Didn't he have a beat down already in US open 2011 against Nadal, when the score was 62 61 63? The 1st winner by Roddick was in the 3rd set, which was ridiculous.

Well if adjusted his position on court rather than play like a pusher, he wouldnt get demolished.

@@dinhvanhung4865 Roddick defeated Nadal in Miami 2010.

@@kucingmeowcanteq7994 I think the point was, Roddick knew at 2012 that he'll probably never beat the Big 3 again even if he does, it will be through extremely high risk tennis (which is unnatural for him) and he would have to do it for at least 2 matches in the same tournament just to have a chance to win a big title again an almost impossible task for Roddick by then end of 2012

@@masters.1000 last time he beats nadal

Lol

It doesn't look like Novak beat Andy like a drum

yes,and i think that 😀

Bill Patrick Jones Yes. Roddick had the serve, but Novak had the all-around. Novak is amazing. I wish (like everyone else that Novak was around for the Federer/Nadal/Roddick era. But I still think Federer would’ve got them all. His entire game was fearsome. Of course, being American, I always cheered for Roddick. But when somebody is better, they’re just better. These guys are great.

Roddick said that in an interview

@@frankiek2269 Roddick had serve power but couldn't place it well enough. Look at the Wimble final against Federer, Fed had more aces. Roddick could only go up the middle.

He recently cited this match in an interview on tennis channel as an eye opening moment.

He was extra motivated that year

i got a wilson because of fed, i ended up moving to volkl though, don't think any pros use that

@@mitchaelhollingsworth1698 Jiri Novak was one of the few who used that. Good times

Haha me too

me too, i bought the pure drive roddick version weighing 315g. i still use it today, get great spin and power. the aesthetic is great too!

🤓

this novax, like todays novax, can't hit an overhead

Thank you very much guy

yeah, when he was younger he really went after the forehand. much flatter, much more powerful...but much more error prone. I believe that he and his coaching staff at some point decided that it was worth it to develop a more loopy forehand to cut down on unforced errors...and against people outside the top 10 it was pretty successful, which is why roddick remained inside the top 10 for the vast majority of his career. but the price was that he would basically never win any rallies whatsoever against anyone in the top 10. It basically meant he couldn't ever beat top 10 players. In a world where people only care about how many grand slams you've won when you retire, I guess roddick probably should never have switched his forehand, as high risk/high reward makes sense. He likely would have won another grandslam or two, but he also would have likely had a much lower average ATP ranking throughout the years.

@@bonzwah1 forehand aside, his backhand doesn't have good technique, this unreliability and tendancy to run around backhands gives him worse positioning which is exposed when you're older and less mobile. i also think he makes poor choices in shot selection, but he was a top ten fixture for near a decade who carried american men's tennis after agassi and sampras retired which isn't nothing. plus he seems like a nice, pretty genuine, funny guy if you've ever heard his commentary or seen him do press.

And his footworks and speed are some of the worst on ATP tour

***** They meet 9 times, Roddick won 5 matches, so Roddick is better! :)

Miladin Milicevic :v

+Miladin Milicevic Please tell me this a joke lol.

+Miladin Milicevic idiot

+Miladin Milicevic I really hope you are joking. How many slamshas Roddick got, compared to Djokovic? That's just for starters.

There won’t be one any time soon if u ask me

maybe christian pulisic plays tennis as well as soccer

Sebastian Korda looks quite promising

F tiafoe.t.fritz.s.korda.t.paul.j.brooksby.b.nakashima

Pretty far from winning

He was washed by this point.

Naa.. Hardly any talent... He is zero in tennis iq

Voice of the Voiceless VO-TV I wouldn’t say zero but he did lack creativity.

@@varunshahvo-tv9854sorry who are you?

In your dreams.

@@masters.1000 and what man can win, if not he

@@milos03 Anyone. We can't know what will happen after this break, everyone lost their rhythm and only gets older.

Milos Popovic just : Del Potro, Thiem, Nadal, Tsitsipas, Medvedev, Federer, Wawrinka

@@paullemasson9925 tsitsipas, Thiem and Medvedev maybe,but Nadal, Federer and Wawrinka not sure.Djokovic wins 75%

I don’t agree much with this take. Roddick’s kryptonite was Federer. He didn’t do terrible against Nadal and Djokovic. His only issue was his tennis, too aggressive and too taxing on the body. I believe if he had managed to tweak a few things on his game in order to become more efficient with his body he would have managed to stay a little longer on the top, although he had already been at the top of the tour for the better part of a decade.

Biggest joke ever

Sorry but no. Roddick from years 2003-2005 might have a shot against 2011-2016 Novak at fast grass but that's about it. Between 2006-2008 Roddick wasn't even playing that good anymore. He had a sort of ressurection in 2009 thanks to serious work on his backhand.

The game of tennis changed a lot between 2003 and 2011

@@HBK492 in 2008 Dubai roddick severely punished Djokovic with big hitting.

@@SHVideografie Dubai is what? A 500 tournament? And that wasn't peak Djokovic by any means.

lol, more coping. Roddick couldn't hold Djokovic's jockstrap.

2012 was an all round weird year for him. Played very well but kept fumbling like he did when he was younger

Olympics is only every 4 years, after all. Chances of playing your best in exactly the 1 of the 4 years rather than the other 3 years is 3 times less likely.

and yet he was better than Novax..... what a joke

@@steinanderson9849 😂

senorgato70 I was about to ask the same question.

Gareb Feumba it’s John’s now wife Madison McKinley. She literally could be Kim Sears Murray’s twin sister.

senorgato70 oh I see, thanks.

yh he meant to say roddick obviously

Yh I noticed that

"You better not say anything"

Hahahah

Roddick had real power early in his career. You can watch the 03 US open 04 Wimbledon final and he CRUSHED the forehand. Made errors sure, but he had some weapons. After Federer got in his head, he switched to this weird counter puncher and topspin player that got no power or depth on his shots. Unfortunately, he never got the confidence or coaching to give it a try again and his game suffered.

He was a servebot, let's be real. Not an all-time great imo.

@@sj4632 thank you

Well he was lucky he didn't face Federer in that tournament.

agradina yes

music 2015 roddick was just unlucky who he played in the finals of grand slams, i mean if it weren't federer than he would probably have 6 and federer would have like 11

Look like we gotta Andy roddick haters. HAHAHAHHA! Bunch of no life Kids.

You forgot "(still counting)" for Federer

Gandhi *** ffs. Why does everyone type and say it incorrectly?

samproductions02 Well i would have said the same

Yea, I can't even hear what he's saying. Awful.

interprenur busdiness saltedeggs

He completely ruined his game when he got rid of brad gilbert and tried to become a player he just wasn’t. His serve and forehand was a killer combo. Sometime after Gilbert he started to just roll his forehand into the court. Would probably have helped of he wore shirts that fit him too.

Red Mosquito never made sense how he got rid of Gilbert just because he had a coupe months of poorer results. Still top 5-10 in the world when he got rid of him

really, what drug was popular back then?

Stick to Pokemon.