Not all too surprising, but he will be missed. Hate him or love him, he was iconic for USA tennis.

Its really a pitty. With these things you realize how fast the life goes on.

He will be really missed.

One down, one more to go.

better not be holding your breath jean, the one more to go is going to last at least a couple more years

No, the other one has already gone, almost!!!

madhuvt75 , 8/31/12 5:12 AM

you mean fake injury is already gone.ahem

This is hardly 'shock news'. I am just surprised he struggled on as long as he did.
His spirit was broken by that heartbreaking loss at Wimbledon 2009. I hope he wont be lost to tennis completely - he would have a great future as a commentator!

His wit at his pressers will never be forgotten... I still laugh at that AO presser after he lost badly to Federer. Great champion, cornerstone of USA tennis for more than a decade, loved the game and gave it all.... I'll sure miss!

Yeah, one more to go. The guy with the dodgy knees that's conveniently avoided the NA HC swing leading up to the USO, coz he fears a good spanking. Amazing the knees will be well for DC coz it's on clay, red clay, the real clay, blah, blah, blah. Almagro said he'd love to play DC, but it depends on whom they choose for DC, and he knows it will be Nadal. Too bad, coz Nadal has gotten to play DC many times, and the other guys aren't given a chance. And, now his knees are conveniently healed and he's available for the at home ties, while the other guys have to play the ties that are away from home. They dol all the dirty work for the baby to cah in on the title.

Just remembered you wished it upon your darling boy, when it does happen.

Glad you're reading my posts! I love having fans.

scoretracker, what are you ranting on about? Are you obsessed with Rafa or what? Nearly all you posts are insults towards Rafa and then you have the nerve to complain when I say the most harmless thing about Federer. At least Rafa doesn't only play DC to qualify for the olympics, doesn't blame his team mate when hegets wiped out in the DC and doesn't claim to win a doubles match on his own.

People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones.

OFF: What the hell has Nadal to do here ? Stop guys, seriously, this is about Roddick, not about this Rafa-Roger childish discussion that's seen everywhere in these forums.

ON:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGiSrj97txc&feature=pla yer_embedded#!

Best presser of all time. Epic. I saw that live on TV and I couldn't stop laughing. I was like crying.

Andy, you will be really missed.

Emiliano, why don't you ask scoretracker why he started insulting Rafa on this thread which is to celebrate Roddick?

scoretracker, 8/31/12 10:32 AM

Overdosing on fedexol per chance?

#PleaseToCheckYourMedication

Amazing player on HC and grass with a BOOMING serve.He will be missed for sure .He beat Roger at Miami in Mar'2012 in a great contest but was off- colour thereafer on the tour.

A-ROD

3:35 PM
You're right. That has to be one of his best. I don't know how he comes out with quips like that and still keep a straight face. I know he was out of order when he took the mickey out of Nole during the USO but that also was priceless.

Press interviews wont be ever be quite the same now he is hanging up is racket.

@JimmyConnors
Andy Roddick retiring. A great champion, 10s ambassador , crowd favorite and my friend. You worked hard enough, time to enjoy your life"

@ nadline

are you blind?

scroll up.

"One down, one more to go."
- jean, 8/31/12 3:09 AM

Just whom do you think jean, the always anti-Fed is referring to with that comment?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_C7x78o8U

Sad that Andy Roddick is retiring - he was one of the game's greatest fighters. He always gave it his all. He deserves a rest but hope to see him again on the same tour as Carlos Moya (not quite sure what they call it).

Good luck and thanks for all the great tennis.

nadline, 8/31/12 2:39 PM

Conspirator, 8/31/12 3:38 PM

I am really pleased that people are pointing out how Rafa manages to come up in this conversation and NOT by Rafa fans! It's about time!

Rafa fans gets accused of going after Fed everywhere and trying to drive off his fans. Yet here we see someone doing the very thing that Rafa fans have been accused of over and over.

Regarding Roddick retiring, it wasn't totally unexpected but it's still difficult to know it's finally happening. I really wished he had won that 2009 Wimbledon. I think that would have been a great way to cap off his career. I don't know that he was really ever the same after that.

