'Novak Djokovic would make my life a misery, but Roger Federer didn't' - Roddick

Terry Tibbs · Apr 12, 2020

What rubbish is Roddick talking here? Federer beat him 21 times out of 24 with very few close matches I recall with Federer one of the only players to nullify his serve time and time again but he didn't make his life a misery?? Really Andy? What would Federer have needed to do, beat him 24 times out of 24? I would have thought that losing to somebody 21 times out of 24 would be a pretty miserable experience!

'Novak Djokovic would make my life a misery, but Roger Federer didn't,' says former world number one - Tennis365

Andy Roddick believes Novak Djokovic would 'make is life miserable' had he ever faced him in his pomp, but recalls remembers Roger Federer as 'mentally immature' in his early career.

www.tennis365.com

Standaa · Apr 12, 2020

is Roddick okay in the head?

tennisaddict · Apr 12, 2020

tennis365 is trash. We all know Roddick's h2h over Djokovic

Terry Tibbs · Apr 12, 2020

tennisaddict said:
tennis365 is trash. We all know Roddick's h2h over Djokovic

They look like direct quotes though. Didn't actually realise he had a winning h2h record against Novak albeit Roddick's wins came before Novak's prime. Makes the article even more baffling.

ChrisRF · Apr 12, 2020

The only way in which this could make sense is if Roddick means that he somehow "enjoys" losing to Federer more because of the attractive style but would hate to be dominated by Djokovic’s monotony.

OldschoolKIaus · Apr 12, 2020

Maybe he prefers to be nuked off and go out in style instead get bored to death by a pusher?

Fedr and three others · Apr 12, 2020

Maybe he meant fed was a gracious in his absolute and incessant beat downs of him

Phoenix1983 · Apr 12, 2020

Novak Djokovic has made all of our lives a misery for many years.

RelentlessAttack · Apr 12, 2020

Probably recency bias. Djokovic smoked him in one of their last matches. Roddick got marginally better against Fred at the end (W09, that last Miami win).

Either that or sour grapes over the guy denying him a bunch of slams

MichaelNadal · Apr 12, 2020

Phoenix1983 said:
Novak Djokovic has made all of our lives a misery for many years.

Arrive.
Slay.
Depart.

RelentlessAttack · Apr 12, 2020

This guy would probably have won W03,04,05,09,US06 without Federer. Would have had a shot against Gonzo in AO07 too. Just brutal, that’s an ATG career stopped by a bad matchup with one guy

RS · Apr 12, 2020

RelentlessAttack said:
This guy would probably have won W03,04,05,09,US06 without Federer. Would have had a shot against Gonzo in AO07 too. Just brutal, that’s an ATG career stopped by a bad matchup with one guy

Hewitt was in better form in W2005. Switch it with USO 07 which would have been a 50-50 with Djokovic.

NoleFam · Apr 12, 2020

You guys should actually read the quotes rather than just look at the headline and then go on a tangent.

He didn't say those words. Obviously, it has become clear that he has gained great respect from the way Djokovic plays the game and what he can do on the court so no surprise that he wouldn't want to play against his return.

TennisManiac · Apr 12, 2020

Federer destroyed Roddick's mental game after beating him 3 times in the Wimbledon final. I actually think Federer is the reason Roddick retired so early. Roddick was a failure.

beard · Apr 12, 2020

ChrisRF said:
The only way in which this could make sense is if Roddick means that he somehow "enjoys" losing to Federer more because of the attractive style but would hate to be dominated by Djokovic’s monotony.

Example how Federer fan make life easier, falling to some fantasy world each time they see stuff they don't like...

Biotic · Apr 12, 2020

Phoenix1983 said:
Novak Djokovic has made all of our lives a misery for many years.

Takes guts to admit it.

Terry Tibbs · Apr 12, 2020

Phoenix1983 said:
Novak Djokovic has made all of our lives a misery for many years.

Never a truer word said!

Nadal_Django · Apr 12, 2020

beard said:
Example how Federer fan make life easier, falling to some fantasy world each time they see stuff they don't like...

Yep, this thread is funny. The Maestronians trying to rationalize and inject some other meaning to something that is very simple and obvious.
This thread is like microcosm of the whole forum tbh.

MeatTornado · Apr 12, 2020

StANDAA said:
is Roddick okay in the head?

