Andy Roddick Breaks Down Racket Tech & Why Federer Should've Switched Sooner | Q&Andy

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Podcast Summary: Andy Roddick Breaks Down Racket Tech & Why Federer Should've Switched Sooner | Q&Andy

Podcast: Served with Andy Roddick
Date: May 14, 2026
Host: Andy Roddick
Co-host: (Likely Sean McHugh)
Episode Focus: An in-depth, candid Q&A exploring professional tennis racket technology, how it shapes the game, and Andy's unfiltered takes on iconic players and their equipment choices.

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Episode Overview

This Q&A episode dives deep into the intricacies of modern tennis racket technology from the player’s perspective, as Andy Roddick answers listener questions about strings, customization, tech regulations, and the gear choices of legends like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Blending technical explanations with personal anecdotes and signature humor, Roddick gives fans a unique look at how equipment shapes pro tennis from the inside.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Roddick’s Approach to Racket Customization

• Not a Gear Head:
  • Andy admits he was never overly obsessed with the granular details of weight and balance.
  • “I saw a lot of players who knew the weight and balance and if it changed a little bit, it was like their world would explode. I knew that I liked it. I liked it to be head heavy. I didn't use as heavy of a frame as most people, but I trusted kind of the racket technicians.” – Andy Roddick [02:04]
• Delegating to Pros:
  • Relied on expert stringers and racket technicians who adjusted setups for climate, venue, or surface.
  • “They had kind of full autonomy…based on what's happening...this might help. And I would pick it up and it was all feel.” – Roddick [02:17]
• Idiosyncratic Preferences:
  • Preferred a head-heavy feel and played with a half-inch extended racket, which is now rare.
  • “I like the racket to feel like it was kind of sailing through. Grip size, you know, length of racket mine was a, a half inch longer my entire career, to the point where I didn't realize it was that weird.” – Roddick [04:19]

2. Tech Evolution and Its True Impact

• Strings Over Frames:
  • The most transformative tech advancement wasn’t rackets, but polyester strings (e.g., Luxilon).
  • “The biggest change by far in technology...has been in strings...That's why we're seeing the power in the game, right? It’s like adding a foot on each side of a bowling alley for professional bowlers.” – Roddick [05:11–06:09]
• Racket Tech Regulation?
  • Possible in the future, but current developments are driven by strings more than frames.
  • “I think the rackets are reacting to the strings, not vice versa.” – Roddick [06:26]
• Personal Experience:
  • Tested newer strings mid-career but always defaulted to what benefited his serve:
  • “I liked Luxilon for returning. I did not like it for serving…The serve is the peanut butter and jelly, right? That's the filling. That's what you need.” – Roddick [07:40]

3. Racket Choice, Sponsorship, & Brand Loyalty

• Stuck with Babolat:
  • Never switched racket brands during his pro career, unlike some peers whose switches backfired.
  • “I was so associated with, with, with Babylot at that time...I was not tempted in my style of game. Like, I didn't have the racket skills to use, you know, a thin head racket or a, you know, Sampras or Federer type Wilson racket. Like, I needed, I needed some juice, right?” – Roddick [10:10–10:51]
• Key Gear Priorities:
  • Shoes and rackets matter most; clothes are easy to swap.
  • Cites examples of notorious failed racket switches by other pros, highlighting how difficult transition can be.

4. Pro Match Prep: Why So Many Rackets?

• Tension Variations:
  • Multiple rackets strung at varying tensions to adapt to temperature, humidity, and court speed—not specific match moments.
  • “Situation. You're not going to go change a racket just because you're in a breaker, right?...So if you settle on a tension...if you break a string, you need like three or four options at that tension, but maybe your tension's on two or three pounds on either side...You might take four tensions out there.” – Roddick [12:48–13:41]
• Weather and Environmental Factors:
  • Day-to-night shifts, wind, and court conditions all factor into racket string/tension choices.

