{"id":308319,"date":"2025-11-26T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308319\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:02:08","slug":"andy-roddick-sends-warning-about-novak-djokovic-as-he-gives-2025-season-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308319\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick sends warning about Novak Djokovic as he gives 2025 season verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former world No 1 Andy Roddick has lauded what Novak Djokovic achieved in 2025 as he compared the tennis icon to NBA legend LeBron James.<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/a> finished the 2025 campaign as the world No 4 after amassing a stellar 39-11 (78%) record from a limited schedule of just 13 tournaments.<\/p>\n

The great Serbian reached the semi-finals at all four Grand Slams, won ATP 250 titles in Geneva and Athens, and was also a finalist at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n

Andy Roddick assesses Novak Djokovic\u2019s 2025 campaign<\/p>\n

Andy Roddick has lauded Novak Djokovic\u2019s remarkable longevity and likened him to 40-year-old basketball icon LeBron James
\nThe American put Djokovic\u2019s feat of reaching all four major semi-finals in 2025 into context by comparing it to Jimmy Connors\u2019 run at the 1991 US Open
\nRoddick urged tennis fans not to take the 24-time Grand Slam champion\u2019s greatness for granted<\/p>\n

At the age of 38 years and 170 days, Djokovic became the oldest player to win an ATP Tour singles title by winning the inaugural Hellenic Championship in Athens earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The former world No 1 overcame Lorenzo Musetti in a thrilling three-set final in Athens in his last match of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

What did Andy Roddick say about Novak Djokovic\u2019s longevity?<\/p>\n

On an episode of his Served podcast, Roddick discussed the 10 best matches of the 2025 season as voted by fans of the show.<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u2019s four-set victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open quarter-finals ranked fifth on the list.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tend to, in sports, to take greatness for granted,\u201d Roddick said of Djokovic\u2019s win against Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLook at last week, Lebron [James] comes back after not having played for a month and then has 12 assists that night. That\u2019s absurd.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis 23rd NBA season, coming out, knowing how to be the best version of himself. Is he the same guy that he was 20 years ago? Does he have the same athleticism? Does he have that same toolbox? No.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsurd. That\u2019s what we are seeing with Novak. Four semi-finals of Grand Slams.\u201d<\/p>\n

What did Andy Roddick say about Novak Djokovic and Jimmy Connors?<\/p>\n

Roddick went on to compare Djokovic\u2019s Grand Slam results this year to a 39-year-old Jimmy Connors reaching the semi-finals at the US Open in 1991.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember what a big deal we made about, and rightfully so, about [Jimmy] Connors\u2019 run in 1991, to the semis [of the US Open]. To one semi-final. My favourite tournament of my entire life was that run,\u201d said the 2003 US Open champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cNovak did it, he was a year younger, a year and change younger, did it four times this year. Beating Alcaraz [at the Australian Open]. We just need to not take it for granted.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou watch, it\u2019s like, \u2018Well, he\u2019s not moving as well.\u2019 Yeah, well no s***. He\u2019s almost 40, obviously. It\u2019s just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roddick added:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s controversial to say, by a pretty clear margin \u2014 and not based on volume \u2014 Novak was the third-best player in the year, this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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