Andy Roddick began his 2009 season with a comfortable win and an ambition to recapture the form which took him to victory over all three Grand Slam champions early last year.
Andy Roddick began his 2009 season with a comfortable win and an ambition to recapture the form which took him to victory over all three Grand Slam champions early last year.
The former World No 1 from the USA also spoke passionately about his desire to maintain full fitness after winning 6-1, 6-3 against Ivan Navarro, the world number 73 from Spain.
"Last year I was just going from the training table straight on to the court," Roddick said after reaching the second round of the 1,100,000-dollar Qatar Open.
"I was going to do everything to play Wimbledon and I shouldn't have. I was advised not to. I was hurt in Cincinnati and tried to play LA. When you do that you don't have all the options," he concluded by way of explanation of how his results fell away after beating Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in Dubai in February and Roger Federer in Miami in March.
Roddick feels he's taken a better break and done more of the necessary work, and has high hopes off his new coach, Larry Stefanki, formerly with two other world number ones, John McEnroe and Marcelo Rios.
Today Federer, Nadal and Andy Murray begin their ATP campaigns here.
ADVERTISEMENT