{"id":7635,"date":"2024-12-05T02:37:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2024-12-05T02:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T02:37:59","slug":"andy-roddick-accuses-novak-djokovic-of-ruining-rafael-nadals-farewell-%f0%9f%91%80%f0%9f%98%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7635","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick accuses Novak Djokovic of ruining Rafael Nadal\u2019s farewell \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\ude33"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u201cThere was zero reason,\u201d Andy Roddick accuses Novak Djokovic of ruining Rafael Nadal\u2019s farewell with Andy Murray announcement<\/h1>\n<p>Andy Roddick questioned the timings of Novak Djokovic&#8217;s announcement that Andy Murray would be his coach just after Rafael Nadal&#8217;s retirement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Novak-Djokovic-Andy-Murray-Andy-Roddick-Rafael-Nadal.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThere was zero reason,\u201d Andy Roddick accuses Novak Djokovic of ruining Rafael Nadal\u2019s farewell  with Andy Murray announcement\" width=\"1600\" height=\"881\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"img-info\">\n<p>Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal (Images via X)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p><strong>Rafael Nadal<\/strong>\u00a0retired on November 19th and on November 23rd, the tennis community had something else to talk about.\u00a0<strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong>\u00a0stunned everyone by announcing that he will be coached by Andy Murray at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>That Murray, just a few months after retirement would be back on tour and as a coach of his old rival Djokovic was not at all anticipated.\u00a0<strong>Andy Roddick<\/strong>\u00a0was shocked as well, but he thinks Djokovic\u2019s announcement stirred the tennis world, and the discussion that was about Nadal\u2019s retirement and his legacy died down a bit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fU2pU1c6AUs\" data-id=\"fU2pU1c6AUs\" data-query=\"list=PLZGasR6VH79eoZ5dMJ949ykRBkwSAzFUF\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy entered exited\" src=\"data:;base64,<svg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' width='480' height='360' viewBox='0 0 480 360'><\/svg>&#8221; alt=&#8221;YouTube video&#8221; width=&#8221;480&#8243; height=&#8221;360&#8243; data-pin-nopin=&#8221;true&#8221; data-src=&#8221;https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/fU2pU1c6AUs\/hqdefault.jpg&#8221; \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p><em>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a vanity project. Hey, listen, is the attention fun? Is the buzz fun? Is it fun to know that you can create a s**tstorm in the tennis world and override any storyline? Oh, oh, oh! Rafa retired this weekend? Should we dominate the headlines at the end of that week?\u2019 There was zero reason why this needed to be announced. Zero.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><cite>Andy Roddick said on his Served with Andy Roddick podcast<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The discussion indeed was mostly about the shocking news. Roddick didn\u2019t like the timing of the announcement, suggesting that Djokovic and Murray could have waited.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-juan-martin-del-potro-lauds-novak-djokovic-ahead-of-his-farewell-match\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juan Martin del Potro lauds Novak Djokovic ahead of his farewell match<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Juan Martin del Potro<\/strong>, ahead of his farewell match at an exhibition event in Buenos Aires, thanked\u00a0Novak Djokovic\u00a0for accepting to play the match. The Argentine officially retired in 2022 due to his knee injury.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2161660 perfmatters-lazy entered pmloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-1200x675.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"Juan Martin Del Petro and Novak Djokovic (via Tennis Majors)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-1200x675.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Juan-Martin-Del-Petro-and-Novak-Djokovic.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Juan Martin Del Petro and Novak Djokovic (via Tennis Majors)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The injury was responsible for completely ruining the 36-year-old\u2019s career as he hasn\u2019t completely recovered from it\u00a0and suffers pain in his daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Del Potro doesn\u2019t like to recall his final match as he was crying a lot. He wanted to play another match, at an exhibition event, so that he could say a proper farewell. Djokovic during a dinner agreed to play and Del Potro was moved and had nothing but praise for the 37-year-old.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p><em>Having Djokovic ome is the most beautiful reward I could have. I have a very warm, very human relationship with him and he is the one who always offers himself for these crazy things. He quickly replied that he was counting on me and that we were going to put on a good show.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post\">\n<section class=\"section-intro\">\n<div class=\"selfie-and-desc\">\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Djokovic has already landed in Argentina and upon reaching there, he awarded the\u00a0Copa Libertadores\u00a0trophy to Brazilian football club Botafogo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere was zero reason,\u201d Andy Roddick accuses Novak Djokovic of ruining Rafael Nadal\u2019s farewell with Andy Murray announcement Andy Roddick questioned the timings of Novak Djokovic&#8217;s announcement&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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