Roddick will also play a teenager, Bernard Tomic of Australia on Friday. Whether he goes out in the second round is yet to be seen. Open would be his last professional tournament, regardless of the outcome. Roddick has been playing professional tennis for twelve years challenging opponents on courts around the world—starting at the age of He reached the peak of his career in , at the age of 21, when he won the U. So why did Roddick never quite get there—never quite achieve all those dreams he had as a youngster coming up?
He holds the record for the fastest serve at a Grand Slam tournament at miles per hour. Over the years and at different tournaments, Roddick also set many other records for fastest serve. In the beginning, it was enough to serve at blistering speeds. It got him past countless opponents. It still does in many instances. However, not all aspects of his game parallelled his serve. Often his forays into the net when he served and volleyed were not well-timed.
When that happened, Roddick was passed standing at the net instead of finding himself in an advantageous put-away position. Andy Roddick and his family live in Austin, Texas. However, the former Tennis star does a lot of traveling for his foundation.
Roddick founded the organization when he was His goal has always been to develop and inspire underserved youth through sports-based mentoring. Home Tennis. In fact, his U. Open win marks the only time an American male has won a Grand Slam singles crown since then, according to the Associated Press. But in an age that, as of late, has been dominated by the likes of Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic , Roddick hasn't been able to keep up.
And in that sense, the time is right for him to walk away. As he told Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Eisenberg , he's not comfortable "coasting. The news is bittersweet, too, for Roddick's colleagues—not just for the fans. Really sad. I told him, 'Change your mind Andy. No matter how long ago he made the decision to retire, he chose the right place to reveal his announcement. I think he saved a few but they are not on display. This keithkreeger vase is in good company.
So is my favorite weenie cactus. Open title was the lone Grand Slam win of his career. And Decker said that the U. Open Trophy is currently loaned away. There are no tennis trophies displayed at their home.
Now retired, Roddick runs the Andy Roddick Foundation to help children in low-income communities.
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