NEW YORK — There was a time, not so long ago, when Andy Roddick had as many Grand Slam singles titles as Roger Federer.
After Roddick won his first — and only — major at the 2003 U.S. Open, he and Federer both owned the same number of titles.
One.
And it looked like Roddick and Federer, along with Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian and others, would compete for major championships for years to come.
“It looked as though [Roddick] was going to be a dominant figure in the world game for years,” Todd Martin, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, told SNY.tv.
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