Former world number one
Andy Roddick has highlighted one thing
he would like to see when Serbia’s
Novak Djokovic will take the court in the
ongoing
Geneva Open. The ATP 250 event is currently taking place in Switzerland
where players are participating, not only to secure the title but also to
prepare for the upcoming second Grand Slam of the year.
One of the big-name players in the competition is former world number one Djokovic. The 37-year-old is regarded as the greatest player in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category in the Open era, having won as many as 24 Grand Slam titles. However, according to his own high standards, he has struggled in recent years.
Djokovic has not won any ATP event since the start of 2024. This
year, the current world number seven has featured in seven events but has only cemented a spot in the final on one occasion. He featured in just two semifinals and suffered a defeat in his first match on four
occasions. Two of those first-round defeats came while playing on clay, at the
Monte-Carlo Masters where he came second-best against Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo
and later at the Madrid Open where he lost to Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi in
straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4.
Former world number one Roddick has recently spoken in his podcast on
YouTube, where he highlighted that he is keen to see whether Djokovic’s movement will be better when he takes the court in Geneva. “It’s going to
be interesting to see if Novak [Djokovic] can find something,” said Roddick. “To
see if he’s got his legs underneath him in Geneva, if he’s been doing three
weeks of two on ones, where that movement is a little sharper, which I think
was the problem in Monte-Carlo and Madrid. It just looked like he wasn’t strong
out of the corners; he was having to force it early. We’ll see what happens, it’s going to be super exciting.”