Revitalised Roddick sets sights on Davis Cup

A drop in form earlier this year had many observers dismissing him as a top contender. By engaging Jimmy Connors as his coach and doing some rigorous training, Roddick dramatically turned things around after his straight-sets loss to Andy Murray in the third round at Wimbledon.

He reached the Indianapolis final and then won Cincinnati, beating Murray along the way. He reached the final of the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in four sets.

“It was certainly a little bit frustrating,” said Roddick of being written off. “Earlier this year I had a rough stretch and I was reading I’d never make it back into the top five and stuff like that. I definitely took that a little personally and decided to right the ship pretty quickly.

“It was just hard work that did it. Obviously, Jimmy coming on board, I don’t think he played a small part in it. And it was just stuff I was already doing. I was saying all year it just takes a little bit for something to click and it did, luckily in Cincinnati and at the U.S. Open. I was thankful for that.”

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