Roddick v Gonzalez

Match Date: 3rd September 2008

Roddick continues his progression through the rounds of this years US Open in a quest to regain the title he won in 2003. He has made a great start here and is in terrrific form with his usual powerful serve giving him easy control over the matches he has played so far. With no signs of his shoulder injury which saw him withdraw from the French Open earlier in the year, he will be going all out for his second Grand Slam title.

Gonzalez lost the gold medal match with Nadal at this years Olympics, often underestimated,he has great speed around the court matched with an ability to produce some of the heaviest shots around today. He has infact won many of the big names including Federer, Nadal, Agassi and Sampras. Perhaps a negative is that he is prone to making unforced errors and there will be no place for these in a match against Roddick.

The odds here are a little short for Roddick, again Gonzalez has been underestimated, he has beaten many number one players, he has the ability, he has come out of the Olympics on a high, he has worked on his unforced errors and has a variety of shots that enable him to match the best of players. Although Roddick has a 7-4 lead on the head to head stats I feel that this match is one for Gonzalez.

Head to Head Record

Year	Tournament	Round	Surface	Winner	Score
1998	US Open Junior Championships	64	Hard	F.GONZALEZ	6-3 4-6 2-6
2002	Monte Carlo	64	Clay	A.RODDICK	7-6(4) 7-6(7)
2002	Cincinnati	QF	Hard	F.GONZALEZ	6-7(4) 6-7(6)
2004	Australian Open	128	Hard	A.RODDICK	6-2 7-5 7-6(4)
2004	Olympics-Athens	16	Hard	F.GONZALEZ	4-6 4-6
2005	Indian Wells	16	Hard	A.RODDICK	6-4 6-3
2006	Davis Cup 2006		Grass	A.RODDICK	4-6 7-5 6-3 6-2
2006	Queen's	QF	Grass	A.RODDICK	6-4 6-3
2006	Cincinnati	SF	Hard	A.RODDICK	6-3 6-3
2006	Vienna	SF	Hard	F.GONZALEZ	4-6 6-3 6-7(5)
2007	Tennis Masters Cup		Hard	A.RODDICK	6-1 6-4
2008	U.S. Open	16	Hard	A.RODDICK	6-2 6-4 6-1
Andy RODDICK (USA) Leads Fernando GONZALEZ (CHI) : 8 to 4

Review

This one turned out to be a fairly comfortable straight sets win for Roddick as he brushed Gonzales aside 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.