{"id":499209,"date":"2026-02-23T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499209\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:02:26","slug":"espn-signs-andy-roddick-for-wimbledon-u-s-open-tennis-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499209\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN signs Andy Roddick for Wimbledon, U.S. Open tennis coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-media \">ESPN has signed Andy Roddick to a multiyear deal that will see him contribute to the network\u2019s match and studio coverage of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, starting in 2026. Roddick &#8212; a Grand Slam champion at the 2003 U.S. Open, former ATP No. 1 and International Tennis HOF inductee &#8212; retired as a pro player in 2012 but has in recent years carved a corner of tennis media with his popular \u201cServed\u201d podcast (whose coverage of the Grand Slams he works for ESPN will not be affected). He has also worked as an analyst for Tennis Channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-media \">ESPN has the live U.S. rights to three of global tennis\u2019 four Grand Slams &#8212; including the Australian Open &#8212; but Roddick\u2019s deal covers only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. \u201cSimply, I\u2019m always just a massive fan of tennis,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m very excited to join the ESPN tennis team and look forward to covering the two biggest tournaments in the world.\u201d ESPN VP\/Production Linda Schulz added in prepared remarks that Roddick, \u201cbrings a distinctive, energetic, and highly relevant voice that will elevate both our studio and match coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-media \">Roddick represented himself in negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN has signed Andy Roddick to a multiyear deal that will see him contribute to the network\u2019s match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,794,85,747,38305,749],"class_list":["post-499209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-espn","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-channel","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}