The top American tennis star Andy Roddick was recently inducted into the International Hall of Fame barely after five years into retirement – which is the minimum time required to be inducted.
That is how big the US star was.
He won the 2003 US Open event as a 21-year old tennis professional. His big serves were his biggest weapon in his 12-year career. He is the last American male tennis star to reach World No 1back in 2003, so his achievements for country are no small joke.
After the 2003 Grand Slam win, he never quite lifted another till he left the game. He reached the finals of four more majors and even won 32 ATP titles but all majors eluded him. The retired star was consistently ranked in the Top 10 for nine years but no major till he walked.
The 34-year old holds the record for last American male to lift a Grand Slam in the singles category. While the Williams sisters have dominated the women’s category for the last decade and half, the same cannot be said of their male counterparts. Read more »
Former tennis star Andy Roddick is set to appear at the Greenbrier Tennis Showcase in June.
The former US Open star is to replace Pete Sampras in the exhibition match against British star Tim Henman. Sampras would not be appearing at the event as he is reportedly injured – an injury that would stop him from his preparations.
“Unfortunately, due to an injury, I will not be able to properly prepare for the upcoming Greenbrier Tennis Showcase in June and will have to withdraw. I want to thank Andy for stepping up in my absence. I am sure that Andy and Tim will put on a competitive and entertaining match for fans,” a statement from Sampras reads.
Roddick confirmed that he would participate at the event in Sampras’ place.
“I’m thrilled to be coming back to The Greenbrier. I’ve enjoyed every trip I’ve made to the beautiful resort, and I look forward to another challenging match againsta fantastic opponent in Tim Henman,” he said. Read more »
Brooklyn Decker reckons Andy Roddick would turn out to be a great father.
Brooklyn is currently pregnant and she let everybody know about that some time back when she uploaded a picture of her showing the baby bump on a social networking side.
Brooklyn was in Texas the other day attending an event organized by Roddick.
The 28-year old took some time out of it and talked to a magazine about the exciting period of pregnancy.
She was in a jolly and relaxed mood and gave her answers whole heartedly.
When asked about Roddick and how she thinks he would be as a father, Brooklyn was all praise for her husband.
In her words, “Andy is brilliant you know. I am yet to meet a cleverer person than him. His sense of humour and the way he manages to keep himself so calm, it’s amazing and I haven’t got even the slightest of doubts in my mind that he would be equally good as father too.”
Brooklyn also praised Roddick for helping her improve fitness wise.
The actress said, “After getting married to Andy, I have learnt a lot in terms of fitness. He knows a thing or two regarding how to be in proper shape. He is helping me a lot at the moment. He keeps telling me that getting slim is not the most important thing. What’s important is to make sure that you are fit enough to endure all the adversities that your body might have to go through.” Read more »
Andy Roddick likes the way his life is going ahead at the moment and he wants to keep it the same way.
After retiring from the tour, Roddick has been doing a lot of things.
The former World no. 1 has been commentating, doing charity works, playing some unofficial tennis in veteran tournaments and he is so busy with all these stuffs that he doesn’t have time to think about anything else.
One of the siblings of Roddick has been in coaching field for the last few years and he has been having quite a successful time pursuing that profession.
There were rumours that Roddick was also planning to walk on the footsteps of his brother and launch his coaching career in near future.
But, Roddick denies it. Although, he admits he likes passing on advises to the juniors coming through the ranks, but, he reckons taking coaching as a full time job right now is very difficult for him with the other commitments that he has. Read more »
October 1, 2017 9:00 am | 