"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills": Andy Roddick on how 'new prototype' tennis players like Sinner baffle him

Andy Roddick has marvelled at the comparisons between generations and how there is now a 'new prototype' of tennis player who needs to be extremely tall compared to when he played when he was considered tall.

Roddick has started his new podcast called 'Served with Andy Roddick' where he spoke with Jon Wertheim, a prominent tennis journalist and one of the topics was this new tennis player who in his mind needs to be 'highly athletic, fit, skinny' and as tall as 6 ft 4 or 6 ft 7 and that he didn't have that during his career and time at the top. He also used Jannik Sinner as an example and how he is baffled at the way he plays and thinks he is taking 'crazy pills' when watching him.

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Also Roddick during the podcast singled out Daniil Medvedev for praise calling him the most underrated player of all time and not a one slam wonder.

"I see this new prototype of a professional tennis player, where you're super skinny, you're super athletic, you're super fit, you can get in and out of the corners and you're 6 ft. 7, you're 6 ft. 4, like this new athlete in tennis. I was considered big when I played. I'm 6 foot 2, barely and not all that athletic. I could serve but not super athletic," Roddick said (at 5:00)

"Now you have these guys that get in and out of the corners. They all play well off both sides. They can take you line, they can take you cross. I mean, Sinner is hitting open stance, you know, kind of recovery shots, but sticking them line out of nowhere. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. When I watch this, it just doesn't make sense to me," he added.

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