Roddick pulls out of Tennis Channel Open

Andy Roddick has decided to not play in the Tennis Channel Open, set in Las Vegas, USA. His reason is that he is tired and needs a break, or as Reuters puts it "due to weariness". What a great word to dig out of either A) a non-American journalist or B) a computer thesaurus.

I think we'll see a silent protest of sorts this year - players taking rest breaks from events because they feel the schedule is too demanding or too long. Roddick has a lot of other worries on his plate, but I think both the top WTA and ATP players are starting to show they won't play just any tournament anymore.