2026 Wimbledon Day 9 Recap: Djokovic's Marathon Win, Coco Gauff's Redemption & More artwork

2026 Wimbledon Day 9 Recap: Djokovic's Marathon Win, Coco Gauff's Redemption & More

Served with Andy Roddick

July 8, 2026

Andy Roddick reacts to Day 9 of Wimbledon, breaking down Novak Djokovic's record-setting five-hour epic against Félix Auger-Aliassime, Coco Gauff's statement victory over Jessica Pegula, and why Karolína Muchová may be the most complete player left in the women's draw.
Speakers: Andy Roddick
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This episode will be shorter than Novak's match with FAA.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:37)
By at least four hours in 48 minutes, probably.

**Andy Roddick** (1:40)
It'll be shorter by five hours, is what's going to happen. I have Coco written here. I feel like that match was played four days ago.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:53)
Yeah.

**Andy Roddick** (1:54)
At this point.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:54)
Yeah. Coco's already done whatever weird recovery that she didn't need to do.

**Andy Roddick** (1:59)
It's still the most passive aggressive thing I've heard since I've been over here, where I talked to her about being tired and she told me that she has actually never been tired on a tennis court.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:11)
Oh, God, that upsets me.

**Andy Roddick** (2:13)
I just watched. I just watched tennis and I'm tired.
I don't even play it now and I'm tired.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:21)
I mean, we can't bury the lead. I mean, what was it like being in the bunker for that match, calling that match today?

**Andy Roddick** (2:28)
It was pretty great.
Honestly, it's nerve-racking, one, before you get to the match, it's nerve-racking going into a bunker with John and Patrick who have done so many matches and have their cadence and the way they do things and they kind of obviously have that chemistry that's like, it's kind of nerve-racking, but they were so gracious and nice. And I pulled Patrick aside before and I said, just if I'm fucking up your flow, just don't be scared to tell me. But it was fun. I mean, it's obviously my first time really doing this for ESPN to kind of participate and have a front-row view of kind of one of those matches, right? You were at one of those matches, those five-hour epics that define a tournament, potentially like define history. In our sport, you just never know. It was, it was fun. It was, it was a lot of fun. It was, it was, it was a good time seeing, I mean, my favorite part of like our bunker at ESPN, the players' box is right above it. So you were in it anytime they show any hint of emotion.
Like Novak will yell at his box and I feel like he's yelling at me for a second. Then I realized he's looking above me. Like it's, it's, it was, it was amazing. Like what, I mean, I guess we'll get to that. It was last on the list, but we're just going to fuck it. We're just going to go with it. Um, it, it's, you know what? On top of all the superlatives of, you know, winning and all that, the part that fascinates me the most, and I said it during the broadcast is, he's already finished tennis. He's won everything. He's won everything so many times. Right? He's, he's got a beautiful family. Like he's chasing ghosts. And that's only a small part of it, but to like live as discipline as he, he's lived for as long as he's lived that way. And then to still have that kind of energy where this matters to him still can't be undersold. Like it's, it's not as if he just rocks up and can play five hours. I know he's playing a limited schedule, but every bite that he has affects his job. Every night of sleep that he has still affects his job. Every decision he makes, even while he's not on tour, still affects his job.

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