Andy Roddick trains harder than ever for Aussie Open
America’s Number 1 tennis player Andy Roddick has never made the cut for an Australian Open title match; on four different occasions, he has been sidelined by World Number 2 Roger Federer at the semi finals. However, the upside of so many losses is that
Andy Roddick will go into battle this year armed with a vast store of experience against the Swiss Maestro and many of his other opponents.
Roddick enters 2011 as one of the main contenders, and he seems determined to live up to the expectations surrounding his run in the new season. The player has been training harder than ever during this off season to make sure that he is prepared for the
intensely demanding fortnight at the beginning of the year.
The American had informed the media soon after the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals that he expected to get healthy once again, after suffering through a year ravaged with injuries. He lived up to his promises soon after landing at home in Texas.
Roddick’s physio trainer, Doug Spreen, said, “The planning and talking about it started the day that the season ended, Within a few days of getting back to Austin he was already starting to do some conditioning work and strength training, so it started up
pretty quick.”
Spreen also talked about the importance of the off-season from a player’s training perspective, saying, “The goal coming out of December is that when you go down to Australia you want to feel good. The goal is to find a happy medium where you continue to
do a lot of work to get yourself in shape, but at the same time you want to show up in Australia feeling healthy and hopefully a little bit rejuvenated.”
The physio trainer says Roddick has never been so inspired during the tennis break. The player may be venting the accumulated frustration he has amassed after his illness and injuries throughout 2010; despite a promising start to the year, he was unable
to deliver and seems to look forward to making up for it.
Andy Roddick will begin 2011 by defending his title at the Brisbane International.
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