A sportsman and a hero.Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and fifth-ranked player in the world as of October 1, 2007. He finished sixth in the 2006 ATP Race. is well known to tennis fans. Since 2001, he has compiled a singles record of 271-84, won 17 singles titles, and earned $8.25 million in prize money. In May 2004, while playing in the Italian Open Italian Open may refer to:
Witnesses praised Roddick for his part in helping other guests find their way to the roof. "Roddick helped people onto the roof," Association of Tennis Professionals spokesman Nicola Arzani told the press at the time. "Several of the players had a real fright. I talked to a few of them this morning." Roddick also helped save a Dutch couple by catching them as they jumped onto his balcony from the floor above his. A year later, Roddick visited the Eternal City again, this time to participate in the Rome Masters The Rome Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. The men's competition is an ATP Masters Series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Tier 1 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. . And again, he would exhibit behavior that would be considered extraordinary. On May 5, Roddick was in his third-round match against Spain's Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born November 15, 1983 in Madrid) is a professional tennis player from Spain. Currently he is one of the best Spanish tennis players, and he plays well on all of the surfaces. when his opponent apparently double-faulted, and the umpire awarded the match to Roddick. Roddick, who was closer to the ball's impact point than the umpire, checked and found the mark made by the ball on the clay court A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam titles. . It was definitely in bounds, and therefore not a fault. When he pointed out this fact to the umpire, the umpire awarded the point to Verdasco. The fans, many of whom remembered Roddick's heroism during last year's hotel fire, expressed their approval with enthusiastic applause. But Verdasco won the set, and then the deciding third set to win the match. The tennis star was rather nonchalant non·cha·lant adj. Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent. See Synonyms at cool. [French, from Old French, present participle of nonchaloir, to be unconcerned : non-, about his actions: "I don't think it was anything spectacular on my part. I just saved the umpire the trip. You know, he was working hard up there," Agence France Presse reported. Roddick may have lost the match, but his exhibition of honesty exemplified what classic sportsmanship is all about. |
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