Overview of Andy Roddick’s final tennis season – Tennis Special
American veteran, Andy Roddick, retired from competitive tennis in 2012 after a long and successful career.
He secured one of the greatest achievements by becoming the 19th player of Open Era to have won 600 matches. Due to being unable to perform at the highest level, he called off his career, with the US Open 2012 being his last major.
Talking to the media, Roddick said, “I wanted to keep alive winning one tournament a year for 12 years. I know three or four people have done that. I need to remind myself of those numbers just to [remember] this is a what-did-you-do-last-week-type sport.
So looking back on that, maybe I need to look at those a little bit more and realise that I've done this for a long time pretty well.”
The 30-year-old American challenger was second highest ranked professional of United States, following the lead of Mardy Fish. The former world number one, proved his mark after clinching the US Open Grand Slam title from Juan Carlos Ferrero, in the year
2003. The champion has bagged away three Wimbledon titles in his career, but suffered a heavy defeat every time he faced the Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer.
The right-hander American professional has waged one of the finest battles in his remarkable tennis tenure. After the retirement of Roddick from the competitive tennis and due to the declining performance of the other players, the scope of tennis now solely
rests at the hands of the Williams sisters.
Ranked 39th in the South African ATP World Tour Rankings, Roddick’s pace started to decline after the Australian Open held at the hard courts of Melbourne. He confidently made it across the first round but in the next, he was unable to stand tall and lost
at the hands of the local challenger, Lleyton Hewitt.
He made it until the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and suffered a three set loss at the hands of the Czech, Tomas Berdych. Due to his increasing age, Roddick faced a tough time to continue at the same high momentum.
At the AEGON International, he pocketed away the trophy with his exceptionally high pace. He prevailed over several junior contenders in straight sets including the Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy, in the second round and ultimately in the final round against the
higher ranked Italian contender, Andreas Seppi.
The 6 ft 2” American received his second title at the Atlanta Tennis Championships. He ousted his higher ranked compatriot, John Isner, and in the final round, consolidated his victory against the Luxembourgian opponent, Gilles Muller.
At the US Open, he was unable to stand the might of the Olympic bronze medallist Juan Martin Del Potro in the fourth round.
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