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Andy Roddick 27th Birthday

Andrew Stephen Roddick (Andy Roddick) celebrated his 27th birthday with his beautiful bride Brooklyn Decker on August 30th’ 2009. Happy Birth Day to Andy!

Birthdate – 8/30/1982

Birthplace – Omaha, Nebraska

Roddick in Wimbledon 2009 Final 3rd Time

Two time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick once again reached in Wimbledon final by beating British hope Andy Murray 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). This is his 3rd Wimbledon Final.
Roddick will face five-time champion Roger Federer on this Sunday in Wimbledon 2009 Final Match for the title. Roddick has lost the final games in 2004 and 2005 to  Federer, as well as the 2003  Wimbledon semifinals.
Federer has already booked his space in Final earlier by defeating Tommy Haas from Germany 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3.
Murray had been trying to become the first British man to win the title at the All England Club since Fred Perry in 1936.

Murray and Federer succeeding at Miami quarter-finals

Federer and Murray will be the participants of ATP quarter finals. British fourth seed Andy Murray and second seed Federer moved into the quarter finals of the ATP and WTA hard-court tournament with directly set triumphs.

Federer turned American qualifier Taylor Dent 6-3, 6-2 while Murray running scared Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-0. Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic as well got a 6-3, 6-2 conquest over Czech Tomas Berdych. Federer required just 85 minutes making a set up in the final eight by ousting 27 year old Dent who wasted eight break-point chances.

Federer said, “I had to arise with some superior transitory shots to be able to create dissimilarity, He might have got a little bit weary towards the end.”

Murray now will have to face eighth-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who crushed Czech 18th seed Radek Stepanek 6-2, 6-2.

On the other hand Murray said, “I didn’t build much faults and mistakes, high proportion of first serves used my slice very well just reserved judgment and thinking all the way during the match. From the beginning to obtain a smash untimely, set the tone for the rest of the match. He didn’t really get well from that.”

Federer moved to the next round where he will countenance fifth seeded American Andy Roddick who superior with a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 win over France’s Gael Monfils.

Federer said of Roddick, “We’ve had several large matches over the years; I played and performed him at the Australian Open and done fine against him. He appears like he distorted a couple of things in his game so it should be a good match”.

The eighth seed Russian Svetlana Kuzentsova became the first semi-finalist in the women’s draw by thrashing Danish 13th seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1. Ahead for Kuznetsova will be also Russian 11th seed Victoria Azarenka or Australian Samantha Stosur, who previously ousted second ranked position Russian Dinara Safina.

Djokovic, who achieved and won the Miami cap in 2007, swooped Berdych’s every error to advance.

Djokovic said, “I was annoying to attach with him all the time, because I knew he’s very violent and aggressive, but not actually reliable from the baseline. He makes a lot of natural faults, particularly from the forehand side, so I distorted the pace and I played a well tennis.”

Djokovic will now be in the front of French 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who carried off seventh-seeded countryman Gilles Simon 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2 in another fourth-round match.

Tsonga, who seemed a little bit ill before the match, is the first Frenchman in a decade to arrive at the quarter-finals at Miami. And Djokovic knows he is in for a fight.