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Sandra Harwitt
It’s the morning after he won his first Grand Slam title
at the U.S. Open and a sleep-deprived Andy Roddick appears
high on adrenaline as he navigates around a section of the
ESPN Zone located in New York City’s Times Square.
Roddick is spending the day doing a supersized media turn
around Manhat-tan, chatting with Katie Couric on the Today
show, visiting with Regis & Kelly, smiling for a photo
shoot in the middle of Times Square and meeting with select
members of the full-time tennis media. Later in the afternoon,
before he flew off to shop for a new home in Austin, Texas,
Roddick was scheduled to do a guest VJ stint on TRL, the popular
MTV music show.
Joining Roddick on his media swing were his agents; a couple
of public relations specialists from the world of tennis;
his brother John, a former tennis coach at the University
of Georgia who now runs a tennis academy in San Antonio, Texas;
John’s wife, Ginger, who serves as her brother-in-law’s
personal publicist; and Andy’s girlfriend, actress/singer
Mandy Moore.
“It’s been craziness—doing the early morning
shows and I’m all booked up today,” Roddick says,
still somewhat in a state of disbelief over his accomplishment.
“I never imagined what it would be like to win a slam
and I never imagined what the aftermath would be like either.
To win a Grand Slam in New York —the biggest city in
the world and the people here definitely pay attention to
what’s going on. I think there was a lot of love coming
my way today.”
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