"It's been a pleasure. It's not something that's easy
every day, for sure, especially when you kind of get anointed at a young
age....For the moments where it's been hard, I've had 25 positive things that
have come from it." --Andy Roddick on being the face of American tennis
for the past decade
He lunged after a smartly placed short ball, smacked his
reply a few feet beyond the baseline, and it was over. Andy Roddick's career
ended in the 4th round of this year's U.S. Open after a hard-fought 4-set loss
to the tall (and quite gracious in victory, given the moment) Argentine with
the whip-crack forehand, Juan Martin Del Potro.
