Top seed Roddick cruises into LA QF

Top seed Andy Roddick kick-started his preparations for next hour's US unbarred with a 6-2, 6-2 crushing of Serbian Dusan Vemic on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Los Angeles.

Olympics fever
Olympic volunteers cheer while watching the last leg of the Olympic Torch relay, hours before the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer prepareds in Beijing.

Davenport pulls out of Beijing tennis singles
Former Olympic tennis champion Lindsay Davenport pulled out of the Beijing singles tournament on Friday with a knee injury, a US conclusive said. The 1996 gold medallist has vintage struggling with the problem since it forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon.

» Roddick triumphs in LA
Andy Roddick stepped up his US unshut preparation while his rivals got in final training for the Olympics as the Beijing absentee higher at the Los Angeles Classic belated on Thursday.

Tennis Table - China vs Italy - Wang Liqin Wang Hao Ma Lin, Wang Nan
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Anderson doubles up for tennis squad
THE wreck of Wesley Moodie to reach full fitness in extent for the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament has severely dented what had looked allied a strong medal opportunity for Team SA.

Davenport pulls out of Beijing tennis singles
BEIJING (AFP) - Former Olympic tennis champion Lindsay Davenport pulled out of the Beijing singles tournament on Friday with a knee injury, a US cleared said.

Roger Federer in be deficient of a lift
Rosie DiManno BEIJING E Acknowledging the throng of reporters and photographers squished into the room, Federer said: 'Hopefully, I'll get some capital querys.' As if. We had come to see what a man looks selfsame when he's about to forfeit his sphere No.

Olympics: Blake backs Roddick no-representation (AFP)
American tennis player James Blake has backed compatriot Andy Roddick's decision to skip the Olympics and concentrate on the US disclosed.

You're Wrong, Mum - Murray
Andy Murray wants to win an Olympic gold medal - and suddenly prove his mother wrong by triumphing at the US spacious too.


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