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Ball Boy: can Andy Roddick's career be saved?

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ball Boy: can Andy Roddick's career be saved?(The Sports Authorities: STACY HOLLISTER CALLS IN THE EXPERTS)(Discussion)

Article Excerpt
PANELISTS:

ZINA GARRISON

Won 14 singles titles, 20 doubles titles, and 3 Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles during her twelve-year career; founded the Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy, in Houston, in 1993

JOHN NEWCOMBE

Won 73 career titles and was the number one player in the world in 1970 and 1971; runs the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch, in New Braunfels

Hollister: Back in 2003 Roddick was the number one player in the world. He'd won his first Slam, with the U.S. Open. And by all accounts, it looked as if this was the beginning of a brilliant careen But then he stumbled, falling to twelfth in the world at one point and leaving us to ask, What's happened to our Next Big Thing? Can his career be saved?

Garrison: Well, I don't really see it in terms of being saved, because athletes always go through readjustments in their careers. But he's hungry again. I think he can revitalize and revamp.

Newcombe: It's not like he doesn't have a career. He has some excellent ingredients--his forehand and his serve. But to me, Andy's game hasn't progressed as much in the past four to...

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