Andy Roddick on the Future of American Tennis

[@slipperyblueclay2521]

5 years after this interview and we are still asking this question.

[@jeremywong3698]

he is the future of commentators :)

[@desroywhite]

ikr...can wait for that!

[@king0vdarkness]

He's an awesome commentator

[@koryaiine7393]

What a great guy. My favorite tennis player in modern times.

[@diane8937]

Adopted this guy, his tennis and humor!

[@carric.5662]

When talking of American tennis right now, please remember to mention the women's game too. The Serena & Venus era has been an incredibly exciting & successful time for American tennis.

[@vincenttran5920]

Carri C. serena only, venus was done several years ago

[@silvershogun1]

+Vincent Tran shes is a top 10 player, she is not done

[@vincenttran5920]

silvershogun1 idk if you watch her recently i mean she doesn't make it very deep in tourney.

[@anthonygonzalez9422]

News update. She made two grand slam finals again this year at age 37.

[@heema_9451]

They're a marvellous anomaly and they're not a product of the USTA

[@anthonygonzalez9422]

Roddick is absolutely right. The USTA has a great crop of young kids but its going to be a struggle for the USTA to not screw them up.

[@JayantW55]

It's been 6 years now. Where are those 6 juniors?

[@newjustfun6143]

My explanation: you cant do anything against an era with federer (the GOAT), nadal, djokovic, murray, wawrinka and so on. The generation was just to strong and talented.

[@gherbihicham8506]

Spot on comment except that Nadal is the GOAT.

[@MartinJohnZ]

newjust fun Very true, you can't top the best of the best. But there's a level just below that, players that have been firmly in the top 10 for extended periods of time, players like Berdych, Nishikori, Cilic, Ferrer, Delpo, Gasquet, Tsonga, guys like that... And also on this level there's no American players. Maybe, MAYBE John Isner falls into this category.

[@MartinJohnZ]

Rafa might catch Federer if he can play a year or two after Roger retires.

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

@@MartinJohnZ he is about to do it anyway

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

@@MartinJohnZ tied it now

[@c3vzn]

Hmm I wonder who the 5/6 guys were. I’d say it was at least Fritz, Paul, Opelka and Tiafoe.

[@eduardohuerta5460]

What happen? Federer and Nadal happen!

[@rynolascavio3381]

Every tennis era has dominant players. The young constantly pick off the old.

[@Macbille]

@@rynolascavio3381 They are still winning all the Grand Slams with Djokovic who is 33 ;) Where are the young players picking them off?

[@vagabond197979]

Still waiting on those promising American male tennis players...

[@williambaumert7726]

*American male tennis. American women have been dominating tennis!

[@hristo5689]

Obviously. I mean women’s sports aren’t very popular and don’t get a lot of attention abroad.

[@JonahNelson7]

You're so virtuous for bringing that up. Here's your cookie🍪

[@mrods999]

@@hristo5689 Women's tennis does though

[@milvao3400]

Serena was dominating before 2017, but it's been 5 years already, only Sofia Kenin won a GS since then and she's not been consistent. No one is dominating women's tennis but Osaka and Barty won 3 slams each in the last 3 years. I don't know if Serena will ever win another one and pass Margaret. In the men's field, the three best players of all time are European, still playing and winning, or at least two of them, Nadal and Djokovic, and the younger talents are all European. It must be sad for American tennis but that's the way it is.

[@RossBayCult]

When the rest of the non English speaking world was able to play tennis on a regular basis they finally caught up.

[@Polarcupcheck]

The USA went backwards big time.

[@hristo5689]

Exactly, the US dominated the 70-90s. Tennis got worldwide attention about 40-50 years ago. It only took 2 decades for Europe to catch up and set new standards. The most embarrassing part is that only 4 slams were won by American players this century and yet no country has as many academies, development systems, number of youth training the sport as the US.

[@milvao3400]

@@hristo5689 Many european countries have great tennis traditions, even though tennis is often considered a sport for the rich and somewhat not taken seriously. I wouldn't say that the US dominated the 70-90s. What about Bjorn Borg? Maybe Sampras and Agassi dominated the 90s, but not as close as Federer, Nadal and Djokovic dominated in the last 20 years.

[@YellowstoneBrew]

I wish I had Andy's faith but no. The ESPNization of sports, the NFL and NBA assures , especially in an age of cable-cutting, that most kids will not see tennis on TV. No thanks to the elite Tennis Channel too for contributing to elitization!

[@Polarcupcheck]

What we need is a successful doping program. Growth hormone, steroids, blood doping, epo and stimulants.

[@bsrussian]

lol