Biography about andy roddick

ANDY RODDICK'S COMPLICATED AMERICAN JOURNEY          

It was an education he would never forget.  Andy Roddick that weekend in the spring of 2000 was 17 years old, the hitting partner for a Davis Cup team that featured a remarkable array of personalities.  Front and center were the stars, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.  The captain was John McEnroe.  Up in the broadcast booth, calling the action, was Patrick McEnroe.

On the Thursday before the matches started, Roddick stood at the net, withstanding repeated salvos from Agassi.  Roddick volleyed, Agassi struck the ball harder and harder.  As his torso occasionally buckled, Roddick held his ground.  Agassi smiled.  Captain McEnroe looked on.

The author Henry James once noted that to be an American is a complicated fate.  Certainly this held true for Roddick.  He had emerged near the midnight stages of Agassi and Sampras, two titans