In today’s tennis scene, Andy Roddick is a well-known name not just in America but all across the globe. But did you know he had a clear choice to live a simple life with everything? Still, he established himself as a tennis player and made a tough decision for himself. Well, his relentless passion for the sport was something that was unknown before. It came to light recently when one of his fellow trainees at the Rick Macci tennis academy spilled the beans.

Rick Macci has trained some of the amazing talents that we have seen on the tennis court. Starting with the Williams sisters, Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick. And there was one more tennis player who was training alongside these tennis giants and who created his own fate in the other world. We are talking about the director of the Raleigh Pro League, Brian Rosenthal.

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When the American tennis star started playing tennis at a young age, he joined Rick Macci’s tennis academy. There, he met another fellow tennis player who was getting ready to become a tennis player, Brian Rosenthal. He was among the top 10 junior players in Florida. Brian was quite close with the 2003 US Open champion, as he was also a part of the Macci academy when Williams’ sisters and Roddick were practicing their tennis skills.

Recently, the Raleigh Pro League director appeared on a podcast called Second Serve Tennis. Where he recalled a lot of old memories, including some popular tennis stars. In a similar way, he also talked about Roddick’s amazing lifestyle that he left behind to pursue his passion. He revealed that even after coming from a successful background, the former world number one tennis star’s passion for tennis was something that made him leave everything behind.

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Rosenthal said, “So what I loved about Roddick’s path is that he didn’t even have to do anything. He could have been a great college player, a great junior player, and probably fell into the family business and so forth. But he would run through fences. He would go crazy when he lost in anything in life.” 

Well, the rest is history; even today, the 40-year-old American tennis star is famous for his rivalry with Roger Federer and his on-court achievements. Not only that, but Serena Williams‘ fellow trainee also talked about Roddick’s dedication to always improving and being better than everyone.

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Andy Roddick’s dedication to being the best was unbelievable 

In the same podcast interview, the 40-year-old American tennis star’s fellow Macci Academy trainee said that he always has the desire to be the best among everyone. He gave an example, saying that if he was the last child in the queue for lunch, he would concentrate intensely on that and be the first child in the queue the following day.

He had the ideal amount of both enthusiasm and determination, yet he was unable to capture numerous Grand Slam titles. However, he lost all four of his major final appearances to Federer. Despite being one of the best tennis players in the world, he only won the 2003 US Open.

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