Andy Roddick's war of words with pickleball shows no signs of stopping, calls sport more intense than parkour sarcastically

Former world number one Andy Roddick continues to engage in a conversation regarding the pickleball. Ex-tennis player Christian Alshon, in a recent post on social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — made an interesting comment a couple of days back where he stated that playing pickleball has made him a better athlete than tennis did.

"Pickleball has made me a much better athlete than Tennis ever did. Point for point, pickleball requires more skill than tennis," he wrote.

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In response to that, Roddick took a dig at the former player and stated that it was a ‘dumb conversation’ to begin one.

"If anyone pickle person ever ranks higher in tennis than what Sock will be at end of this year in his new paid pickle hobby, I'll commentate a pickle match standing on my head. This ain't a real discussion. Fun game. Dumb conversation."

After his comment, former world number four James Blake got into a conversation with Alshon. Roddick ended that conversation on the night by writing: "He's had his attention. Now I just want to get kicked out of this conversation like he got kicked out of Virginia. Pickle is fun, and I understand how all this is good for it. It does nothing for us. I'm out."

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He’s had his attention. Now I just want to get kicked out of this conversation like he got kicked out of Virginia. Pickle is fun, and I understand how all this is good for it. It does nothing for us. I’m out. Cheers

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Alshon did not respond to Roddick’s first tweet but ended up responding to the second one where he wrote: "You're the one that responded to me first. This is more engagement than your podcast gets in a year, I believe that does something for you.”

However, it was clear that the one-time Grand Slam winner did not have his final say on the conversation. He took a dig at the youngster by sharing a video of traceur doing parkour with a caption: "Another thing that's less athletic than pickleball ……. How would this guy be able to keep himself out of a kitchen during all the dinking? That takes real athleticism."

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You’re the one that responded to me first. This is more engagement than your podcast gets in a year, I believe that does something for you. My offer to take on @JRBlake in Tennis and Pickleball transfers to you as well or we could compare your Georgia degree to my UChicago one

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