Andy Roddick, the U.S. Open’s last American male champion, sees himself a tennis schlub.

it is an honor and a privilege to have you as a fan of celebrity news and lifestyle where you have kinds of your genuine juicy news concerning your favorite celebrities take your precious time to sit down and let's share thoughts together with love and peace Andy rodic the US open's last American male Champion sees himself a tennis schlub the backstory of Andy rodic goes like this one day you were a happy girl lucky teenager with a killer serve wearing a baseball cap on the tennis court before it was cool and then one day you weren't good enough because no one was meanwhile you made it to the top of an unglamorous Sport full of happy gol lucky teenagers in baseball caps then one day you wake up as a middle-aged man at the end of his career wondering what the rest of his life will be like it takes something other than 27 holes a day to keep your brain busy coach commentator the man who gets paid to come and shake hands with company salespeople and tell stories about what it's like to play Roger feeder and all your worst Fizz while waiting for the extra round in the fifth set of the Wimbledon final with the shades leaning forward grass rodic had no answer so what did he do what happened after everything that a life of wandering in professional tennis had taught him after 15 years of staying alone in hotel rooms and stopping for long periods in places he probably had never known before I don't have the real motivation to work very very hard he said he disappeared for a while the experience making him vow never to hand over control of my geography to anyone else again after that he decided to improvise and think carefully I've always been curious he said speaking from his garage in North Carolina this is also the filming location for serving with Andy rodic the weekly and sometimes most frequently recurring podcast that tennis channel airs on its T2 Network it's also where he sometimes goes for post match analysis there are plenty of moments when he still sounds like a cheerful teenager in a baseball cap like when he talks about a guy who asked about one of his calls at a recent concert at a local Club seriously man I've reached the Wimbledon final three times won the US Open and spent three months as world number one and yet you think I'm going to stay on court 11 in the Carolina suburbs listen to me more carefully and it will become quite clear somewhere in the 12 years he left his job and erodic has become a full-fledged adult whether he likes it or not how did this happen how did this cherful teenager suddenly arrive in this middle-aged life with his wife and kids and in-laws dinners assuming the identity of a millennial tennis as a brave 21-year-old rodic entered the Cathedral of American tennis in 2003 trophy in hand and hat on his head 21 years later rodic now 42 has retired a DEC at younger than Roger federa since then no American has been able to lift the US Open trophy with nose 12 14 and 20 Taylor Fritz Tommy Paul and Francis tyo all vying to equal rodic's feet in 2024 rodic was still in his 20s when he married Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Deca rodic and deca now a successful actor have two children Hank an 8-year-old son and Stevie a six yearold daughter given what they can do by all accounts they have lived a fairly normal life close to Stevie's parents they meet for dinner regularly on Sunday nights thanks for reaching out to celebrity news and lifestyle and for watching our videos till the end if there's something about this video that you like to share please do share with us and guys don't forget to subscribe like this video share and leave your comment on the comment section below your comments matters see you next time