Tennis News Today: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray overshadowed Rafael Nadal’s retirement, suggests Andy Roddick; Taylor Fritz’s girlfriend Morgan Riddle ‘fights for her life’ after severe illness
Andy Roddick suggested that Novak Djokovic deliberately made the Andy Murray announcement to overshadow Rafael Nadal’s retirement. Meanwhile, Nadal’s sister sent best wishes to Casper Ruud after the Norwegian announced his engagement. Meanwhile, tennis stars Dominic Theim, Denis Shapovalov, and Thanasi Kokkinakis discussed Novak Djokovic’s feisty relationship with tennis crowds.
In other news, Morgan Riddle announced she has suffered from a virus since attending the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Also, Noami Osaka expressed frustration over the UCLA parking situation.
On that note, here is a list of top tennis news for today:
Andy Roddick jokingly suggests that Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray overshadowed Rafael Nadal’s retirement
Andy Roddick suggested that Novak Djokovic made the Andy Murray announcement to overshadow Rafael Nadal. Djokovic announced Andy Murray as his new coach for the Australian Open 2025.
Roddick was speaking on his podcast when the former World No. 1 jokingly suggested that Djokovic timed his announcement to steal the limelight of his Spanish rival.
The American believed that Djokovic had no reason to announce Murray’s appointment the same weekend that Nadal retired from tennis.
“Oh, oh, oh! Rafa retired this weekend? Should we dominate the headlines at the end of that week? There was zero reason why this needed to be announced. Zero,” Roddick said.
