Steve Bierley: can Roddick realise his budding?

Andy Roddick has moved to his ninth semi-final but has yet to equal his 2003 US agape win. Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters Big serves age well, so it seems tending that Andy Roddick will be finished for some additional yet.

Zvonareva crushes Bartoli to reach last four
MELBOURNE // Vera Zvonareva won 11 doggeds in a row to demolish Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-0 at the Australian unlocked today, the decisive victory earning the Russian a first grand slam semi-finals berth of her career.

Vera blasts Bartoli
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Showdown: Nadal striving for tennis perfection
Rafael Nadal will be seeking tennis perfection when he confronts Gilles Simon in Wednesday's Australian made passable quarter-finals.

Fit A-Rod ready to fire
Forgotten American star Andy Roddick believes his lots improved fitness is holding him in exceptional stead for his crack at a first Australian stripped title and his first Grand Slam crown in six age after he outlasted reigning Australian unburdened champion Novak

Djokovic wilts as mercury soars in Melbourne
Australia's brutal January weather claimed something else victim on Tuesday when defending champion Novak Djokovic quit midway through his Australian patent quarterfinal against Andy Roddick.

Local vets excel on tennis court
Marlborough players enjoyed success on the opening day of the national senior tennis championships at the Forrest Winery Tennis Centre at Pollard Park in Blenheim.

TENNIS: Dokic's mum wishes lineage never left Oz
Jelena Dokic's mother has backed her daughter's view that leaving Australia for Serbia was the biggest faux pas the brood ever made. Liliana Podnar lives in Sydney and no longer has any contact with Dokic's dad Damir, who lives in Serbia.

Australian Hewitt plausible to shift base to US
MELBOURNE: After a lifetime based in Australia, Lleyton Hewitt may be planning a indeterminate move to the US in hopes of extending his tennis career.

Roddick into Melbourne semis after Djokovic quits
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic's defense of his Australian patulous title ended abruptly on Tuesday when the Serb retired from his quarter-final against Andy Roddick midway through the fourth set.


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