罗迪克讲述了关于大卫·费雷尔的荒诞趣事："我看见他在酒吧里抽烟"

Andy Roddick has surprised the tennis world by revealing a surreal anecdote about David Ferrer when they were both playing on the circuit. After Coco Gauff stated at Wimbledon 2026 that she didn't get tired after a tennis match, the former world number 1 disclosed that the one who amazed him the most during his professional days was David Ferrer, as he had an incredible cardio despite smoking tobacco.

In his podcast 'Served,' Roddick shared this funny anecdote about 'Ferru,' which he described as the most psycho thing he has ever seen in his life. "I once saw David Ferrer play a three-set match at Indian Wells, then I was in the car on my way home and I saw him running, and later that night I went to dinner at a hotel and passed by the bar, and he was smoking a cigarette at the bar. He didn't get tired and still smoked cigarettes," he confessed.

Anecdote that surprises due to the protagonist

Ferrer reached number 3 in the ATP ranking and even had a winning head-to-head record against Roddick. Furthermore, the former Spanish tennis player and current captain of Spain in the Davis Cup was one of the most combative and fastest players to have graced the circuit. He fought for every point until the end, making this anecdote about the American surprising considering that smoking cigarettes did not affect his performance on the court.

It is unclear whether it was a one-time anecdote or if Ferrer was a regular smoker, but it seems that this image has stuck with Roddick to this day, as he still remembers it as the most surreal thing he has seen related to tennis. It's not very common for a tennis player to smoke, or at least not publicly known, and no one expected to see David as the protagonist of such a crazy story.

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