Tennis News Today: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray overshadowed Rafael Nadal's retirement, suggests Andy Roddick; Taylor Fritz's girlfriend Morgan Riddle 'fights for her life' after severe illness
Andy Roddick suggested that Novak Djokovic deliberately made the Andy Murray announcement to overshadow Rafael Nadal's retirement. Meanwhile, Nadal's sister sent best wishes to Casper Ruud after the Norwegian announced his engagement. Meanwhile, tennis stars Dominic Theim, Denis Shapovalov, and Thanasi Kokkinakis discussed Novak Djokovic's feisty relationship with tennis crowds.
In other news, Morgan Riddle announced she has suffered from a virus since attending the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Also, Noami Osaka expressed frustration over the UCLA parking situation.
On that note, here is a list of top tennis news for today:
Andy Roddick jokingly suggests that Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray overshadowed Rafael Nadal's retirement
Andy Roddick suggested that Novak Djokovic made the Andy Murray announcement to overshadow Rafael Nadal. Djokovic announced Andy Murray as his new coach for the Australian Open 2025.
Roddick was speaking on his podcast when the former World No. 1 jokingly suggested that Djokovic timed his announcement to steal the limelight of his Spanish rival. The American believed that Djokovic had no reason to announce Murray's appointment the same weekend that Nadal retired from tennis.
"Oh, oh, oh! Rafa retired this weekend? Should we dominate the headlines at the end of that week? There was zero reason why this needed to be announced. Zero," Roddick said.
Read more: Andy Roddick hints at Novak Djokovic intentionally overshadowing Rafael Nadal's retirement with staggering Andy Murray announcement
Rafael Nadal's sister Maribel congratulates Casper Ruud on his engagement
Casper Ruud announced his engagement on Instagram. The Norwegian star engaged his long-term girlfriend Maria Gallagani in an intimate ceremony.
Ruud shared pictures of the ceremony on his Instagram account, prompting congratulatory messages from many people, including Nadal's sister Maribel. Maribel wrote 'congratulations' with a few emojis expressing her excitement at the news.
Read more: Rafael Nadal's sister Maribel sends her love to Casper Ruud as he proposes to long-time girlfriend Maria Galligani
Tennis stars discuss Novak Djokovic's relationship with the tennis crowds
Dominic Theim, Denis Shapovalov, and Thanasi Kokkinakis sat together to discuss Novak Djokovic's relationship with the crowds. The trio agreed that the Serbian gets better when he has an interaction with the crowd.
While discussing the Big Three, the trio spoke about Djokovic and his love-hate relationship with the crowd. They all agreed that exchanging verbals with the crowd boosts the Serbian and helps him win the matches.
"The worst is if the crowd makes him pissed. If he gets pissed and starts yelling at the crowd. Dude, pack your bags. No but that's so bad. Like, please crowd, please. Please be quiet."
Read more: "If Novak Djokovic gets pissed and starts yelling, pack your bags" - Thiem, Shapovalov, Kokkinakis on Serb's relationship with crowds
Morgan Riddle admits to being sick after the Las Vegas Grand Prix
Taylor Fritz's girlfriend Morgan Riddle provided her health update on her Instagram stories. The American influencer announced that she was suffering from norovirus and claimed that she had been 'fighting for her life' for the past two days.
Riddle was present at the Las Vegas Grand Prix along with many other social media influencers. However, Riddle's health has deteriorated since then and she has not been keeping well.
"Have been fighting for my life for the last 48 hours. Truly wouldn't wish norovirus upon my worst enemy." Riddle wrote on Instagram
Read more: "Fighting for my life for 48 hours" - Taylor Fritz's girlfriend Morgan Riddle reveals ordeal as she falls sick after attending Las Vegas GP
Naomi Osaka takes a swipe at the UCLA authorities over parking issues
Naomi Osaka took to Instagram to show her discontent with the UCLA authorities. The Japanese star was unhappy with the parking situation as she prepared for the new season under Patrick Mouratoglou.
Osaka said that she would have a real problem with the authorities if she was given a parking ticket at UCLA. In an Instagram story, the former World No. 1 claimed she struggled to pay at the parking due to the new system installed.
"Practise is over. I’m hoping I don’t get a ticket. In all honesty, I’m walking to the parking lot and if I have the ticket, there’s gonna be some real beef because I even put a note. They don’t even let you pay for parking. I tried online parking and I tried the physical ticket machine," Osaka said in the video.
Read more: "There's going to be real beef" - Naomi Osaka takes yet another swipe at UCLA authorities over parking woes during preseason practice