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Mark Philippoussis continued to show the fine form he exhibited in a near dominating season last year on the PowerShares Series by winning the opening event of the 2017 Series Thursday night at the RPIA Championships at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.
Andy Roddick ended the undefeated run of Mark Philippoussis on the PowerShares Series in 2016, defeating the Australian 6-2 in the one-set final Thursday at the SoCal Honda Dealers Helpful Cup Presented by PowerShares QQQ at the Sherwood Country Club.
Mark Philippoussis won his second PowerShares Series title in as many nights Saturday, defeating both Andy Roddick and Jim Courier for a second straight night to win the Tulsa Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa.
Andy Roddick picked up in 2016 just where he left off in 2015 on the PowerShares Series, winning his debut event of the new season in Charleston, S.C. Saturday night, defeating Andre Agassi 6-1 in the one-set championship match.
The PowerShares Series, the tennis circuit for champion players over the age of 30, will kick off its 10th anniversary season for 2016 Friday, April 8 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
Andy Roddick made a triumphant return to the land of his birth Wednesday, defeating his former U.S. Davis Cup teammate and good friend James Blake 6-1 in the one-set championship match at the Champions Cup Presented by Woods Park Tennis, the third of 12 events on the 2015 PowerShares Series tennis circuit.
Mark Philippoussis defeated Andre Agassi 7-6 (4) in the one-set championship match Tuesday to win the Champions Shootout, the opening event on the 2015 PowerShares Series, at the Huntsman Center at the University of Utah.
The following is the transcript of Tuesday's PowerShares Series media conference call with ANDY RODDICK, JAMES BLAKE and JIM COURIER. Please visit www.PowerSharesSeries.com for event information, including venues, player fields, dates and ticket/VIP experience details.
With much of the recent buzz on the PowerShares Series belonging to tour rookie James Blake, the winner of the last two tournaments, and John McEnroe, who has dazzled crowds with his inspired play and fitness at age 55, Andre Agassi made sure he was not an overlooked presence.
Andre Agassi and James Blake played one of the most memorable U.S. Open matches of all time in 2005, Agassi coming back from two-sets-to-love down to win in a fifth-set tiebreaker in an epic quarterfinal.
Andy Roddick and James Blake, stalwarts on the U.S. Davis Cup team for a decade, reunited Wednesday as rookies on the 2014 PowerShares Series circuit competing in the “Champions Showdown” in the mile-high altitude of the Pepsi Center.
Andy Roddick made his debut on the PowerShares Series champions tennis circuit a successful one Thursday, fending off a stubborn John McEnroe 7-5 to win the Champions Shootout at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex.
John McEnroe kicked off the 2014 PowerShares Series tennis circuit Wednesday night at the Sprint Center in frigid Kansas City beating both Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang back-to-back in one-set matches to win the title.
RANDY WALKER: Thanks, everybody, for joining us today on our PowerShares Series conference call. We're excited to have Andre Agassi, James Blake and Jim Courier on the call today.