~~Sounds like his hair transplant went a little too deep, it's affecting his brain.~~

Edit: Andy has not lost his marbles, see post below.

Newballs · Apr 12, 2020

RelentlessAttack said:
Either that or sour grapes over the guy denying him a bunch of slams

Didn't Rog take the #1 ranking away from him too? (not like he would've held it for all that long anyway...)

Poisoned Slice · Apr 12, 2020

Bromance romance. Cool.

MeatTornado · Apr 12, 2020

These quotes make a lot more sense when you realize it was actually Pat Rafter who said them, not Andy Roddick.

PAT RAFTER SPEAKS TO EUROSPORT DURING INSTAGRAM LIVE SESSION

Former world number one and two-time US Open champion Pat Rafter spoke to Eurosport as part of an In...

media.eurosport.com

Seriously, why would Andy say something like "Sampras did everything I did, only better" or "Roger still had too much respect for the big ones and was mentally immature, which suited me.”

Third Serve · Apr 12, 2020

It’s extremely odd that he would say that, considering his much poorer record against Federer.

Jonesy · Apr 12, 2020

So this solves the discussion, Djokovic Goat, end the forum.

Third Serve · Apr 12, 2020

MeatTornado said:
These quotes make a lot more sense when you realize it was actually Pat Rafter who said them, not Andy Roddick.

PAT RAFTER SPEAKS TO EUROSPORT DURING INSTAGRAM LIVE SESSION

Former world number one and two-time US Open champion Pat Rafter spoke to Eurosport as part of an In...

media.eurosport.com

Seriously, why would Andy say something like "Sampras did everything I did, only better" or "Roger still had too much respect for the big ones and was mentally immature, which suited me.”

Are you kidding me? That’s literally word-for-word at times. LOL.

Silverbullet96 · Apr 12, 2020

ChrisRF said:
The only way in which this could make sense is if Roddick means that he somehow "enjoys" losing to Federer more because of the attractive style but would hate to be dominated by Djokovic’s monotony.

This

Lew II · Apr 12, 2020

NoleFam · Apr 12, 2020

MeatTornado said:
These quotes make a lot more sense when you realize it was actually Pat Rafter who said them, not Andy Roddick.

PAT RAFTER SPEAKS TO EUROSPORT DURING INSTAGRAM LIVE SESSION

Former world number one and two-time US Open champion Pat Rafter spoke to Eurosport as part of an In...

media.eurosport.com

Seriously, why would Andy say something like "Sampras did everything I did, only better" or "Roger still had too much respect for the big ones and was mentally immature, which suited me.”

Well there you go...pretty shoddy reporting on that tennis365 site.

Deleted member 770948 · Apr 12, 2020

Federer didn't blow Roddick away much, so I can see what Roddick means.
If Djokovic was in his prime it'd mean he'd be breaking Roddick's serve all the time, so he would take away Roddick's strength.
Whereas Federer didn't really take away Roddick's strength, despite the lopsided h2h.
Roddick lost a lot of sets 7-5 or 7-6, so even if he lost in straight sets it'd be tight in a way.

PerilousPear · Apr 12, 2020

Stockholm syndrome.

Just kidding. Fed and Rod were good buddies, while Andy had some feud with Nole about retirements/injuries or something. So losses to him would hurt more I guess?

TheAssassin · Apr 12, 2020

Phoenix1983 said:
Novak Djokovic has made all of our lives a misery for many years.

Long may that continue...

Fridge · Apr 12, 2020

In their primes I think Djokovic would dispatch roddick in a much more surgical way. Once novak can neutralize the Roddick serve there really isn't anything that roddick could do better that novak. Fed would def hit more winners against roddick but Novak would torture him.

Hitman · Apr 12, 2020

TheAssassin said:
Long may that continue...

Spoken like a true savage....

Krish872007 · Apr 12, 2020

Extraordinary. Fake news strikes again.

ibbi · Apr 12, 2020

Someone seems to have pieced together an article to look the way they want it from what sounds like an interview in which he's talking about completely different things. The Djokovic part of what he's saying has nothing to do with the Federer part of what he's saying. In other words: FAKE NEWS

MeatTornado · Apr 12, 2020

ibbi said:
Someone seems to have pieced together an article to look the way they want it from what sounds like an interview in which he's talking about completely different things. The Djokovic part of what he's saying has nothing to do with the Federer part of what he's saying. In other words: FAKE NEWS

It's all from the same interview they just don't show the questions, which makes the answers all blend together and sound jumbled.

