Since he retired from professional tennis in 2012, Andy Roddick has talked about all things sports in television studios and podcasts as a broadcaster for Fox Sports 1. He has not, however, done match commentary on the sport he knows best. That will change when he joins the BBC broadcast team for the second week of Wimbledon, where Roddick won plenty of fans but never a title despite three appearances in the singles final.

Roddick, 32, was one of the game’s biggest servers and personalities during his career. He remains the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, which came at the 2003 United States Open. He and his wife, the actress and model Brooklyn Decker, are expecting their first child later this year.

(This interview has been condensed and edited.)

Q. So why now? Why the BBC? Why Wimbledon?

A. Obviously with ESPN acquiring the Slams, that was never even really a conversation with my situation with Fox. And frankly, I wanted a little bit of space, and the opportunity to dive in and do other sports was appealing to me when I first stopped. I felt like that was a pretty unique offer for me and not one that normally presents itself to a tennis guy. As far as BBC, I told Brook for a long time that that was probably the only job I’d want to do as far as commentary, at least right now, just because of the prestige of it. I’ve had a love affair with Wimbledon for a long time.

Q. What kind of tennis commentator do you want to be?

A. I don’t know that I want to think about it that much. One of the things I’m lucky to have now, I’ve still played against 90 percent of these guys. I can talk about situational matchups, the business end of being at Wimbledon, the different kind of pressure that people will face. I have a pretty standard rule even when I’m on Fox. I’m happy to say something, even if it’s negative, as long as I would say it to the person sitting across from me if they were looking me in the eye. And I think that’s fair. I am certainly not going to shy away from anything.