5. Federer, Nadal, and the Great Racket Head Debate

• Federer’s Belated Switch:
  • Federer eventually switched to a larger racket head late in his career, and Roddick thinks he could have benefitted by doing so sooner.
  • “If you asked Roger, should you have switched two or three years earlier? My guess is that he would have said, yeah, it was really good when I did...He was able to swing full out on back end returns.” – Roddick [15:18]
  • Notes that Federer’s improved record against Nadal corresponded with the switch.
  • “When he wasn't in his prime anymore because of that racket switch, he kind of code switched the matchup against Rafa and had a really good run.” – Roddick [15:32]
• Sweet Spot Differences:
  • The larger head size allowed for more aggressive returns, shifting point dynamics, especially against Nadal.

6. Random/Funny Moments: Video Games & Self-Deprecation

• Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2:
  • Andy reacts to his character’s stats in the old PS2 game:
  • “They gave me a really good serve, and the rest of my game was stunted. It seems pretty accurate to me...My slice is legit, folks. I'm just gonna tell you my slice is legit. Everything else is bad. But don't, don't, don't say my slice was average. My slice is legit. Yeah, legit.” – Roddick [18:16–19:53]
• Classic Roddick Humor:
  • Pokes fun at himself and the game's portrayal, keeping the tone light despite the technical content.

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Notable Quotes

• On trusting racket technicians:
  • “Math is hard for me, so I didn’t kind of want to get into my own head about it...I had confidence in them bringing that to the table if needed.” – Andy Roddick [02:12]
• On string technology’s impact:
  • “Strings have jumped the pail right now. I mean, that's why we're seeing the power in the game…” – Andy Roddick [05:49]
• On Federer’s late-career switch:
  • “The difference between, you know, chipping with a smaller head versus being able to swing freely with a bigger sweet spot and kind of a little bit more give changed the dynamic of the way the points started and were played.” – Andy Roddick [16:00]
• On video game stats:
  • “My favorite target is probably me...My slice is legit, folks.” – Andy Roddick [19:52]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:03] – Andy explains his broad, feel-based approach to racket specs
• [03:36] – Impact of design changes and Andy’s unique extended racket
• [05:11] – The transformative role of string technology over frames
• [07:40] – Roddick’s personal stringing compromise (serve vs. return)
• [08:40] – The psychology and risk of switching brands as a pro
• [12:48] – Why pros bring so many rackets to matches
• [15:15] – The Federer vs. Nadal racket head size discussion
• [18:16, 19:52] – Roddick laughs about his video game ratings

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Final Thoughts

This episode offers a rare, insider’s view into the subtle but game-defining world of professional tennis gear. Andy’s answers blend technical nuance with deadpan humor and storytelling, making complex topics accessible and entertaining. Listeners will come away with a deeper understanding of why racket and string choices can shape careers—and what happens when even legends resist a timely change.

Transcript

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[Andy Roddick]

Hey everyone. Welcome to McHugh and Andy, the show where I don't know what the hell's going to happen.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

No.

[Andy Roddick]

What do we got?

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

You don't.

[Andy Roddick]

This week, Ella, even more than usual. Sorry.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Even. Even more than usual.

[Andy Roddick]

Even more than usual. Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

This week, Ella compiled a list that is all about rackets.

[Andy Roddick]

Okay.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

So it'll be anything from, you know, like, why bring so many rackets to, like, what do you do about weight and distribution and strings and all that good stuff? R R. And as a reminder, if you want to be featured on the show, send your questions to ask andyrpodcast.com or hit us up in your DMS on socials or here in the comments. Or please submit a video question so you can see yourself on the show. No one ever wants to do video questions.

[Andy Roddick]

Why?

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

I don't know.

[Andy Roddick]

I want to do them.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Frustrating.

[Andy Roddick]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

First one is from Jordan, who sent us an email which could have easily been a video question. What was the weight and balance of your racket when you were on tour? Did it change at all during your career? If so, when and how?

