Andy Roddick

[VamosVixs]

Sad news that Andy's agent has passed away.

Tweet from Andy himself


Ken. I love you and miss you I will be forever grateful for your faith&loyalty You will forever be my brother.. As always "thanks meyerson"

Tweet from Nole


@andyroddick (http://twitter.com/#%21/andyroddick) Andy,we are all feeling sorry for your loss.Ken has always been a true entertainer and respectful person. Stay strong..

[JAMES4578]

yes very sad news :crying:

[RoastLamb]

He was only 47 as well. :shocked:

[hfwardhouse]

That's so sad :( .... and 47 is a mere child ....

[Katie]

It's really sad news. 47 is too young :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Andy Roddick has just announced his retirement; this USO will be his last ever tournament.
Say's it's 'time'. He's 30 today.

More information coming through twitter.

Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis (https://twitter.com/alex_willis) Roddick says he's not physically or mentally able to compete for another year.
Would like to retire in New York, friends and family present.

[cazza99]

si.com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120830/andy-roddick-retires/) - Andy Roddick retires from tennis after storied 12-year career

[traveller7]

A shame :(

[Helen40]

Sad to see him go, but can understand why :-(

[ljs]

yeah , sad to see him go too , but thats life and Im sure his wife and him will be happy away from tennis , baby Roddicks maybe ??? lol

[RoastLamb]

Can't say it's a surprise. Must be sad for him though. I wonder what he'll do in the future. Commentator perhaps?

[RoastLamb]

Tom Tebbutt's USO blog, day four: (http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=Tebbutt:-Raonic-Bravado-beats-Mathieu&pid=4072)


Andy Roddick was no Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, but he was certainly an exceptional player in the worldwide scheme of professional tennis.

In his own humble words, he may have put it best on Thursday, "I got to play. I got to play in front of a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be 'the' guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I'm not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success."

He added, summing up, "you know, I was pretty good for a long time."

Winning at least one tournament for 12 years in a row is testimony to that.

Personally, I was not a Roddick fan because he was a little too mechanical and stiff a player for my liking, but I did cheer for him in the 2009 Wimbledon final against Federer. I thought Federer was fortunate to win something of a coronation Wimbledon title (and record 15th Grand Slam) with Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras watching from the Royal Box. Who can forget Roddick leading by a set and 6-2 in the second-set tiebreak, when he missed that fateful leaping backhand volley off a floating miss-hit ball by Federer.

Losing in three Wimbledon finals to the mighty Swiss has to be considered a badge of honour in and of itself.

Roddick could be ornery and testy in media conferences, but he also possessed a lively and mischievous sense of humour when he was in the mood.

My favourite memory of him was at Wimbledon in 2005 when a late evening match against Italian Daniele Bracciali was postponed by darkness - or maybe more accurately by Roddick taking matters into his own hands and walking off the court.

In the post-match media conference, feisty Italian reporter Ubaldo Scanagatta got into it with Roddick about him summarily leaving the court. Roddick's retort was to repeatedly ask, "can you read a book in the dark?" by way of comparison to playing tennis in the poor light. They went back and forth and it was a memorable interview room slice of comedic absurdity, tennis-style.

Roddick's ability to trade barbs with anyone has already been useful to him on a syndicated sports radio show he does weekly from Austin, Texas, where he lives.

I have been shocked that Andre Agassi, who has been brilliant whenever he was in the commentary booth during tennis matches, did not step up and move John McEnroe aside with his astute analysis.

Look for this latest retiring American, who is also a former US Open champion (2003) and world No. 1, not to hesitate when it comes to using his wit and experience to become the eventual successor to McEnroe.

[-J-]

arod don alright for himsel ,number 11 in the all time prize money list with over $20 million and thats just prize money, has a slam in the cupboard and 30 + other titles and of course je begged him sel a swimwear model ;)

[JAMES4578]

Not totally surprising news but a bit sad as Roddick was one of the game's characters, even if his game and personality may not have appealed to everyone. He certainly had a successful career even if he didn't reach the heights many expected a decade ago but of course he was in a tough era. The 2009 Wimbledon final of course was such a disappointment for him having come so close.

