Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
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A rather nice article. Like him or not, Andy Roddick has worked as hard as any player to remain fit, focused, and hungry for major tennis success.
Legg Mason Tennis Classic: Hard work has kept Andy Roddick around
Andy Roddick returns to the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in search of his fourth title at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
By Liz Clarke
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 2, 2010
Even before last year's loss to Roger Federer in the longest, most soul-sapping singles final in Wimbledon history, Andy Roddick wondered if his best had passed him by.
The only way to find out, he decided at a particularly low point in the summer of 2008, was to keep working.
And that may well prove the legacy of Roddick's career, remembered as the player who poured as much effort into slogging away at the daily drudgery of professional tennis as he did reveling in its spoils.
At 27, Roddick is far from retirement, to be sure. But after a decade as a touring pro, the ethic of his career is well established.
If ever a millionaire athlete married to a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model could be mistaken for a working-class guy, Roddick is it.
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Jonathan Newton-The Washington Post
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