Andy Roddick’s career as an American tennis star
Born on 30th August in 1982, Andy Stephen Roddick is a professional tennis player from America. The player is ranked as the top most American player who in the 2003 won the U.S. Open by beating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final match. The courage and spirit lead Roddick into three finals of the Wimbledon Championship along with getting into the U.S. Open final once in her career. From 2002 to 2009, Roddick along with Roger Federer were ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Roddick is famous for his strong serves and holds the record for powering the fastest serve in the professional tennis history.
Roddick, who was part of the United States Davis Cup team, won the 2007 Davis Cup. The American tennis player was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The player has gone on to establish Andy Roddick Foundation which is being directed by him. At the age of 11, Roddick shifted to Boca Raton, Florida where he played basketball throughout his schooling years.
At the age of 17, Roddick thought of leaving competitive tennis on a serious note due to looses in the junior tournament. However, in 1999, the tennis player finished off the year as the number six in world junior rankings. In the year 2000, Roddick proved his mettle by becoming the world number one in junior rankings. As a junior tennis player, the American star has won the U.S. Open as well as the Australian Open in 2000.
A major breakthrough in Roddick’s career came when he knocked Younes EI Aynaoui in the Australian Open tournament. During 2003, Roddick won his first Master Series title as well as his first Grand Slam title with a superb display of tennis. Roddick, after reaching his first Wimbledon final lost to Roger Federer in a gruelling match. However, during the same year, Roddick lost the quarter-final match of the U.S. Open to Joachin Johansson. He ended the year as the U.S. number one along with holding the second ranking of the world after beating Juan Carlos, Marat Safin, Tim Henman and Marat Safin earlier in the year. He also holds the record of the only tennis player who finished off a season with the greatest number of aces.
The SAP Open in San Jose, California became Roddick’s blue-eyed tournament for 2005. He won the tournament in consecutive years to become the first player to do so after Mark Philippoussis in 1999. He managed to win the U.S. Clay Court Championship in 2001 as well as in 2002. Roddick lost the match to Agassi in 2003 and to Tommy Haas in 2004.
On September 28, 2008 at the China Open in Beijing, the tennis ace from America won his 26th ATP title by defeating Dudi Sela, an Israeli player with the final score of 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3. The win was a part of his powerful showing in the continent of Asia. He also went into the semi-final match of the AIG Japan Open however Tomáš Berdych, who was the eventual champion, defeated him in the final sets of the match.
Later on, Roddick lost to Gaël Monfils with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 against the French man in the third round of the Madrid Masters. Just after a short time of two weeks, the American tennis player went into the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters after defeating Gilles Simon 6-3 and 7-5. However, Roddick ultimately lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga later in the tournament. As a result of this stunning performance, Roddick qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup towards the end of the year. Roddick lost to Andy Murray in the first round 4-6, 6-1, 1-6 at the Masters Cup in Shanghai.
Roddick is usually famous for targeting both the corners in order to win the aces. His volleying skill along with his back hand is also growing with every match that he has played so far. His shape as well as form is also improving to a great extent.
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