for one’s beliefs, Roddick put personal prestige and his bank account aside and withdrew from last month’s Dubai Tennis Championship in support of Israeli women’s player Shahar Peer, who was denied entry for the WTA’s event in Dubai a week earlier. Officials said they feared fan anger over Israel’s recent military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The women’s tournament was fined $300,000, but in Dubai, that’s pocket change.

Most of the top women’s players, including eventual tournament winner Venus Williams, were already in Dubai and chose to go ahead and play the event. Some cited sponsorship obligations. Others already had accepted appearance fees.

Roddick took a stand despite being the defending Dubai champion.

"I really didn’t agree with what went on over there," Roddick told the Jerusalem Post. "I don’t know if it’s the best thing to mix politics and sports, and that was probably a big part of it. There were a lot of factors why I should probably go, and obviously having played well there doesn’t make it any easier. I just don’t feel like there’s a need for that in a sporting event. I don’t think you make political statements through sports."

Another tennis figure who recognized the significance of the moment was Billie Jean King, who has been standing up to social injustice for most of her life. At the Billie Jean King Cup earlier this week in Madison Square Garden, King was still upset about the situation in Dubai and was adamant the tour she founded will not return next year if the problem recurs.

"Believe me, it will never happen again," King told The Associated Press in New York. "We won’t be there; I can guarantee you that. Our sport has to set an example of freedom and equality."

If more people had taken a stand like King and Roddick, maybe the Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel would not be taking place this weekend in an empty stadium in Malmo, Sweden.

http://www.star-telegram.com/other_sports/story/1244306.html
 
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Kiwi? Kiwi who's never even been able to break andy's serve? I really would like to hope not.
 
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;) well hopefully neither :lol: I'd expect Mardy or Ferrer to give him trouble in the R16, but he really should be making the QFs given his form this year. You never quite know with him at IW since it's his worst event, but this is a big point-gaining opportunity for him ahead of Miami where he'll likely lose some points, so he really needs to do well and his draw is pretty nice, all things considered.
 
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;) well hopefully neither :lol: I'd expect Mardy or Ferrer to give him trouble in the R16, but he really should be making the QFs given his form this year.
:mad:

You never quite know with him at IW since it's his worst event, but this is a big point-gaining opportunity for him ahead of Miami where he'll likely lose some points, so he really needs to do well and his draw is pretty nice, all things considered.
Deeebs :hug: Andy will win Miami :angel:

nice draw here so he'll probably lose to Marty. :)
 
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:smash:
 
#269 ·
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Andy is going to win IW, Miami, RG, and of course USO:devil:;)
 
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Can I bring pizza and chocolate to the cloud.
 
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Doug’s Update From Indian Wells!

March 11, 9:09am GMT+5 by andyroddick.com
Doug’s Update From Indian Wells!

Hello all from Indian Wells. We arrived here in California yesterday after a successful week in Birmingham. The US Team defeated the Swiss 4 matches to 1 to send the US onto the quarterfinals of this years Davis Cup. Andy was once again the leader of the team and came up big on day one by winning his match and making the Tie one match a piece. After the Bryans won on Saturday we were ahead 2 matches to 1. Andy came out on Sunday and played a great match beating Wawrinka beating him in straight sets. It really was a pleasure to watch Andy play so well. It was a great weekend in Birmingham. We had a sellout crowd the entire weekend (almost 16,000 seats) and they made alot of noise and did a great job of supporting the team. As I said we have now moved onto the California Desert as we get ready for the start of the tournament here in Indian Wells. This is a great tournament with great weather. We will be practicing and working out the next few days and Andy will probably play his first match here on Saturday or Sunday.
 
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Yes, it's in his rankings breakdown. The only person who didn't was Roger, b/c he went to the player party.
 
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it's considered a "promotional activity" under the rules, apparently :eek:
 
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Dubai has so much money and ass licking for Federer.


Andy's great Davis Cup wins really shocked Doug. All the previous coaches probably forgot about him, except his brother John. :eek:
Andy's decision to
lose hardcourt ranking points isn't exactly a tennis history achievement.
You won't see this
next to Arthur Ashe's courageous decision to leave Davis Cup coaching
(bad relationship with idiot John McEnroe)...and Billie Jean King's fight for women's equality.
Mama's choir boy Andy's enjoying his life without common sense (with/without Federer's ranking point padding). :rolleyes:
I'm no Murray and Nadal fan, but damn...they look like geniuses now.
 
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GimelSLOB should replace Allegro. :eek:
Delusional retard. Although, I don't mind watching the Bryans improve on hardcourts. They barely got past Wawrinka in DC.
 
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Piling on the Roddick bandwagon. :drive: :eek:

http://www.tennis.com/features/general/features.aspx?id=167968

SECOND QUARTER

The top two seeds here, No. 3 Novak Djokovic and No. 7 Andy Roddick, seem to be developing a little rivalry of their own—the Serb beat the American at the U.S. Open, and the American beat the Serb in Melbourne.

You never know about these things, but I don’t see any good reason why they won’t meet again in the quarters. This is a section filled with names like Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schuettler, Stanislas Wawrinka, Sam Querrey and Tommy Haas. One guy who could pose a problem for Djokovic is potential fourth-round opponent Radek Stepanek. One guy who could pose a problem for Roddick in that same round is David Ferrer, who has beaten Roddick three straight times but has played a lot of tennis (Dubai and Davis Cup) lately.

If Roddick and Djokovic do meet, I’d give a slight edge to the American over the defending champion. Roddick is in that new-coach honeymoon period, while Djokovic has played a lot of tennis, including a very bad weekend of Davis Cup on clay.

Player who could spring an upset: Jeremy Chardy

Another player to watch: Mardy Fish, last year’s finalist. I don’t see him beating his buddy Roddick if they meet.

Semifinalists: Nadal, Roddick, Murray, Federer

Semifinals:
Nadal d. Roddick
Murray d. Federer

Champion: Rafael Nadal
 
#283 ·
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:spit: Andy and Mardy... :lol: At least I'm sure the match will be somewhat entertaining, then.

I wonder why Stan and Roger aren't pairing up together, though. Seems more sensible, though I guess maybe a last minute decision type thing would explain it.
 
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when Roger does play doubles, he usually plays it with his good buddy Allegro. I can't believe the top of the draw though :lol: bryans could have to play fed and rafa in consecutive doubles matches:haha:

doubles is always a good sign for Andy:yeah: especially with marty
 
#286 ·
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when Roger does play doubles, he usually plays it with his good buddy Allegro. I can't believe the top of the draw though :lol: bryans could have to play fed and rafa in consecutive doubles matches:haha
Ohh, I see, I see. Interesting.

Yeah, the Bryans have some early tests. :unsure: But I'm slightly comforted by the fact Indian Wells isn't some lightning fast hard court like the US Open or anything. I mean, I was pretty much floored when they won that last year. It was super close, but still.
 
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I would love to be at that match, guaranteed to be entertaining :lol: :lol:
 
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