Andy Roddick never went back to Russia after being “robbed by a police officer” in 2006

Andy Roddick recently took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to reveal a “crazy” anecdote from his playing days where he was allegedly “robbed” on the streets of Moscow by a police officer in 2006.

The 2003 US Open champion said he was in town for the Davis Cup World Group semifinals, where a United States team led by Roddick, James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan were set to face a Russia composed of Marat Safin, Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny.

“I got robbed by a police officer on the street in Russia in 2006 when we were there for Davis Cup. True story,” Roddick revealed in a now-deleted Tweet. “Came up and said how much cash do you have? I said $300… He simply said, give it to me or go to jail. I paid it and he went on his way. No emotion. Transactional.

“Let’s not get to that level of normalizing crazy sh*t. It ain’t it.”

“Never went back,” Roddick added.

Roddick also revealed he wanted to just “get out of there safely” and not create a scene, so he chose not to come forward publicly about the alleged incident at the time.

“I wanted to do my job, and get out of there safely. At that time, I didn’t wanna make a stink in case it was just a bad actor. Looking back, I now understand the surrounding factors,” Roddick explained.

Russia clinched its second Davis Cup title in 2006 with a 3-2 win over Argentina in the final. But in the semifinals, the hosts were up against the United States in a tie staged at the indoor clay-courts of Moscow’s Olympic Stadium. The tie came down to a nail-biting match between Tursunov and Roddick, which saw the Russian player triumph 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 17-15 and former Russian president Boris Yeltsin join in on the celebrations.

Last month, Roddick launched a new video podcast called *Served* where he dives into the issues facing tennis today with his signature candor and humor.

Starting on Sunday, March 3, new Served episodes will debut on T2—Tennis Channel's second network that is available free in the United States.