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Andy Roddick opened up about a conversation he had with his wife, Brooklyn Decker, about Novak Djokovic's emotional walk-off from the 2025 French Open semi-finals. The Serb lost to the World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in straight sets, losing his bid for the 25th Grand Slam title.
Novak Djokovic, 38, came off winning the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open in 2023 to vie for his first Olympic gold medal in Paris 2024. The one who held the No. 1 rank for a record 438 weeks and amassed 100 singles titles in his storied career, played Carlos Alcaraz and beat him in straight sets to win the title in the Paris finals.
Djokovic opened his 2025 season with a stellar Australian Open run, where his second-round match marked the 430th career major main draw, outpacing Roger Federer's record. He continued breaking records in the season until reaching the Roland Garros for his 25th Grand Slam title.
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Despite wins over formidable contenders, the 72-time Big title winner lost to Sinner, leaving the court emotionally. The moment caught the attention of Andy Roddick, who expressed how he and his wife wondered whether it was the Serb's last career match. (via Served podcast)
"I was watching a match with Brooke before we came to the studio, and it was 6-2 in the breaker, and I kind of was like looking off in the distance, and she was like, 'What are you thinking about?' And I said, I'm so curious how he leaves the court if he loses this match. And she goes, oh my God... Him stopping, putting his bags on the clay, taking a breath, smiling. He was walking down memory lane, folks..." (10:41 beginning)
He further added:
"I'm saying my interpretation of his walk-off was that he doesn't know if he'll be back to that tournament. That was my takeaway. And it was, I'm glad that if he doesn't know that, and this is purely projection on me, I know nothing more than what you all saw as well. If he doesn't know that he's for sure going to play that tournament again, which at 38, nothing is a given."
Roddick looked back at the time he felt the same at the 2012 Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic made his feelings known about the uncertainty of his clay future after the French Open loss
Unlike the Australian Open crowd that booed him as he walked away from the court, the Roland Garros spectators had only love and admiration for the greatest of all time. Djokovic put his bags down to thank the crowd with clasped hands as he prepared to leave the court,
In a later interview, he reflected on the moment and said that the reason behind such a gesture was the uncertainty of his future on the clay.
"This could’ve been the last match ever I played here. I don’t know. That’s why it was a bit more emotional in the end. If this was the farewell match of Roland Garros for in my career, it was a wonderful one in terms of the atmosphere and what I got from the crowd.."
The 100-time singles titles winner further added that a 12-month wait would be a long one, and his chances of playing at the French Open are not as much.
