Andy Roddick’s Journey To World #1: Sleep, Serve, & More | Q&Andy

Served with Andy Roddick

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Sports, Tennis, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Want to be featured on the next Q&Andy? Send us a video on our socials or email us at askandy@servedmediagroup.com Andy Roddick sets the record straight on the viral claim that Carlos Alcaraz is “bored” of the ATP Tour. He also shares behind-the-scenes stories from his own career, from cash games at age nine to signing his first Reebok deal, plus his pre-match routines—including sleep hacks and napping under tables to beat Nadal and Djokovic. The episode also dives into serve mechanics and Andy’s reaction to the rise of tennis-playing robots. 📱 Stay up to date with Q&Andy! Follow us on our socials:https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcasthttps://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcasthttps://x.com/served_podcast ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 0:06 Welcome back to Q&Andy 1:25 Is Carlos Alcaraz "bored" with winning? 3:18 Andy’s early days 4:28 Betting on "cash games" as a 9-year-old 5:20 Turning pro and Andy’s first big paycheck 6:56 Sleep habits and pre-match nerves 9:40 Coin toss strategy: Why Andy always chose to serve 10:52 Eye dominance and visual focus during the serve 12:48 Mechanics vs. Mindset: What makes a great serve? 14:59 Advice for coaches and players on serving style 16:08 The future of tennis: AI and robot players 18:20 Closing thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.6	All right everyone, I am back. This is Q and Andy. Mike, you, you hosted a show. We survived.
0:44.2	You got through like, you got through like, 10 minutes. Look at you guys. I think it was a solid 13 minutes.
0:50.2	Was it 13? Yeah. How'd you, how'd you feel? I don't know. I was just more nervous about mispronouncing names. Oh, God. Welcome. Welcome to my life. And no matter how you pronounce it, there will be a comment. 100% every single time. And that doesn't mean we got it right. Yeah. It just means that you would the, you've probably mispronounce names too. They're like, it's producer, Mike.
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