As for the 2023 US Open champion Gauff, Roddick said “she had to get past the Open.”
Speaking to her adjustments over the past year and how far she’s come, “for some reason, in the pressure moments, old habits seep in,” he said.
To close out the show, Roddick shouts out Jannik Sinner for a “weird start” but a well-deserved finish. Where runner-up Taylor Fritz is concerned, Roddick said there wasn’t much else he could have tried.
“I’m watching the match, it’s at the end of the first set,” he said. “He didn’t serve well, he was 38%, but otherwise hitting the ball great, they were pumping the ball. But you get to the point in the match where you’re like, ‘OK I’m losing, what adjustments can be made?’ Taylor’s not going to serve and volley, he’s not going to chip and charge, that’s not the way his game is built. You can’t just say do that. I don’t know where he goes.”
As live tennis now moves out of the U.S. and back out to the rest of the world, Roddick, Clijsters and tennis lovers alike will be following the tour through to the ATP and WTA Finals at the end of the year.
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