Australian Open 2018: Andy Roddick's hilarious tweet about Roger Federer's Grand Slam count

What's the story?

Roger Federer won his 20th Grand Slam title and bettered his own record of possessing the most number of Grand Slam titles in men's tennis. He has a total of 104 career titles to his name and is arguably the best tennis player of all time. However, right before the final of the recently concluded Australian Open, former tennis star Andy Roddick made a pun related to Federer's Grand Slam tally on Twitter.

In case you didn't know...

Federer has won the most Grand Slam titles in men's tennis since 1877. He has spent a total of 302 weeks at ATP Rank 1 including 237 consecutive weeks at the top both of which are world records. Andy Roddick on the other hand only has one Grand Slam title to his name which is the 2003 US Open, however, his on-field rivalry with Federer is well known. Roddick lost his World No. 1 ranking to Federer and has won only won 3 games out of 24 against the latter. They have come across each other in four Grand Slam finals all of which were won by Federer. Roddick retired in 2012.

The heart of the matter

On demand of a tweeter who referred to Roddick's last year's tweet, the latter made another post on the micro-blogging site one day before before the Australian Open final.

@andyroddick remember last year you gave that interview at AO, before the Rafa Roger final...if roger wins its 18-14, if Rafa wins its 17-15 and its back on !come up with something interesting like that..to put things into perspective 😎

— ankit wakpanjar (@ankitadams) January 27, 2018

If Roger wins two this year, his grand slam count can legally drink in America https://t.co/91srWEZCCR

— andyroddick (@andyroddick) January 27, 2018

Federer had 19 Grand Slams before this year's Australian Open and Roddick meant that two more titles would take the count to 21 which is the legal alcohol drinking age in the USA. The hilarious tweet was well received by his followers and this even seems possible as Federer has no intentions of retiring at this point in time.

What's next?

Federer defeated Marin Cilic, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the final to clinch his 20th Grand Slam title. Interestingly, the two sets he lost in the final were the only sets he dropped in the entire tournament. He has declared that he will take part in the Australian Open next year as well which means he at least has four more majors in hand to win the 21st title.

Author's take

Roddick's showcased his humourous nature with this tweet and Federer would love to get to the 21-Grand Slam mark to prove his former rival right.