Andy Roddick Interview – Enjoying Retirement, 10 Years Since That 2009 Wimbledon Final, The Real Serena, GOAT Debate, Davis Cup Reform, His Future In Tennis
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Unlike many former players, Andy Roddick has stepped away from tennis since his retirement in 2012, occupying his life with various other ventures. But he’s still as passionate and as insightful about the game as ever.
In an interview with David Law, Roddick explains what keeps him busy these days, the reasons behind his absence from tennis, and why the door will always remain open for him to return one day.
Elsewhere, David gets Roddick’s views on a number of topical issues within the sport, including Novak Djokovic’s chances of becoming the GOAT, ATP Politics, and Davis Cup reform.
Roddick also gives a fascinating insight into the Serena Williams he knows. What is she like away from the court? Will she ever address what happened in last year’s US Open final? And will she break the Grand Slam record?
Finally, it’s been almost ten years since Roddick’s most famous match – the 2009 Wimbledon final against Roger Federer which he lost 16-14 in the final set. Does he think that serving second in the fifth set was a disadvantage? And would he have liked a tiebreak at 12-12? Roddick looks back on the match and discusses the different final set scoring systems currently in use at the four Grand Slams.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McIneroy. I'm Bjorn Borg. This is Martina Navratilova. I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. I'm Lainey Nguyen. I'm Andy Mori and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | We have a very special guest on the tennis podcast for you today. Somebody who topped the world |
| 0:25.6 | rankings back in 2003, 2004. He won a grand slam title. He will forever be remembered for the |
| 0:33.8 | incredible Wimbledon final, the third one of his three that he had against Roger Federer in 2009. |
| 0:40.0 | So coming up to the 10-year anniversary, it is Andy Rodic who's going to be joining us here |
| 0:45.2 | on the tennis podcast. Absolutely delighted to have him with us. And if it's a show you think |
| 0:51.0 | somebody else you know might be interested in listening to, do let them know. Here's Andy Rodic. |
| 0:56.1 | Andy, how are you doing? I'm good. How are you doing, David? Very well. Very well. A couple of people |
| 1:01.8 | have spoken to recently have said, what does Andy Rodic do these days? So what does Andy Rodic do |
| 1:07.9 | these days? Everything, nothing I guess. Not much in tennis, unfortunately, but a couple of young kids, |
| 1:19.8 | a boy, Hank, who's three and a half, and a little girl, Steve, who's 16 months, and a bunch of |
| 1:24.6 | different business ventures still running our foundation in Austin, Texas, and trying to manage |
| 1:32.8 | the logistics of life with a life who's equally as busy. So it's all good. It's chaos |
| 1:39.3 | mistakes, but great chaos. You say not much in tennis, unfortunately. Do you mean that? I mean, |
| 1:48.2 | would you like it to involve some tennis? Yeah, it's not so much of a thing about tennis is that |
| 1:55.9 | you have to travel to do it, right? You have to travel whether it's any job. I mean, you |
| 2:00.0 | the job you have, you still have to go to the content, right? Or if you're a broadcaster, |
| 2:04.8 | you have to be at the matches, or if you're a coach, you have to be on site. If you want to do your |
| 2:08.3 | job well, and for me, I wouldn't want to take on a project in tennis unless I felt like I could |
| 2:14.5 | give it the proper time commitment and respect that it deserved. And I can't do that right now. |
| 2:21.7 | I'm not willing to, you know, one of the things when I retired is that I promised myself that I |
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