Andy Roddick
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So I had a quick lunch with Al Michaels and I was going over to cover a match for BBC at Wimbledon.
He goes, just whatever you do.
Don't tell me what's happening.
Tell me why it's happening.
Ah, great.
And it was like very clear.
Yeah.
My job is to tell you what the score is.
Your job is to tell me why the score is what it is and what needs to change for it to change.
To your point, I don't think we often in tennis, which we try to do on our show, why is this happening?
Why is it a difficult matchup?
Why is it someone's good forehand, good backhand?
No, the forehand in different spots and regions on the court, you can actually manipulate.
It's not all the same.
There's no other sport where you can't really talk to anyone.
You're just there.
I didn't know it was weird.
And now I know it's weird.
Yeah.
I sat up in the stands of the U S open last year and was just catching a match.