And hiding the fact that it wasn't even Andy who gave those answers...

Mike Sams · Apr 12, 2020

Fridge said:
In their primes I think Djokovic would dispatch roddick in a much more surgical way. Once novak can neutralize the Roddick serve there really isn't anything that roddick could do better that novak. Fed would def hit more winners against roddick but Novak would torture him.

Djokovic still doesn't know how to play Stan Wawrinka in the Slams. He doesn't know what to do other than engage in baseline rallies against a guy who can neutralize Djoker's defensive game with the power BH.

vex · Apr 12, 2020

Embarrassing the number of clowns in this threat that think Djoker is a pusher

Lew II · Apr 12, 2020

Mike Sams said:
Djokovic still doesn't know how to play Stan Wawrinka in the Slams. He doesn't know what to do other than engage in baseline rallies against a guy who can neutralize Djoker's defensive game with the power BH.

What does this have to do with Roddick?

alexio · Apr 12, 2020

Mike Sams said:
Djokovic still doesn't know how to play Stan Wawrinka in the Slams. He doesn't know what to do

it's 3-3 in slams ..it's not like 1-6 or 0-6 (doesn't know how to play)

vex · Apr 12, 2020

Mike Sams said:
Djokovic still doesn't know how to play Stan Wawrinka in the Slams. He doesn't know what to do other than engage in baseline rallies against a guy who can neutralize Djoker's defensive game with the power BH.

Stan's basically retired. Djoker ain't worrying about him.

Service Ace · Apr 12, 2020

Even Roddick doesn’t respect Fed as much since 40-15. You can feel the public and his peers slowly starting to walk back every claim they ever made about him being the GOAT

MeatTornado · Apr 12, 2020

vex said:
Stan's basically retired. Djoker ain't worrying about him.

I'm curious to see what happens with him. It was implied during the off-season that 2020 was going to be his last season.

Third Serve · Apr 12, 2020

MeatTornado said:
I'm curious to see what happens with him. It was implied during the off-season that 2020 was going to be his last season.

He might save it for 2021 if that’s the case.

AnOctorokForDinner · Apr 12, 2020

Fridge said:
In their primes I think Djokovic would dispatch roddick in a much more surgical way. Once novak can neutralize the Roddick serve there really isn't anything that roddick could do better that novak. Fed would def hit more winners against roddick but Novak would torture him.

Djokovic is only 4-2 against Isner on American soil, and Isner always took him to at least one tiebreak. Roddick >> Isner. Conclusion is obvious.

Mike Sams · Apr 12, 2020

vex said:
Stan's basically retired. Djoker ain't worrying about him.

LOL

vex · Apr 12, 2020

Mike Sams said:
LOL

Guess we’ll see. It’s not like he talked about retiring this year or anything...

MichaelNadal · Apr 12, 2020

Nadal_Django said:
Yep, this thread is funny. The Maestronians trying to rationalize and inject some other meaning to something that is very simple and obvious.
This thread is like microcosm of the whole forum tbh.

scotus · Apr 12, 2020

Yup, he says Sampras was the toughest he ever faced.

maratha_warrior · Apr 12, 2020

Roddick started watching tennis in 2011

'Novak Djokovic would make my life a misery, but Roger Federer didn't' - Roddick

Hall of Fame

G.O.A.T.

Bionic Poster

Hall of Fame

Legend

Hall of Fame

Rookie

G.O.A.T.

Hall of Fame

Bionic Poster

Hall of Fame

Bionic Poster

Bionic Poster

Hall of Fame

Legend

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

Legend

Talk Tennis Guru

Professional

Bionic Poster

Talk Tennis Guru

Talk Tennis Guru

Legend

Talk Tennis Guru

Hall of Fame

G.O.A.T.

Bionic Poster

Deleted member 770948

Guest

Professional

Legend

Professional

Bionic Poster

Talk Tennis Guru

G.O.A.T.

Talk Tennis Guru

G.O.A.T.

Legend

G.O.A.T.

G.O.A.T.

Legend

Hall of Fame

Talk Tennis Guru

Talk Tennis Guru

Talk Tennis Guru

G.O.A.T.

Legend

Bionic Poster

G.O.A.T.

Hall of Fame

Similar threads