Serena, Roddick to play mixed doubles at 2012 Australian Open

The World No. 14th ranked Serena Williams has announced that she and former World No. 1 ranked Andy Roddick will pair-up in the mixed doubles at the upcoming Grand Slam tournament at 2012 Australian Open. 

The former World No. 1 Serena has pulled out of the entire tournaments in 2011, where she sustained toe injury during the 2011 US Open tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park in New York. Serena stated she will be pairing in the mixed doubles along with his country mate Andy Roddick at the 2012 Australian Open, which will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne from 16th to 29th January, 2012. 

The 29-year-old Serena also committed to play along with Andy Roddick for United States at 2012 London Olympics in the mixed doubles. The Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams to play with American doubles star Bob Bryan, who has bagged record of 61 ATP doubles career titles. Serena has clinched 10 doubles major titles excluding Gold medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and Beijing Olympics in 2008 along with her sister Venus Williams.  

Serena also playing in the Brisbane International tournament next year, a WTA tennis event played on hard courts at the Queensland Tennis Centre at Tennyson. The other WTA top players also committed to play in the Brisbane International tournament like Russian Maria Sharapova, 2011 US Open winner Samantha and Kim Clijsters.   

Serena Williams, Andy Roddick to represent America in 2012 Olympics

The American players Serena Williams and Andy Roddick to pair at 2012 London Olympic, as the former womens’ World No. 1 Serena Williams and World No.21 Andy Roddick are going to represent the United States at 2012 London Olympic in the mixed doubles.

American star Roddick & Serena to team up for 2012 Olympics

The 28-year-old Roddick and Serena will beplaying mixed doubles matches at 2012 games, where both the players showed winning their respective singles titles at the London Olympics. Venus Williams is going to pair along with American doubles star Bob Bryan, who has won world record of 61 career titles so far in his career. The International Olympic Committee has announced that mixed doubles would feature in Wimbledon at All England Club, where it was the first time included in the games, since 1924 in Paris.

The 13-time Grand Slam singles winner Serena, who has lost 2011 US Open final to World No. 9th ranked Samantha Stosur of Australia in straight sets with a 6-2 and 6-3. The 29-year-old Serena also involved in the US Open outburst occurred in the final against chair umpire. While she has escaped the ban of US Open with a fine $2000 for violating Grand Slam code of conduct on Sunday’s night match against Samantha Stosur.

Coming to former World No. 1 Andy Roddick has failed to overcome Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals where lost in three sets with a 6-2, 1-6 and 6-3. Serena had best results in the doubles matches, as she won 12 Grand Slam titles so far in doubles matches.