Andy Roddick reveals the one thing he wishes he could change about his career

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Andy Roddick enjoyed a stellar career in tennis, achieving plenty and earning widespread fame.

Having retired in 2012, he has since ventured into the world of punditry, becoming one of the sport’s leading voices with a fine podcast to boot.

Being in a position where he can comment on the sport with regularity allows him to use and look back upon his experiences as a professional to further his insight.

However, not all of it is positive, and his most recent conversation actually detailed his big regret.

Andy Roddick has one regret from his tennis career

Speaking on the Served with Andy Roddick podcast, the former world number one first reflected on an unorthodox Canadian Open before looking ahead to the Cincinnati Open too.

However, in between that review and preview, the American took time to speak about his career and the struggles he faced.

Chatting in reference to a renewed outlook on the tennis schedule, where players are prioritising their health at last, Andy Roddick claimed: ‘If I messed anything up, and I messed a lot of things up, but if there’s one thing I could change, it would be not to be so short-sighted about getting back quickly.

‘Playing on a hammy that wasn’t quite healed, getting into the weeds, taking time off, not scheduling appropriately. And I think that’s completely changed. Roger’s doing it, Rafa’s started picking his spots, Novak has become a master of choosing his spots. I wish I would have done better.’

Andy Roddick was an unfortunate casualty of the Big Three

Just like many who have come after him, Roddick became one of the many elite tennis stars who have fallen victim to the three-way domination that the Big Three have had over the sport for the last two decades.

First ushered in by Roger Federer, who threatened to monopolise tennis with his excellence, Rafael Nadal was not far behind, ready to challenge his dominance.

These two shared a stunning rivalry for many years, before Novak Djokovic gatecrashed the party to make it a three-horse race for greatness.

Roddick reached five Grand Slam finals during that period, but won just once, losing 21 of the 24 matches he played against Federer, many of which came at Wimbledon.

Andy Murray is another widely regarded as the unofficial fourth member of this contingent, but even he would likely have won far more Grand Slam titles were it not for Djokovic and co.

It’s unfair for Roddick to look back on his career with regret, when there was very little he, or anyone could have done to even threaten this legendary trio regardless of whether he managed his fitness better or not.

He can at least take solace in the fact that Federer admitted he likes Roddick’s podcast. So, there’s at least that.