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Andy Roddick gets his feelings hurt on Twitter

Andy Roddick gets his feelings hurt on Twitter
You don't like me, you really don't like me!
First Serena Williams looked like a baby on Twitter, now it’s Andy Roddick’s turn.

On Tuesday, Roddick re-Tweeted a message from one of his account followers with the handle “@annahandzlik” who wrote

“This may not be very American of me but I will root against @anyroddick any match, any time. Not a fan.”

Roddick then Tweeted his commentary that “There were about 5 more like this … am I crazy for thinking that one should probably not follow someone that one doesn’t like?”

Kudos to Roddick for his excellent use of grammar, something Serena could definitely learn from, but  Ms. Handzlik came back with the shot of the month, Tweeting  “Maybe @andyroddick should spend less time searching his name on twitter and more time on winning something … anything.”

As Homer Simpson once said, “It’s funny because it’s true.”



It also gives Mr. Roddick an object lesson in what happens when you try to be reasonable with fans of your sport. Anna Handzlik is clearly a tennis fan and has been in attendance at the Legg Mason Classic of late, posting a number of photos from the tournament via Twitter and pointing out Roddick exhibiting “elitist” behavior and calling his on-court attitude “disastrous.”

Tennis fans have been criticizing players since Day One of the Tour, and it does seem extremely odd that Roddick took offense to the point of getting in a brief “Twit War’ with her.

Now personally, if I played a game for a living, raked in millions a year in endorsements, and oh by the way, went home to Brooklyn Freakin' Decker every night, I think I would have better things to do than snipe at people I’ve never heard of for calling me mean names.

Fortunately Roddick, who is supposed to be in the middle of the tournament, was able to shake off the mean girl’s remarks and Tweet throughout the day Wednesday on such engaging topics as Brett Favre’s retirement and who would win a fight between Chuck Norris, the guy on the Old Spice commercials and the “Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign from the Dos Equis campaign.


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Posted by Nick on 8/5/2010 10:04:42 AM



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hdR
Where exactly did he get hurt ?
His response was good and really not that big a deal to make an article about it.
Duh!
And with regard to "shot of the month" :D fans are imo happy that he is checking their tweets some of a time - that is the point.
8/5/2010 10:46:40 AM
 
Lauren Lynch
The thing is she was stupid for tagging to his name. Either, she doesn't understand how twitter works and was trying to rile him up. I thought his response was appropriate why follow someone you dislike.  It comes up automatically on your feed if you us the @username so it's not like he is looking up his name all day on twitter. Although, I do have to giggle at the not winning thing. I want him to do better in tournaments. 

Great Simpsons' clip btw.
8/5/2010 10:48:12 AM
 
Tennisstar
I will always be the rah-rah girl for ALL American players (yeah..even Maria..US trained & bred on Americian soil since she was 7!) Yes, Roddick needs to win something, true that, but other than Roger & Rafa, who else has remained in the top 10 for as long as Andy has?  And, being very aware that if he (Andy) had come up thru the rankings in an error void of Roger & Rafa, don't you think the man would have a few more grand slams to his name?  Appreciation is def. required.
8/5/2010 11:19:39 AM
 
sheila
LOL I seriously doubt Roddick's feelings were hurt. He often retweets haters comments to laugh at and mock them.
8/5/2010 1:20:39 PM
 
Valdde
i dont care what yall say  about roddick his wife is super hot!!!
8/8/2010 2:17:08 PM
 
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