SINGLES QUALIFIERS

Andy Roddick

American Andy Roddick received his fifth straight invitation to the prestigious Tennis Masters Cup—to be held at Shanghai’s Qi Zhong Stadium from November 11-18—after Tennis Masters Cup contenders, with the exception of Chilean Fernando Gonzalez, fell in early action at the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid.

Roddick, currently No. 5 in the ATP 2007 Race, is on course to finish in the Top 10 for the sixth consecutive season.

The 25-year-old American won an ATP title for the seventh straight year as he hoisted the Queen’s Club trophy for the fourth time, and he followed during the summer’s US Open Series with his fourth Washington title. Roddick also compiled a perfect 5-0 record in Davis Cup play, clinching the semifinal tie against Sweden last month as he led the U.S. to its second Davis Cup final in four years.

Roddick finished as a semifinalist in his first two Tennis Masters Cup appearances, in 2003 and 2004 in Houston, and made his Shanghai debut last year with a 1-2 round robin record after withdrawing from the 2005 tournament with a back injury.