He was a great competitor and always came out ready to play and give it his best. I wish him all good things as he moves into the next phase of his life! :)

Roddick is a classy guy, who has enough pride to know that it's time to call it quits, coz he's not there to be a journeyman. He carrried his injuries without behaving like a cry-baby and did not make excuses for his losses. The tour has lost a player who had presence on and off the court. he was the youngest playere to ever start a foundation, and the youngest American to become No. 1. I'm sorry to see Roddick go.
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@Jean, there are just not enough words to describe your stupidity.
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@nadline, "scoretracker, what are you ranting on about? Are you obsessed with Rafa or what? Nearly all you posts are insults towards Rafa and then you have the nerve to complain when I say the most harmless thing about Federer."
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You must be out of your cotton picking mind to say nearly all of my posts concern Rafa. I don't speak about Nadal, but I will do so beginning today, every time you discredit any player, I'll mention something negative about nadal. You need to understand how much of a downer you are on this site. I sometimes wonder whether you or jean know anything of tennis.

I'm not YOU. You thrive on insulting Fed and use even the slightest bit of information to seize the opportunity to pick on him. Don't put me into your category, I have a long way to catch up with you two and the other parts of the demented clique here on this site, whose posts are fraught with hatred in every line written.

I hardly ever write about your darling Rafa, so stop with the exaggerations. If you could read you'd see jean's snarky post and understand who I'm referring to, but you are endeavoring to play *DUMB* as per usual..

You people feel that you have the liberty to go on and on about Fed and other decent players, coz you know you'll be protected by the Rafa brigade *who live on here* and *patrol* this forum, just to use it as a platform to vent their own miserable frustrations on others. This site is not your personal chat room or domain, it's public. Even though you fell so, wake up, it ain't so. This is why YOU nadline, jean, and several others, come up with the most disgusting comments consistently as though you are all demon possessed. What gives you all the right to harass people who post here coz they support another player?

We've got Mother Teresa on here who's always trying to collect kudos and will use anything to suck up to the writers and other forum members, and never misses a beat to keep her vendetta alive and kicking, always trying to show me up in a bad light. I've got news for her, my confidence is not dependent on what anyone here thinks of me, but it's all Mother Teresa's got going for her. No one has to know anyone, but just read what they write, coz it's not rocket science.

Well, I've had just about enough of your nonsensical, heartless garbage, and albeit I made a promise to myself that I won't stoop to your level of making snide remarks about your faves, it's now pay back time. SO LIVE WITH IT.

This thread was about Roddick, a very good player, with more personality in his little finger than dear Rafa could ever dream of having, yet jean, in her infinite wisdom, who had nothing good to say, had to do her usual, write garbage. NOW DEAL WITH IT, coz you all find it funny and applaud her whenever she (jean) and you (nadline), and the rest of the clique demean other players achievements.

To the few would would sell their souls to the devil and can't see right from wrong. Get your eyes checked and at the same time stop with the pretense coz you can only fool some people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.

@conspirator, I don't get into your nonsensical posts, but I'll answer you now. I'm NOT on any type of medication. It's obvious you ARE, coz some of the insults you hand out are uncalled for. I think you need to check the Rafa clan and send them to a detox center, especially the sainted one.

Emiliano, why don't you ask scoretracker why he started insulting Rafa on this thread which is to celebrate Roddick?
nadline , 8/31/12 3:35 PM

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And, what decent stuff did you or your friend jean have to say about Roddick?

I'm waiting to see it.
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@Emilianao: "OFF: What the hell has Nadal to do here ? Stop guys, seriously, this is about Roddick, not about this Rafa-Roger childish discussion that's seen everywhere in these forums."

Question: Why the hell was Federer included on here? Is your reading selective.

I'm waiting.

funny, all you bunch do is call out to sone of your clique to back you up. Gutless. Why don't you all just address the person and ask them. I know why, coz you can't do it any other way without your bddies to back you up.

scoretrasher.....

"I hardly ever write about your darling Rafa"
"I hardly ever write about your darling Nole"

LOL.... man if you stop saying Rafa and Nole you will loose 50% of your vocabulary...
btw...did you learn about origin of Americans native indians??? ....No?

That's all you're capable fo doing, adding more lies to everythingand nothing worth dignifying. You're the most foul-mouthed on here next to the twinge, whose name means an annoying pain in the tuckus.

If I trashed darling djoker and darling Rafa (like you trash Fed and roddick) with the help of nadline, jean, conspirator, twinge, and the ones, whose names are so sacred that cannot be mentioned or else they'll have a stroke, then I'd be doing just AOK. But bad luck for me, I'm not into that sort of petty nonsense. And, How can I forget sanju, who's the expert on how guys should or shouldn't behave. I guess she's been gifted to have associations with many guys.

I guess I need to do like you guys, find a big daddy to do the heavy lifting and then say like some here, viz:

"See conspirator, (or whichever name they choose to call upon for validation and support)now look who's doing this or that. now we all know blah, blah, blah., blah."

FYI, I know more about people's origins than you'd ever begin to know even about your own nationality.

