French Open Predictions & Why Clay Courts Aren’t All the Same | Q&Andy

Served with Andy Roddick

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 16 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 dives into clay season as the ATP and WTA tours shift to the dirt, breaking down why tennis surfaces play so differently—from American green clay to Roland Garros red clay. He explains why American men have struggled on clay, what Ben Shelton must adjust to contend, and how players like Taylor Fritz should manage injuries during this stretch. The episode also features French Open predictions, tactical insights into clay-court tennis, and a chaotic new “Random Question” segment where Andy debates which ATP players he’d least want to fight. 📱 Stay up to date with Q&Andy! Follow us on our socials: https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast https://x.com/served_podcast ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Welcome to Q&Andy 1:01 Why are not all surfaces made the same? 2:41 The differences between regional clay surfaces 4:13 Does the rarity of clay courts hurt American players? 6:09 What aspects of Ben Shelton’s game translate to clay and grass? 7:22 Should Taylor Fritz skip clay to maintain health? 8:36 If Carlos, Jannik, and Novak are out of the picture, who is winning RG? 9:31 Who are the modern "Clay Court Specialists"? 10:44 Mental and physical preparation for the clay season 11:44 How to construct points differently on clay 12:55 Which ATP player would Andy least want to fight? 15:40 Closing thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Q and Andy.
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0:07.7	Sorry.
0:08.9	What?
0:10.2	Old habit, say hard.
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0:12.3	Nobody.
0:14.4	For sale sign.
0:15.6	Brought to you by producer Mike.
0:17.0	What are we got?
0:17.3	Oh, man.
0:18.9	Thanks again to everyone who sends in their questions. Go ahead and head
0:21.5	over to servepodcast.com or send us an email, Ella, what is it again? It's Ask Andy,
0:26.2	Ask Andy at Serve Podcast Media Group. Something like that. You're natural. We'll put it up the
0:32.2	description. Thanks, Sean. Thanks, Sean. I have too many email addresses. But Andy,
0:37.2	we're heading into Clayseason. Did you know that? What happened just now? Are we just going to move on? Yeah. Okay, go ahead. Link in the show description. Thanks, guys. Andy, this week we have Clay season officially underway. We got Charleston, Houston, Bucharest, Columbia, Morocco. At gmail.com.
0:56.7	So we have some clay questions for you.
1:00.2	Oh, good.
1:00.6	I'm the resident expert here.
1:02.1	Yeah, yeah.
1:02.5	This is going to be completely, he'll be Googling while we do it.
1:05.3	Great.
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