If Roddick wins a Slam this year, and Federer and Nadal split the other two, it would be tough for Novak or Andy to get past him. Nothing is impossible, especially with injuries to Nadal, Davydenko and Del Potro. But if he really wants it, he should have made more of a chance like Indian Wells.
Roddick - top 4 at the end of the year ?
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If Roddick wins a Slam this year, and Federer and Nadal split the other two, it would be tough for Novak or Andy to get past him. Nothing is impossible, especially with injuries to Nadal, Davydenko and Del Potro. But if he really wants it, he should have made more of a chance like Indian Wells.
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The only decent player Roddick beat at the 2009 Australian Open was Djokovic and he was awful that match.
He barely scraped through the Wimbledon draw too against a joke of a field.
For a guy who likes to go in depth with draws, at least use double standards.
Cfidave
Professional
There is no way Roddick will be top 4 by the end of this year, or any other. He has not been a top 5 player for several years. Soilid against top 20 players, but he has not consistently turned in good results against top 10 players. He occasionally beats a top 10 player on grass, or a very fast court, but if you look at his overall results against top tens, it is not very good. He is ranked at 8 for a reason, he finishes out of the top 5 year after year, also for a reason. He is solid top 10, no doubt, but no way top 4.
Tennis_Bum
Professional
He'll be lucky if he can retain his top-ten position. He's on his way out.
Yeah, you are probably right. After looking at the points he will have to defend and the rise of Soderling, Del Potro and Davydenko's return, it looks to be practically impossible. I look at him as a player who may be able to beat all the top players(outside of Nadal and Federer) under the right circumstances, but I do not like his chances in Grand Slams at this point. Roddick has the talent and the weapons to beat anyone but continues to look lost at times during matches. In my opinion, his last hurrah was his run at Wimbledon last year. He will win one or two more lower level (for him) tournaments this year. Unfortunately, he may start to become a scalp for up and coming players rather than a legitimate threat to win. I hope i'm wrong.
deltox
Hall of Fame
he does? i thought he took nearly the entire clay season off last year.
djokovicgonzalez2010
G.O.A.T.
Roddick will suck on clay this year. Fortunately for him, he also sucked on clay last year.
RCizzle65
Hall of Fame
Roddick fan here, but I lol'd
lol couldnt help but laugh though i quite like roddick
Joseph L. Barrow
Professional
...He beat an in-form Haas, then took a set off Federer, both on clay in Madrid, and then reached the Round of 16 at the French Open. Most of the ATP Tour, including a lot of clay court specialists, would be very proud of those results.
Regarding Roddick's relative performance to last year on clay, I think a lot of people are looking at things with a skewed sort of perception here; Roddick's results from last year have absolutely no bearing on his ranking at the end of this one. At the end of this season, his ranking will be composed entirely of results from 2010, and thus the "player X has to defend Y number of points" element in this discussion is fallacious- defending points from last year is only effective on a player's mid-season ranking. The race is the only factor in year-end rankings.
kingdaddy41788
Hall of Fame
You're assuming Rafa stays healthy, which I don't see happening... But maybe. Either way I think he'll be top 4 at the end of the year...