From now on I'll call you zare the filthy-mouthed trash talker. The guy who told you that you make no sense, was perfectly correct,. If I were like you and the ones who defended you, I would have chimed in and supported him. That's the difference between me and you lot. I do my very best to not get involved except I'm always being dragged in by those who cannot read and comprehend.

Now just leave me alone. IT'S THIS CONSTANT PICKING AT PEOPLE THAT'S GIVING THIS SITE A BAD NAME ON THE INTERNET.

And, for those who want to come after me, you'll just be talking to the wind, coz I won't be reading your drivel. Have a nice day!!

If I'm not mistaken Federer was brought up here first (in a negative light, obviously) by our good-natured friend jean before Nadal's name was ever mentioned. It's funny though because there wasn't an avalanche of Fed Fans jumping all over it. But once scoretracker bit back about Nadal all hell broke loose, and that's why it always appears that "Nadal is tennis." Because every thread no matter what topic, one of the same 3 people comes in and either starts badmouthing Fed or praising Rafa, then the same group of people join in the discussion about Nadal and drown out the thread itself, then they proudly say "this is a Rafa thread!" And if someone else finally gives in and responds to constant provoking it's used as evidence of Nadal's popularity.
I think this is why Hawkeye was so popular. His constant "counter-trolling" (read Fed bashing, always refering to him as "punchbag") was music to their ears. Regardless of how not funny his posts actually were, he always stood up to defend the beloved Rafa at Federer's expense.

And nothing against Tomic but Andy's kicking his a$$!! Go Roddick!

Are talking to me???
Poor lost soul... so stupid that you were offended when holdserve told you that your roots are in African jungle!
Yes...they are...your's, mine, holdserve's...
Speaking like real racist about Indians..." they are protected species"??? SPECIES???
...and what are you... competitor for Darwin Prize??? Google it...coz you sure don't know what is that!

"I know more about people's origins than you'd ever begin to know"
Yes... we saw that earlier...
Thank you scoretraSHer... for a good laugh... yes... :)

Totally agree. The more scoretracker posts, the more we see it's lack of education. Still, like Zare, I'm always up for a good laugh reading some of these angry, frustrated, studpid posts. ROFL.

Don't worry jean it's going to be back on a clay court soon for you to watch it play. It might even win another FO.

jean, 9/1/12 2:36 AM,

Look at me! I am the "sainted one", of course said in total sarcasm and meant to be the ultimate insult! Someone who I have never met, yet after reading my posts, this person can see inside me and know everything about me.

Maybe I should ask this person to tell me what I am wearing as I am typing on my computer. What do I look like? This person could be a psychic! Psychic is better than psycho! LOL!

This person can read my mind and knows how busy I am with my evil plotting. Oh and yes, I always have a hidden agenda when I post. I can't possibly like anyone here, no that can't be it. Much better to make it all part of my grand plan to take over not only this site, but the world! Why think small?

I guess my real reason for being here is too simple and real to possibly be true. I love tennis. I have been watching this sport all my life. Unfortunately, nobody in my life loves tennis the way I do. No one in my family, my friends. So I come here to chat about tennis with like-minded people. That's why I am here! But somehow I am sure that it will be twisted for the umpteenth time to be something sinister and dark!

I stood up for zare because I wanted to do it. I don't think the people here are my friends. My friends are those who actually know me in real life, the people I talk to, hang out with, people who know what I look like and have heard my voice. But I do like many people here and enjoy talking with them about tennis.

I have been so upset and frustrated seeing someone who never met me, come on here and make up all sorts of characterisitcs and personality traits that have nothing to do with me. But this person read my posts! So that is the sum and substance of who I am! I can't be anything other than the words I say here. That's pretty limited! I have a whole life outside of this forum and no one here knows one thing about it!

I have to try to laugh because it's so hideous and disgusting that there's no other way to deal with it. What is the diagnosis if you talk about someone in personal terms without ever having met them? Paranoid schizophrenia? I don't know. I give up.

@ts38, thank you for explaining the scenario on this site. I'm happy that both you and aegis have got eyes to see what actually went on here. They, the Nadal fans do this over and over again, coz they've got unspoken carte blanche, to disrupt every thread on this site without consequences. They are fully cognizant of their privileges and they use it to the hilt.

I often wonder how much the owners of this site or those in charge, care about this site's reputation. It's very bad in terms of quality on the internet.

Would it have been too much to allow the few Roddick fans on this site, or people who care abolut tennis in general, to reminisce a bit about the man, Andy Roddick, and his tennis? NO, that's not at all possible considering the lack of class, which is so evident, of some who post here.

"And if someone else finally gives in and responds to constant provoking it's used as evidence of Nadal's popularity."

