Andy Roddick has had a busy start to his induction weekend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport. He toured the museum on Friday, checking out his own exhibit as well as the rest of the museum, which is divided into three sections: The Birth of Tennis (1874-1918); The Popular Game (1918-1968); and The Open Era (1968-present). Roddick also took time to talk with ATPWorldTour.com about a variety of subjects, including what exactly happened to his trophies and Roger Federer's continued dominance. Has it started to sink in yet, that you're inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame? I don't know that it will ever be real, walking through here and seeing my superheroes... It's just insane and...
The Climb. Everybody in the tennis world knows it, and those old enough vividly remember their surprise in witnessing the unique celebration. Now a staple of any finals day at a major championship — 14 players since 1987 have scaled the Centre Court architecture at The Championships — and those triumphant few at Wimbledon pay homage to Pat Cash, the original climber to his family and friends. The Wimbledon champion, who dared to dream and delivered 30 years ago. Having punched away a forehand volley — his 52nd winner on the world’s most famous lawn — to beat World No. 1 Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-5, Cash turned to his team and raised his arms to the sky in celebration...
The historic achievements keep coming for Roger Federer, even in areas that might not immediately come to mind when you think about the all-time great. During his first-round match on Tuesday at The Championships, Federer surpassed the 10,000-ace mark against Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov, joining Goran Ivanisevic and Ivo Karlovic as the only three men who have hit more than 10,000 aces since 1991, when the ATP World Tour began tracking the statistic. [ALSO LIKE] The milestone moment came at 4-3, 30/30, as Federer caught Dolgopolov leaning left and went out wide for a sliding ace. “It's surreal,” Federer told ESPN. “It puts me up there with the likes of Ivanisevic and Karlovic, to whom I look up to and think...
Editor's Note: This feature story first appeared on ATPWorldTour.com in June 2012. Green fees are around $500 per round. Tee times are one-hour apart. Only a handful of guests each day get to play the 7,239-yard Shadow Creek Golf Course, built by business magnate Steve Wynn, in 1989, in northern Las Vegas. Here Andre Agassi came to re-group immediately after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 loss to Jim Courier, his former Bollettieri Academy sparring partner, in the 1992 Roland Garros semi-finals. Speaking exclusively to ATPWorldTour.com, Agassi remembers, 20 years on, “When we were playing, Steve asked me, ‘So what is next?’ I said, ‘Wimbledon.’ He asked, ‘Do you think you can win it?’ I told him, ‘Very few people show up...
