{"id":56957,"date":"2025-08-09T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/56957\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:11:11","slug":"andy-roddick-reveals-what-everyone-in-tennis-keeps-telling-him-about-alex-michelsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/56957\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick reveals\u00a0what\u00a0everyone\u00a0in tennis\u00a0keeps telling him about Alex Michelsen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andy Roddick has always been a huge advocate for American tennis, both during his playing days and after.<\/p>\n

However, it seems strange to think that a player of his quality has arguably has grown in stature since retiring, as the proud owner of one of the biggest podcasts within the sport now.<\/p>\n

Speaking regularly about both the ATP and the WTA, and never afraid to tackle the controversial topics, he uses his platform brilliantly to promote American players when the opportunity strikes.<\/p>\n

On this occasion, he has used it to champion Alex Michelsen, and actually share with the world the one thing he keeps on hearing about the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n

Andy Roddick relays what he\u2019s heard about Alex Michelsen<\/p>\n

Speaking on his Served with Andy Roddick podcast, the former world number one was effusive in his praise for his compatriot.<\/p>\n

After all, as he would go on to say, he only ever hears good things about Michelsen.<\/p>\n

Speaking after his run to the quarter-finals at the Canadian Open, Andy Roddick<\/a> stated: \u201cAlex Michelsen played great.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s really good on fast surfaces. You talk about the ball flying through the air. He can create speed on that backhand. <\/p>\n

\u201cI saw Craig Boynton, who\u2019s now kind of working with Robby Ginepri. They\u2019ve done a great job with Alex Michelsen. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I will say, every single person I ask about Alex Michelsen, who I don\u2019t know personally, same thing. Great kid, works his a\u2014 off, wants to be really good at this game. Right? This is a great combo, his reputation is phenomenal. As far as being decent as a human and working your a\u2014 off. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo I find myself cheering for him just based on his reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ironic, given Michelsen rivalled an old Andy Roddick record<\/a> during his time in Toronto.<\/p>\n

How has Alex Michelsen performed at the Grand Slams this year?<\/p>\n

Whilst Michelsen has enjoyed a strong 2025, it is at the Grand Slams where a player is really tested, and therefore judged.<\/p>\n

Sadly, what started out as a promising year in the majors has devolved into something of a nightmare, leaving him with a huge task at the US Open to salvage his reputation at these elite events.<\/p>\n

In Australia, Michelsen impressed in what was, unsurprisingly, very fast conditions.<\/p>\n

He beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round and Karen Khachanov in the third, with his run ended by hometown hero Alex de Minaur.<\/p>\n

\"AlexPhoto by Jessie Alcheh\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sadly, he could not replicate such form in Paris, capping off a dismal clay-court season with a first-round exit to a specialist on that surface, Juan Manuel Cerundolo.<\/p>\n

Michelsen surprisingly fared no better at Wimbledon, again losing in the first round to Miomir Kecmanovi\u0107, as one of a record number of seeds that exited the All-England Club early.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, he can recapture the form that saw him thrive in Melbourne here at the Cincinnati Open<\/a>, and then crucially in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick has always been a huge advocate for American tennis, both during his playing days and after.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[30266,7088,49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-56957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-michelsen","9":"tag-andy-roddick","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}