Andy Roddick is back in winner’s circle

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Andy Roddick, once ranked number one one in the world and for many years the best American male on the pro tennis tour, has been increasingly written off as a has-been as his ranking has dropped into the 30s.

But Roddick, the 2003 US Open champion and three-time Wimbledon finalist, has been staging something of a comeback this summer and earlier today, won the Atlanta Open – the 32nd singles titles of his career.

”I’ve won 32 times and in every one of them I’ve never assumed I was going to win again,” he said. ”I just kind of go about the process of playing, work hard and hope I can put myself in position enough times where you kind of create some success for yourself.”

Roddick, 29, ranks third among active players in career titles behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Although Roddick lost in the third round at Wimbledon to seventh-ranked David Ferrer, he won the title at Eastbourne the week before and is now ranked 22nd. He will play singles and doubles for the US at the Olympics which start this week.

‘I was able to kind of turn the corner at Eastbourne,” he said. ”I thought I played pretty well at Wimbledon. I had a real good look at making a run there and obviously played well here. Things are back on track, and I feel relatively healthy. Hopefully it was a blip on radar as opposed to that’s just the way things are.”