Andy Roddick to Retire. WHO CARES!!!

Serena Williams and that's about it.

Andy Roddick announced that he will retire after the US Open. His next (and hopefully final match) will be tonight against Bernard Tomic of Australia. Roddick has had a good career by most standards in tennis as he had won a Grand Slam back in 2003 which was the US Open and nearly had another a couple years ago. He has also managed to remain relevant since 2003 until now as he has been out of the top ten for quite some time.

Okay, why do we follow this guy again? Andy Roddick has been a blimp in the radar ever since Roger Federer started dominate the sport followed by Rafael Nadal with Novak Djokovic now trying to start his own reign of greatness. The only thing that Andy Murray has been known for is that awesome serve that he has and that's it. A great serve will only get you so far.

What was annoying to me not Roddick himself who seems OK but the US media always focusing on him as the face of US men's tennis. I know people are more likely to watch something if they have the same nationality but it just seemed overdone in this case. Andy Roddick is (and soon was) a fine player but he wasn't good enough to excite casual American sports fans.

I don't care about nationality that much in Tennis and was always fine watching Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer go at it. While the match ups at time were boring to see over and over again, at least they warranted the attention. While Roddick has had success in mostly minor tournaments, he just hasn't done anything to actual earn the attention on the main stage other than being the best American male tennis player.