"So boring" - Andy Roddick slams 'dumb' theory about ATP favoring Novak Djokovic & Carlos Alcaraz over Jannik Sinner with US Open 2024 draw

Former World No. 1 Andy Roddick recently slammed a fan for accusing the ATP of favoring Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz by giving Jannik Sinner a tougher draw at the US Open. The 2024 US Open Draw, released on Thursday, August 22 placed Sinner as the top seed, followed by Djokovic and Alcaraz.

Defending US Open champion and No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic is in the bottom half of the draw and will face a qualifier in the first round. The Serb might later face Australia's Alexei Popyrin in the third round, and one of the home favorites between Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe in the fourth round.

Meanwhile, Sinner, Alcaraz, and Daniil Medvedev are positioned in the top half of the draw. Notably, Sinner and Medvedev share the same quarter of the draw and might face each other in the quarterfinals at the New York Major. Moreover, the Italian is also predicted to face Alcaraz in the semifinals.

Although draws are created randomly before the tournaments, one fan claimed that Sinner was given a tougher path compared to fellow top seeds Djokovic and Alcaraz. The fan further accused the establishment of deliberately undermining the World No. 1's chances of success. They shared on X:

Former US Open champion, Andy Roddick later responded to the fan and criticized the conspiracy theories surrounding tennis draws. He dismissed the idea that tennis leadership orchestrates the outcomes, and emphasized that the draws are made randomly.

"So anytime anything happens that any tennis fan doesn’t like now they just say establishment ……. It’s so dumb and gives leadership in tennis too much credit. They could never organize this well :) Draws are random. This conspiracy sh*t at every turn is so boring at this point," Roddick wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) handle.

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Andy Roddick defends Jannik Sinner while responding to the questions related to the Italian's anti-doping saga.

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Jannik Sinner's anti-doping saga stirred the tennis world, drawing criticism from many figures, who demanded the World No. 1 be suspended. However, Andy Roddick defended the 23-year-old.

Sinner, who tested positive for the banned substance Clostebol during the BNP Paribas Open in March, was provisionally suspended but overturned the decision by explaining that he got exposed to the substance during treatment from his physiotherapist.

Consequently, several questions were raised about why the development wasn't made public in March. In response, on his podcast "Served with Andy Roddick," the American referenced an unnamed source that claimed that the news typically becomes public only after the final decision, which wasn’t the case in March.

"The question that I had, along with others initially, was, 'How did this not become public before now?' March test, we found out yesterday. I was under the impression that once you test positive, you are notified, it is to be made public. That's false, which was my ignorance. It only goes public once the final tribunal decision is handed down, which, in Sinner's case, was yesterday," Roddick said [at 11:58].

"You're allowed to appeal during the appeal process until you're guilty, so innocence until proven guilty is something we hear a lot," Roddick later explained.

Although Sinner was allowed to compete on tour, he was charged $325,000 and docked 400 ranking points he had earned for reaching the semifinals at the Indian Wells.