Yes, and that person is a marked target on here for life. Just look at one of the comments here, that Rafa fans are always accused of going after Fed. Is it possible that this person has even one brain cell? The evidence is right up there, the third post, for all to see It reminds me of the tirade I had to endure a few nights ago, albeit the evidence was there for all to see on that thread.

On Hawkeye, his alter ego is still here. he's three posters under 3 screen names. Let's not forget who begged him to stay and "please don't leave us". These people don't want peace, they like to argue and fight, coz they have no other mission in life. The anger in their posts speaks volumes, and it's easy to see what type of person they are. It's not rocket science.

I may not be as smart or educated as some of the idiots here, but know this, I'm not stupid enough just to follow one person's opinion on the origins of the human race. I happen to think I'm a human being that was created, but if others want to think they evolved from chimps and dinosaurs, then that's their choice. Now it makes sense as to why we see so many comments that are written by posters who evolved. LOL

BTW, it was a pleasujre to see Roddick dismantle Tomic. Andy didn't play as though he wanted to humiliate the kid, but he played purposeful. it was great to see him let the FH rip and not worry about whether he was playing a clean or dirty match. He hates UFEs.

Watching him play, makes me want to go to the USO and ask him to reconsider his decision to retire. The guy's got so much presence on court, and is very loved, despite what his detractors state. I'd like to see him get to the R16 and give the djoker a good whipping in a boiling hot, sunny day match, but djoker's smart, he lobbies for the night matches, too bad.

I love it how some of the people here pretend to talk to one of their buddies in answer to another's comments. Fluff blowing in the wind, LOL.

Hey NNY, have you notice how it returned sheepishly to TT despite embarrassing itself over the whole soderling affair, "signing" on various threads about how Soderiling was going to win and then....vanished completely as a result of self-inflicted humiliation! HILARIOUS! I know you remember because we've been havign such a good laugh at it. And then it went on about Rafa being no. 3, forgettign completely that that was only made possible after it's idol finally vacated that position following a long domination in that position. Nice of Rafa to fill in for it :)

As I always say, it's tard fans never cease to entertain me. There is a reason why it attracts certain types of fans who no doubtadmire it's arrogance, smugness, sense of superiority over everyone else.

NNY, no ned to get upset with tards. In the great scheme of things, what they are are just that, insignificant tards who are frustrated with their own smallness in life. You can only laugh because it's not even worth feelign sorry for these things. Now go enjoy the USO, NNY, and leave tards to keep barking.

jean,

Yes, I remember it well! Funny, I was just going to say something about that, but you beat me to it! My question is, where's the bad poetry?

I am doing a lot better lately. I can talk until I am blue in the face and nothing's going to stop it. Now if I jumped off a bridge as this person suggested I do and was never seen on here again, does anyone think for one minute that there wouldn't be a new target for the hatefest? It will never end, because the problem lies inside that person. It's too bad because toxic negativity and too much anger will end up eating that person alive!

I am enjoying the USO and the great tennis. This is the time when I can watch without staying up all night or having to record the match and watch it the next morning. I can see it all in real time! I love the atmosphere of the USO!

Thanks for the advice and I will try hard to remember it. :)

All I can see is that after one comment: 'one gone, one more to go' and the usual few Fed.....s jumping in and posting all the negative and hateful things about Rafa! I don't see any name mentioned in that particular comment, so why so sensitive and started all these bashing on Rafa?? This is not even a Rafa thread to start with! The Fed.....s are one sensitive bunch.

NNY : I love the atmosphere at the USOpen too and it's so good to be able to watch in "real time." When Andy has a night match off to bed I go, but I sleep so badly I might just as well have stayed up. Lol.

Conspirator will you stop personal attacks. other day you were embarrased. surely you are a loser in your life . pity you.

After beating Tomic, Roddick said "I'm going to try and stick around a little longer", I wonder if that means he's going to give his all for the rest of this USO or he's thinking of not retiring just yet.

deuce, 9/1/12 8:16 AM,

I know the feeling! That's what always would happen with the other slams when I would try to sleep because Rafas' match was on in the wee hours of the morning, but ended up tossing and turning!

I will be watching him for you!:)

Good luck and keep the faith! :)

Roddick should be able to enjoy at least one more round. He's more than capable of dealing with Fognini but after that he most likely comes up against del Potro which will be a bridge too far. The crowd will be in full voice for Andy.

#NotToBeMissedMatch

I should have written 'two more rounds'

fedexol, 9/1/12 9:04 AM

#Irony
#ThankyouMyFan
#ThePleasureIsYours
#Humble
#Kisses