WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ― Andy Roddick sprinted to scoop up a ball near the net, then backpedaled for another shot, leaping, stretching and swinging in one desperate motion. He whacked the ball into a camera bay.
So it went Tuesday for Roddick, outclassed by Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Olympics at Wimbledon, 6-2, 6-1.
“I hit the ball fine,” Roddick said. “He was just too good from the baseline. He was seeing it like a basketball.”
Roddick was not alone in his praise. “It was a perfect match in every sense,” Djokovic said.
The drubbing was a dismal result for Roddick, whose declining fortunes in recent months have left him fending off questions about retirement.
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