Previous world No. 1 Andy Roddick thought back on when he got a vehicle as a gift from money manager and tennis lover James Franklin McIngvale, prominently known as “Bedding Mack”, in the wake of coming out on top for a mud court championship in America.
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Talking on the Tennis Channel, Andy Roddick said that when he won the mud court occasion at 19. Mack’s better half Linda guaranteed him another vehicle assuming he won in the occasion and remained consistent with her promise as well.
“I was playing on the mud courts in 2002 and I wasn’t mature enough to lease a vehicle and I needed to get one of their vehicles. I went up to his significant other, Linda, and she said assuming I win, I can drive it home. After three days, a conveyance truck conveyed the vehicle she had referenced before that week. I was nineteen years of age and I had another vehicle,” Roddick said.
Andy Roddick added that the tennis local area was fortunate to have a character like “Sleeping cushion Mack” being engaged with the game and advancing it:
“We were fortunate to have MM engaged with tennis for seemingly a too short measure of time. It seemed like, we were playing at regular intervals in the USA. He was ready to go, generally so dedicated to the community.”Big 4 “totally changed the game”, says Andy RoddickA record photograph of Roger Federer and Andy Roddick at the 2021 Laver Cup. (PC: Getty Pictures)
A document photograph of Roger Federer and Andy Roddick at the 2021 Laver Cup. (PC: Getty Pictures)
Andy Roddick was the last player to accomplish the numero uno status in the year-end rankings before the huge four period of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray started.
The 2022 season denoted the finish of the mastery of the large four time in tennis when Carlos Alcaraz completed the season as the highest level player on the planet.