This year’s Roland Garros delivered a double tale, one of hunger and one of heartbreak. Carlos Alcaraz embodied the fire of ambition, seizing the men’s crown, while Aryna Sabalenka ’s agony painted the other side of greatness. After her crushing loss to Coco Gauff , Sabalenka admitted Gauff won “not because she played incredible” but due to her own “easy balls” errors, calling her display “just a joke.” Her remarks, seen as dismissive of Gauff’s triumph, drew sharp reactions before she later apologized. Yet now, Andy Roddick has stepped forward, defending the raw, imperfect humanity behind Sabalenka’s French Open behavior, seeing honesty where others saw flaw.

Andy Roddick, speaking on the Served podcast recently, praised Sabalenka not only for her on-court imp

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