Novak Djokovic's 45-minute Davis Cup rout vs Greece prompts Andy Roddick to reiterate criticism of club tennis players overestimating themselves
Andy Roddick has cited Novak Djokovic's latest Davis Cup singles win as an example to resurface a much-talked-about opinion of American club tennis players. Djokovic breezed past Ioannis Xilas on Saturday, September 14, with the win helping Serbia to establish a commanding 2-0 lead over Greece in the international team tennis tournament's World Group I.
The former World No. 1's outing against Xilas marked his first singles appearance since his shock third-round loss to Alexei Popyrin at the 2024 US Open. However, there were no such shocks this time as Djokovic barely allowed the No. 770 ranked Greek a sniff. The Serb lost a solitary game and wrapped up the match 6-0, 6-1 win in just 45 minutes.
Djokovic would keep Serbia in contention for making the 2025 Davis Cup Group Stage Finals by registering another win, this time in doubles, alongside his protege Hamad Medjedovic. After the 24-time Major winner's demolition job against Xilas, the now-retired Roddick took to X (formerly Twitter) and shared an article focusing on Djokovic's resounding win.
Roddick's post also featured a caption, through which he brought back the result of a past survey, where most club tennis players in America opined that they could clinch at least a game against professional tennis players.
"Do we remember that poll that said something like the majority of club players said that they could win a game ???"
While the 2003 US Open champion's post was somewhat cryptic, he presumably was making the point that when even a lowly-ranked professional struggles to take a game off of a top-level player, club players have absolutely no chance.
Andy Roddick was astonished when the results of the survey first surfaced
In August last year, prominent tennis journalist and Tennis Channel analyst Jon Wertheim shared the results leaving Andy Roddick stumped. According to the results, 71% of women's club tennis players in the USA believe they can win a game against a professional, while 81% of recreational players between 18 and 24 think the same.
Roddick couldn't help himself from ridiculing recreational tennis players overestimating their abilities. The former World No. 1 called the results "insane" and opined that he, being a former top-ranked professional, can barely go toe-to-toe with an active player on the ATP Tour these days.
Roddick suggested he considers himself a better player than those pursuing tennis recreationally. Last, the 2003 US Open champion imagined himself playing Novak Djokovic and said he would be comfortably bageled by the Serb.