Roger Federer is Trying To Keep His Records Says Andy Roddick

The last American to win a Grand Slam on the ATP Tour, Andy Roddick believes that Roger Federer wants to lead his Grand Slam tally and wants to be ahead of his fellow rivals, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

He’s trying his best to maintain distance with the other two Goliaths. Also, the American shared his thoughts on Federer’s nearly five-hour defeat at Wimbledon 2019 finals where he could have appended his Grand Slam tally to 21. 

“I think for him the heartbreak probably comes in (knowing) health isn’t guaranteed for him forever. Every year that passes, you’re one year closer to the finish. I’m sure he wanted to put some distance between him, Rafa (Nadal), and Novak. I mean, these guys are playing for more than an individual title right now,” said Andy Roddick.

With the rate at which Nadal and Djokovic and clinching Slams, Roddick feels Federer will be outshone by those two aces by the end of his career. The ‘Big Three’ matches against each other give a memorable experience to the tennis viewers and their battles glorify the history of the game.

“They’re kind of marching through (the) history books, so I’m sure (Federer) would’ve loved that buffer there at Wimbledon. Every match that these guys are playing against each other has so much significance as far as the history of our game,” Roddick added.  

Exactly ten years before the groundbreaking Wimbledon 2019 finals, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer played an epic Wimbledon final match on the lush-green terrain of SW19.  During that final match, Federer could break Roddick’s serve just once and later progressed to lift his sixth Wimbledon title. Simultaneously he surpassed Pete Sampras’ record of Wimbledon.

The fifth set concluded with a 16-14 scoreline and it remains the longest fifth set in a Grand Slam final. In that heroic fifth set, Federer rallied past Roddick at 8-8, 15-40 down and denied the American to serve for the championship. It is the only time in major final history where a player has lost despite only having their serve broken once.