Video: Andy Roddick Picks Novak Djokovic to Win Roland Garros

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Video: Andy Roddick Picks Novak Djokovic to Win Roland Garros

On Tuesday's edition of Fox Sports Live, Andy Roddick picked Novak Djokovic to win Roland Garros over eight-time champion Rafael Nadal. Roddick, who often spoke his mind as a player, weighed in on a host of topics from the early round action in Paris, from Djokovic and Nadal, to "Lenglen-gate," to Stan Wawrinka's early upset.

Roddick picked the Serbian over his Spanish rival largely due to Djokovic's recent form. “You know what, I look back at all the titles that Rafa has won and I want to pay him all the respect he deserves,” Roddick said. “...Novak’s playing great tennis and he can hurt Rafa, he can go through the court, attack the lines. I think Novak wins it this year. I don’t like myself for saying it. But I think he wins it.”

Roddick also became the latest in a long line of people to weigh in on the decision to put Nadal’s first match on Court Suzanne Lenglen.”He’s won the tournament eight times. You pay him his respect…This is so Roland Garros to do. They’re trying to create headlines by being a little different and putting him out there."

Finally, Roddick had some strong words for Wawrinka's shocking first round exit at the hands of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. "Stan's been up-and-down...he won Australia, had a big win in Monte Carlo, but he's had some really suspect losses too. You can't go out 6-2, 6-0 in the last two sets when you're the No. 3 seed at a major."

Late Tuesday evening, Wawrinka took to Twitter, his soapbox, to respond to Roddick's comments.