[Andy Roddick]

I don't know.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

You really don't know at all?

[Andy Roddick]

I don't know. I. I saw a lot of players who knew the weight and balance and if it changed a little bit, it was like their world would explode. I knew that I liked it. I liked it to be head heavy. I didn't use as heavy of a frame as most people, but I trusted kind of the racket technicians, right? I worked with, you know, Grant Morgan and Roman Prokus and the stringing, and they had kind of full autonomy to send something, hey, based on what's happening, based on the way they're developing, this might help. And I would pick it up and it was all fuel. And I didn't want to kind of default to like, getting in my own head. You know, math is hard for me, so I didn't kind of want to get into my own head about it. But they had kind of full autonomy to say, hey, listen, let's loosen this. Let's, let's loosen what we're stringing it out. Let's tighten it based on, you know, you're in Madrid, the ball flies, you're, you know, cold. In Hamburg, the ball's not going anywhere. You know, let's. Let's loosen and tighten as needed. And yeah, the, the weight was kind of generally the same, but, you know, I was kind of open to suggestions from people whose job it was to know what the latest and greatest was. And I had confidence in them bringing that to the table if needed.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

You know, a follow up to that. The other day, you know, we were out on the court and we were looking at some rackets and you were, you're explaining even just the way like kind of the throat feels when you bring your, your off hand up. Like, can you kind of talk through, like, if a design changes drastically, like what that does just to the comfort level?

[Andy Roddick]

Yeah, I, I just, I mean, we were, we were doing something for Wilson. I just switched to the racket that like all the guys are using. That's like this hyped, unnamed beast. Yeah, but the, the throat is a different shape than, than, than what I was used to. Right. So every, it's not even just how the ball jumps off the racket or the weight distribution, but like every forehand you grab the throat, and for the first probably five or ten minutes that I was hitting, the throat was a different shape. So it was throwing me off and on the chip backhand. So it's like I'm still getting used to that. Like, it's different, but the way the grommets run create a different spin effect, how wide the throat is. It's not even how dense or spread out the string pattern is, you know, makes it more control or less control. There's just a million factors than the standard. You know, how much does it weigh? It's where the weight is. Is it top? Is it bottom? Is it in the throat? Is it midway? I liked it towards the top. I like the racket to feel like it was kind of sailing through. Grip size, you know, length of racket mine was a, a half inch longer my entire career, to the point where I didn't realize it was that weird. But the guys that I play with now, you know, you, you go to a thing and you always kind of, you know, can I see your racket? And you kind of look at it and see it and people like, this is longer. I'm like, yeah, I've always played with the longer. And apparently that's weird now.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Interesting.

[Andy Roddick]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Mike reached out and wanted to know how much impact does racket technology actually have at the pro level? And could you ever see tennis embrace a regulated tech ceiling the way F1 or baseball does?

[Andy Roddick]

Maybe, is the answer. I mean, I think that's all on the table. The biggest change, the rackets have obviously been a big change. You know, obviously going from wood to like the, you know, the Connors T2000, you know, to, you know, the Prince graphite to, you know, and then babble out comes along and, you know, the Wilson pro staff has been here forever. And, you know, those are always changing. The biggest change by far in technology, you know, I think, I mean. Curious to hear comments, but, you know, I feel like most of the pro tours would tell you the biggest change has been in strings, right? And everyone's looking at rackets and then these strings come in. They're actually ones that like, are designed to, like, you know, be rough and cut the ball. You know, it's. It's. The strings have jumped the pail right now. I mean, that's why we're seeing the power in the game, right? You're. It's like adding a foot on each side of a bowling alley for professional bowlers.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Oh, wow.

[Andy Roddick]

Like, they wouldn't, they wouldn't miss, right? It's the Luxel on strings and the generation now we're seeing that kind of first generation of, you know, do you need much nuance or do you need to just create as much speed as possible as often as possible? Right. The strings have kind of done that. I think the rackets are reacting to the strings, not vice versa.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Is it kind of a follow up to this? Ben. Ben wrote in and said, you know, I'm curious how pros pick rackets and strings. I understand that they have sponsorship to honor, but when choosing a racket in that brand's line, are you looking for one which accentuates your strengths? How's that process go?

[Andy Roddick]

It depends, you know, you know, I, I liked. I'll give you an example. Midway through my career, like midstream, everyone started using Luxalon like it used to kind of be, you know, Moya would use it, Quirin would use it, but everyone was still, like, using a hybrid mix. Like, that's what Roger used most of his career. Then you get like, 04.05 and you're seeing these guys just wailing on. On balls. And people are making a lot more returns because it's. It's debt or the margin. You know, trying to return my serve with natural gut versus Luxalon is a very different animal. There's a lot more people that can put a lot more in play. So I would obviously, like, if something happens, you get a little bit of fomo. Like, you get a little bit of fear of missing out where, gosh, I want to try these Luxalon strings. And I promise you, I'm getting to the question that was asked. I liked Luxalon for returning. I liked it from the baseline. I did not like it for serving.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Oh, wow.

[Andy Roddick]

And so I'm going. I liked kind of the way it felt serving. I didn't like how dead it felt when I was serving with Luxalan. And so my trade off was like, okay, do you improve the parts of your game that maybe matter less than your serve? And I feel like I always ended up going back to or at least most of the time. Listen, the serve is the peanut butter and jelly, right? That's the filling. That's what you need. And so to his point, the answer is maybe, you know, if. If the offset is there. I could never get over the offset. Kind of what it took away from my best shot versus if it improved my backing a little bit. Like, I wasn't going to hit winners on it either way. You know, I could dominate and win matches with my serve alone.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Brian asked, you know, during your career, did you ever receive any offers from other racket companies to switch brands? And maybe if you could just give us like, a quick, you know, us that don't know a quick background of what your racket experience was and then kind of, you know, why you were so committed to it.

[Andy Roddick]

Yeah, mine. Mine felt good at that point. You know, it's like the, I think the. You get the first ones that are like, complete game changers. And I already named some of, like, the absolute icons. Like, the Wilson pro staff was like a game changer with how solid it was, and you're coming in and you have, you know, I don't think it's coincidence that the best volleyers in the world forever were using the pro staff. Right. You have, like, the Best field players who get it, you know, lock it up solid even from Chris Everett started using it and it's like, I mean, you give her a bigger sweet spot. Metal racket, it changed everything. I think the pure drive changed everything. Like, I picked it up and the ball's like jumping all over the place. Now, other racket companies, you know, you're in a copycat league, right? It's like, oh, this is available now. I'm going to take the best parts of the pro staff and I'm going to mix it with something that resembles a pure drive. But for me, in the middle of my career, I never entertained switching rackets. Now, there were adjustments to the racket I was using, right? There would be, hey, we have the ongoing conversations, you know, the grommet maybe changed a little bit. They had this system in the throat that, you know, I don't know if it mattered, but it was something to sell, you know, So I never was approached by another racket company. I was so associated with, with, with Babylot at that time, to the point where I was pleasantly surprised because I didn't play tennis forever after I retired. Then all of a sudden, you get access to new rackets and, you know, what, we're doing Wilson now, and they're bringing modern technology. I haven't, I haven't. I'd never seen that. Yeah, I'm going, this is fun. Because now, you know, the brands that were, you know, made the iconic rackets and then, you know, Babalot took a generation, and now these kind of old school, you know, master makers are going, yeah, we, we can play that game too. But no, I was never approached by another racket company. And if it was the two things that I was very convinced that you couldn't really compromise on at all. You can wear any shirt. Like, it doesn't really matter. Like, they can get you something that like, kind of gets there, you know, so clothing was like, whatever. Shoes mattered big time. Like, you don't want. You've seen people get, like, foot injuries because they switch. You know, if you find a shoe, you kind of stick in it and you see that with a lot of players, like, they rarely change models or like, it looks like a change model, but it's kind of the same. Yeah. In rackets, you know, I think of, you know, Safin, you know, switched from the head to maybe a Dunlop or at least a head that was painted black. James tried to go from Dunlop to Prince, and he couldn't. He was carrying a Prince bag with his last three Dunlop Rackets for like three years. He had three rackets. Like, it was, it was the most amateur operation I'd ever seen. But like, you know, they kind of took the money and then there was, there was, I don't know how it works now, but like the language was, okay, we're gonna announce this deal and then we'll, we'll get you to the racket. We can, we can definitely find you something that you like. It doesn't always work out that way. So I was not tempted in my style of game. Like, I didn't have the racket skills to use, you know, a thin head racket or a, you know, Sampras or Federer type Wilson racket. Like, I needed, I needed some juice, right? I needed it to cook off the, off the face. So at that time, Babylot was the, was the best for that for sure. I think, you know, people have made up ground, you know, or surpassed them now, but it's, it's, for me, I never considered it.

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[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Different racket company Josh wrote in asking, you know, that he's always seen pros with a fleet of rackets that they bring to a match, you know, and constantly getting rackets restrung potentially throughout a match. Maybe not. But he said, you know, he had multiple questions within this, but I think the one that stuck out to me the most is, well, will each racket be set up with different strings slash tension for different situations throughout the match?

[Andy Roddick]

Situation. You're not going to go change a racket just because you're in a breaker, right? So it's not even situational. It's probably weather dependent. If you haven't played on center court yet and it's a little bit faster than the outside courts or vice versa. So if you're, if you settle on attention and let's say it's £58, right? Great. If you break a string, if you break a racket, something happens. You need like three or four options at that tension, but maybe your tension's on two or three pounds on either side of that and you still need those three or four rackets in each tension set and you might take four tensions out there. You know, you're looking at 12 rackets. I would like, my stringer would roll his eyes at me because, like, he would send out 10 rackets. I would use one, keep two for practice the next day and send back 10 rackets that had never been used.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

And then he's cutting it out.

[Andy Roddick]

Or if like another example is if you start, you know, a Grand Slam match in the heat of the day and it runs in the night, that changes. It could be 6 inches less carry on on a given shot. Right. So you have to kind of map that out. Sometimes the wind's blowing 20 miles an hour in one direction. You'll see players use attention with the wind. That's two pounds tighter than against the wind. Right. So all of those things matter. If you're getting basically more carry. You have to have options for different patterns and different situation, not situations, but different, you know, the way that the court is playing, but then have a three or four racket run in each of those, you know, each of those kind of lanes. So, yeah, I mean it looks, it looks like a waste and a lot of time. It is. But you got to have the option.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

This question is the last question before a random question of the day.

[Andy Roddick]

Jeff wants to hear, you're still, still doing.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

We're still doing it. Jeff has a super in the weeds question. And so I'm going to read it to you because I have no idea what the hell he's talking about.

[Andy Roddick]

Which my, the way I like my brain works on the show is like, I hope I understand what he's talking about.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yes. No one seems to discuss the practical differences between the 85 to 90 square inch racket, Federer's choice versus the hundred square inch racket, Nadal's. At the elite level where every point matters. I think Federer should have switched to the larger head sooner. And notably after he did make the switch, he beat Nadal at Wimbledon and Australian Open. Your thoughts?

[Andy Roddick]

Yeah. It was never 85, Federer's version. Right. That was like a Pete version or like a Edward version. It got bigger, I think. I, I, I don't know. I'd be guessing, but I think if you asked Roger, should you have switched two or three years earlier? My guess is that he would have said, yeah, it was really good. When I did, I was coming over. The biggest thing was he was able to swing full out on back end returns. Like the, it was funny. Like when he wasn't in his prime anymore because of that racket switch, he kind of code switched the matchup against Rafa and had, like, a really good run to where when we did our interview with Rafa, he said that, you know, whatever the Ver. The 2018 version of Federer was the best I saw.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yeah.

[Andy Roddick]

In that matchup from outside looking in. But the difference between, you know, chipping with a smaller head versus being able to swing freely with a bigger sweet spot and kind of a little bit more give changed the dynamic of the way the points started and were played. I remember Roger switch, and I watch him beat Rafa at Indian Wells, which is slow. It was in the evening, you know, normally cool in the evenings. He beat him, like, three, and, oh, was hitting back in winter returns off of Rafa serve, which was something I hadn't seen before. Normally, it started with laying down the chip, which worked against me, not so much against Rafa. Like, he's the least. He's the person that you at least want to chip against on earth. But. Yeah. Would there have been advantages? Yes. Also, exactly what we were talking about, where I felt comfortable with most of my game with this. But then it's like your binky, man. Like, if you've won 20 slams with a certain setup, it's really hard to switch and different, you know, strokes for different folks. But, like, yeah, I mean, I would suspect that if you asked him, do you wish you would have made that switch two years earlier? I'm guessing he would say yes.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

All right, well, Sean, you know what time it is. Play the music.

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Time for the random question of the day.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Luka has this random question of the day. Andy, do you remember being involved in Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 for the PlayStation 2? Do you have any stories from it? They gave you a great serve, but I'm sorry to say all the other stats were lackluster. You deserve better. I think we have a corresponding YouTube video for this. Sean, see these stats? Oh, my gosh, look at this. Is he playing here? James Blake. Where'd you guys find this?

[Andy Roddick]

That was back when James had the. The full. Dude.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Dude ripped. Dude, this is. This is your grunt.

[Andy Roddick]

No, that was.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Dude, look at that Reebok fit, though.

[Andy Roddick]

It's clean.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Where did you guys find this?

[Andy Roddick]

Oh, am I upset that I had that. They gave me a really good serve, and the rest of my game was stunted.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yeah, yeah, that's.

[Andy Roddick]

It seems pretty accurate to me. Like, I don't. I mean, it seems about right. Like, I think it would have been weirder of, you know, they made this. This game where I'm just ripping two hand Winners up the line. Like, I think that would have been a little bit further. But no, I didn't, I didn't. I wasn't really a game. I'm not a gamer. I wasn't a gamer. I mean, the oldest that I've ever in, apparently. Deservedly so. Remember when Taylor Fritz was playing video games? I didn't know what the hell it was.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yeah, that's true. Yeah, that's true.

[Andy Roddick]

So apparently this is my oldest lane.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Apparently the players involved were you Juan Carlos Ferreira, Tim Hemman, Leighton Hewitt, James Blake Safin, Tommy Haas and I mean,

[Andy Roddick]

I'm just going to say this.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yeah.

[Andy Roddick]

And then we'll get out of here. If those were the players, they're amazing players, but there are a couple that are left out. I'm just saying I. I might not have to be doing a podcast.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yeah, yeah. This. I googled it. I googled on gamefaqs.com it's says Andy Roddick. Pros, huge serve, consistent flat shots. Cons average overall movement. Volleys and slice shots below average. Stamina, low top spin, only moderate power from the baseline. Yeah, yeah. Surface efficient efficiency. Grass hard clay. Clay was third, ideally. Obviously realistically depicted. No Roddick lacks his. His bread and butter forehand in the game. See, this person's on your side.

[Andy Roddick]

It was fine. I. So one thing I'll say the all of those things are true. And if you've listened to the show, you know that I. My favorite target is probably me.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

Yeah.

[Andy Roddick]

My slice is legit, folks. I'm just gonna tell you my slice is legit. Everything else is bad. But don't, don't, don't say my slice was average. My slice is legit. Yeah, legit.

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

This is just. Some would say, how dare them.

[Andy Roddick]

Some would say elite. No one would say elite. Anyways, thanks for watching Q and A

[Co-host (possibly McHugh)]

SA.