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Tennis Magazine Men's Player Of The Year: Andy Roddick
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我只節錄有關Andy的部分
同時他也是下一期 一月/二月tennis雜誌的封面人物
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MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Andy Roddick
That was fast. One American champion calls it quits, and two months later a new
one takes over at No. 1. Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that fans in this
country were wondering if there was any future at all for the U.S. men's game?
No doubt about it, this is an American champion, with the same swaggering
willfulness that took Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, and the young Andre Agassi
to the top of the game. Like those guys, Roddick is a showman whose appeal goes
beyond tennis--in 2003, besides dating pop singer Mandy Moore, he hosted
Saturday Night Live and was tapped for a reality TV show. But as with his
predecessors, Roddick's cockiness can rub people the wrong way, particularly
opponents. After losing to him at the U.S. Open, Ivan Ljubicic said of A-Rod's
on-court antics, "Nobody else acts likes that. He doesn't respect the others."
Love him or hate him, you can't ask for more than what Roddick gave in 2003. He
started by winning the match of the year, 21-19 in the fifth over Younes El
Aynaoui in Melbourne, switched coaches when his game stagnated, and then
dominated through the summer, capping off a 27-1 run with the U.S. Open title.
All of which took the 21-year-old by surprise. "It's something I never thought
was possible," Roddick said after clinching the year-end No. 1 ranking. "Maybe
I snuck up on people."
Can he continue at that dizzying height, the way Connors and Pete Sampras did
season after season? It won't be easy. Twice this year, world No. 2 Roger
Federer played rings around A-Rod. Still, Roddick is our Player of the Year
because he had the will to go out and win more big matches over the last 12
months than anyone else. How American of him. --Stephen Tignor
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"The canvas on the easel is empty.
He's got the paint in his hand and only time will tell."
-Brad Gilbert on how good Andy Roddick can become
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