"Least Roger Federer can do for me throwing all those Wimbledon finals" - Andy Roddick extends hilarious invitation to Swiss to come on his podcast
Andy Roddick extended a hilarious invitation to Roger Federer to guest on his 'Served' podcast. The American suggested that he intentionally lost the Wimbledon finals against the Swiss and the least the latter could do in return is accept the invite.
In collaboration with Wilson, Roger Federer announced the RF Collection. The RF 01 racket was designed by the Swiss tennis icon and after over two years of tests, the collaboration was announced.
In a recent interview with the Tennis Channel, Federer elaborated on the story of the collaboration. He was also asked about another tennis player who has recently joined Wilson - Roddick. Federer smiled as soon as he heard Roddick's name.
"Andy is a great guy he knows it. He's the best and I love his podcast as well and I want him to do commentating. He's so fun to listen to he's so knowledgeable and always enjoyed having him around on the tour and stuff so whenever I hear Andy Roddick, I get a smile on my face," he said.
Federer and Roddick faced each other in multiple high-profile matches in the 2000s. Three of those were the Wimbledon finals and the Swiss was on the winning end on all three occasions in 2004, 2005, and 2009.
Roddick finished with just one Grand Slam title (US Open 2003) in his career. He reached five Major finals and lost four finals to Federer. Roddick reposted the Tennis Channel's snippet of their interview with Federer on X where the Swiss talks about him.
"Whatever. Nobody likes @rogerfederer anyways …… That being said, I think we’d still allow him on @Served_Podcast Least he can do for me throwing all those Wimby finals …." Andy Roddick wrote.
Roger Federer reveals how Andy Roddick could have changed the course of history
In the same interview with the Tennis Channel, Roger Federer was asked whether Andy Roddick could have beaten him in the Wimbledon finals if the American joined Wilson at the time.
The 43-year-old mentioned that Roddick could have beaten him in the Wimbledon semifinal in 2003 and in a domino effect, the Swiss may never have won the subsequent grass Slams.
"I think he probably would have beaten me in the 2003 Wimbledon semis and then what would have happened is that then I would have probably thought that I can't win Wimbledon and then I would have never won Wimbledon," Roger Federer said.
"So, he had a lot to do with it if he would have changed to Wilson much earlier... He could have broken me down early enough before I got on the run of you know the five in a row there in 2003. So, he had the chance to stop it," he added.
Further, Federer was pitched the idea of setting up a legend's match between him and Roddick and the Swiss said he would love to get on the court with the latter again.