[VamosVixs]

Not surprised, all the best ARod! :thumbup:

[Alis]

Understandable but sorry to see him go. I wonder how much longer Mardy Fish will continue - it will seem odd to him not to have ARod around.

[RoastLamb]

We should have a pool to see who's going next. There are so many who look like they're on the cusp of retirement.

[Alis]

I put my money on Venus Williams - at least from the singles.

[RoastLamb]

That's what I was thinking last night but I think she'll be stubborn and hang on till the bitter end.

I'm thinking people like Juan Carlos Ferrero, Tommy Haas and on the dubs side Daniel Nestor.

[ljs]

Think Daniel is probably close to retirement

[RoastLamb]

He's losing in first rounds now and I don't think his ego would take much more. I heard today that Mark Knowles is retiring also. This is his last USO as well.

[JAMES4578]

Sorry to hear that Mark is calling it a day too, though he's had a long and successful career.

[Linda]

Sad to hear that Roddick is retiring, but he's had a good career. A slam and no 1, both things we're hoping our Andy will also achieve. tbh I always preferred Roddick's press conferences to his tennis. Though it was heartbreaking when he lost the Wimbly final to that arrogant **** who had the #15 jacket all ready :grrr: Actually I've been expecting Blake to retire - but he's doing well this USO!

[WimbledonAce]

V sad to read the news this morning although not unexpected, looked on the cards at Wimbledon. Will certainly miss the shirt pulling and dripping cap! Always had a soft spot for ARod, was the first singles I saw at Wimbledon in 2004 when I was only meant to be watching doubles. Since then he has been a bit of a running joke in our family as at tournaments whatever day I pick to go ARod has more often than not been on the schedule - oh look we see ARod again,lol. Glad that I was there for his last match on centre at Wimbledon against Mr F, as he walked off you felt that was it.

Anyway, end of an era. Good luck in the future Andy, will miss you! :thumbup:

[Caro]

I know what you mean about his press conferences Linda. Lol. But I'll miss his tennis too, although he has been a bit bad tempered on court of late. I suspect that was proabaly frustration at the body not doing what he wanted it to!!

Yes, he has had a good career but I wish he could have won wimby. Losing 3 finals must have been heart breaking. He sounds very content with his decision and happy with what he's achieved so that's really good. I will miss him. Always liked ARod.

[traveller7]

Ive always liked him, especially since he changed his game so much from the early days of just slamming down aces and his temperament has always been nice, happy retirement Andy maybe he might commentate for the BBC?!

[cazza99]

OnTheGoTennis ‏@onthegotennis

In case you missed it (like I did) here is the video of Andy's farewell speech http://bit.ly/RmCVQ0

[Sallydaisy]

Bye Bye Duckie. You enlivened the tennis world with your tennis and press interviews.
Shame you've called time but you know what? You're leaving with your dignity intact whilst still in the top echelons of the game rather than play on and end up in Challengers and Qualifying.
Wise decision.

Wishing you and Brooklyn all the best - and maybe some Rodduckings to keep you in trim!

[david1610]

Loved the honesty in an age of media mediated meanderings.
Embodied a lot of the good qualities of citizens of the USA.
One of the longest serving (no pun intended) members of the ATP circuit - 821 matches according to ATP site.
And honest to the end - if I cannot cut it in the top ten, why hang around?
Respect. I expect to hear him on a stream or two in the near future though!

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:


Joe Fleming ‏@ByJoeFleming (https://twitter.com/ByJoeFleming) Just heard that Roddick has filed his retirement papers ... He will be out of the rankings next week. :(
Retweeted by Carole Bouchard (https://twitter.com/carole_bouchard)



Just as he was going back up!!!

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg) He was actually gaining on his fellow Americans lately...

[Linda]

I read the other day that he'd risen up the rankings even though he's retired and thought, what's going on here? :rolling: