'We’ll see what happens': Andy Roddick keen to see improvement in one aspect of Novak Djokovic's game at Geneva Open

Former world number one Andy Roddick has highlighted one thing he would like to see when Serbia’s Novak Djokovic will take the court in the ongoing Geneva Open. The ATP 250 event is currently taking place in Switzerland where players are participating, not only to secure the title but also to prepare for the upcoming second Grand Slam of the year.

One of the big-name players in the competition is former world number one Djokovic. The 37-year-old is regarded as the greatest player in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category in the Open era, having won as many as 24 Grand Slam titles. However, according to his own high standards, he has struggled in recent years.

Djokovic has not won any ATP event since the start of 2024. This year, the current world number seven has featured in seven events but has failed to cement a spot in the final in any of those competitions. He was featured in just two semifinals, but he suffered a defeat in his first match on four occasions. Two of those first-round defeats came while playing on clay, at the Monte-Carlo Masters where he came second-best against Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo and later at the Madrid Open where he lost to Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4.

Former world number one Roddick has recently spoken in his podcast on YouTube, where he highlighted that he is keen to see whether Djokovic’s movement will be better when he takes the court in Geneva. “It’s going to be interesting to see if Novak [Djokovic] can find something,” said Roddick. “To see if he’s got his legs underneath him in Geneva, if he’s been doing three weeks of two on ones, where that movement is a little sharper, which I think was the problem in Monte-Carlo and Madrid. It just looked like he wasn’t strong out of the corners; he was having to force it early. We’ll see what happens, it’s going to be super exciting.”