This was announced at a press conference Roddick offered to the media covering the last Grand Slam tournament of the season, and the only one of the "biggest" he has won in his career. Roddick, currently number 20 in the world, is qualified for the second round of the Open on Friday and will face Australian Bernard Tomic. The American player explained that the decision to withdraw had taken during the last tournament of Wimbledon when he realized that his level of competition was not the best. Roddick said the decision had meditated with his wife and is sure it's the best in their future after achieving 32 singles titles and four doubles as a professional in the 819 games played, he won the 609.The victories on tracks Roddick left him an income in cash prizes of $ 20.5 million, which increased significantly with all that achieved through advertising.
A brilliant record
In addition to winning the U.S. Open in 2003, when he won the Spanish Juan Carlos Ferrero, and a finalist in 2006, his best performances in the Grand Slam was at Wimbledon, where he played for the title in the editions of 2004 , 2005 and 2006. He was also a regular team of the U.S. Davis Cup team which played 45 singles matches, of which he won 33, the second highest in history, and managed the Davis in 2007, getting the first title in 12 years .
World number one
Roddick in 2003 the number one in the world rankings. "It was not an easy decision because tennis has been my life, but I want to finish in a perfect world and the Open has always been the best for me," said Roddick. Roddick admitted that his career was not easy, but at the same time had been full of positive things and especially people who had helped him always.
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