"But the acceptance part is easy": Roddick agrees with Petkovic's five stages of tennis grief theory

Andy Roddick chimed in after Andrea Petkovic shared some life wisdom on Twitter explaining that tennis players go through the five stages of tennis grief during a match.

The former player who retired last year shared some thoughts on Twitter explaining that tennis players go through five stages of tennis grief over the course of a match. She wrote:

"Have you ever noticed that while playing a tennis match you basically go through the 5 stages of grief every time? denial. anger. bargaining. depression. acceptance."

She explained on the Tennis Channel after that providing furhter context:

“I stand by that tweet. And I heard one thing Roger Federer said: He said that he goes into every single match with the same emotional state. Well, guess what, Roger? I go through five different emotional states in the warmup alone. So, good luck for you, I'm going to do my thing.”

Roddick who was also part of the show expanded on that:

“We're professionals in being in denial. I don't think that just stops and starts with every match. I think we're just constantly saying, ‘Oh no, I'm gonna get better from this injury quicker. I definitely have a shot today', even though everything that's logical would say that I'm not the favorite in this match."

And added:

“But the acceptance part is easy. You win, you lose, that's the way tennis is. You don't have to accept it going away, right? We don't want to, but it is what it is. That's a beauty of tennis.”