[法網] 2nd Round Jose Acasuso def. Andy 訪問
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Q. For close to three sets, you seemed to have the right blend of patience and
power, suddenly went wrong. Where did it go wrong?
ANDY RODDICK: He started changing it up. He pretty much started going for broke
on a lot of shots, especially his backhand down the line, even off high balls.
He started making 'em. You know, he started serving a lot better.
You know, I had my chance there late in the third set, I don't know if it was
maybe 4-All. I had a couple really good looks and didn't take them. The
momentum shifted.
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Q. For close to three sets, you seemed to have the right blend of patience and
power, suddenly went wrong. Where did it go wrong?
ANDY RODDICK: He started changing it up. He pretty much started going for broke
on a lot of shots, especially his backhand down the line, even off high balls.
He started making 'em. You know, he started serving a lot better.
You know, I had my chance there late in the third set, I don't know if it was
maybe 4-All. I had a couple really good looks and didn't take them. The
momentum shifted.
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Q. The trainer came out to do some massage work on your calves. Were you
cramping?
ANDY RODDICK: A little bit.
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Q. How was it for the rest of the match after that?
ANDY RODDICK: It was better. I think I got on them before they got too bad.
Yeah.
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Q. Why is it you think you don't do so well here in Paris?
ANDY RODDICK: I mean, I don't know. I was about as prepared as I've ever been
coming in here. You know, obviously I know coming in, it's going to be the most
challenging surface for my game. It takes away a lot of my strengths and plays
into a lot of other guys' strengths.
But, you know, I don't know. That's for you guys to figure out, right?
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Q. Do you enjoy playing on the clay?
ANDY RODDICK: I enjoy the challenge of it, you know. Obviously it's frustrating
for me at times. I'm not going to give up trying to play on it. I feel like,
you know, I was better this year than last year. You know, hopefully that will
continue. Maybe I'll have a run here sometime.
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Q. Given your track record everywhere else, how disappointing is it to go out
so early here?
ANDY RODDICK: I hate it. I mean, it's terrible. I mean, that pretty much sums
it up. I mean, I want to do well here so badly. You know, just hasn't happened.
Especially losing matches like this, you know, it doesn't help. You know,
there's not much I can do about it right now.
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Q. Clay takes more preparation. Do you think you play enough on clay preparing
for the French Open?
ANDY RODDICK: I'm going to explain something to you right now. We play January
through November. So it's impossible to play every week. You know, you have to
give your body and mind rest sometimes. I mean, I played more this year than I
did last year. You know, I felt like I had enough matches.
Playing enough on clay requires winning some, too, in the tournaments that I do
play in. So I think that's a way to solve it.
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Q. Throughout most of those first three sets, you faced only one breakpoint. In
your mind at that point did you feel like you had the match won?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I felt like I battled him -- you know, I had the better of
him for the better part of three sets. You know, but unfortunately the better
part of three sets and three sets, you know, it's something different.
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Q. Your record in fifth sets isn't all that good. What was your approach going
into this fifth set, your strategy?
ANDY RODDICK: I mean, I was trying to get back to kind of what I was doing in
the first couple sets, you know, mixing attacking and patience, you know, just
try to grind him down.
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Q. You're struggling in the fifth set, but you're still up 3?1 there. He's
cramping a little bit. It seemed like you were still not returning the way you
wanted to, not hitting the backhand. Did you sort of lose a feel for the ball a
little bit at the end?
ANDY RODDICK: You know, I was trying to go, and it just wasn't going. Yeah, I
think so. I mean, obviously he had switched the momentum, you know, in the
third and the fourth, and I felt like I was trying to hang on a little bit. You
know, wasn't able to.
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Q. How much of it is confidence and how much of it is just that he's an
Argentine or someone else is a Spaniard or someone else plays more on clay than
you?
ANDY RODDICK: I think it's a mix of both. But, I mean, I felt fine out there,
you know. I felt like I was on the verge -- I was playing really well for the
first couple sets. You know, just let it slip. You know, obviously, I mean,
those are huge factors. But we know that going in. So it's not much of an
excuse, you know. We're not talking about that -- I'm not going to sit here,
I'm not talking about, you know, the match-ups in the grass court season, so
it's not a valid excuse for me in the clay court season.
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Q. Last point, did you feel he was tight, you were trying to give him some kind
of lack of pace?
ANDY RODDICK: Not really. I put a couple -- he hit from behind the baseline.
Maybe I was trying to get him to pull the trigger. You know, didn't get all of
one, hit it short, and that was that.
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Q. In the last set, could you talk about your decisions on when to come into
the net and his ability to pass you? Was that an instinctive move to the net?
How did you figure out when to come in?
ANDY RODDICK: I think early on I was doing a near perfect job of finding times
to come in. But, you know, to his credit, he hit a couple off of his shoelaces
late in the set. I definitely still wanted to force the issue a little bit. But
it's tougher out here.
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Q. Just like last year, it's been a tough first week for the Americans. How
easy is it going to be for you guys to walk out of here, turn around, go to the
grass and say, "Forget about clay till next year," or do you think it's going
to sting for a while?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, right now it stings. I mean, I don't think any of us are
happy. We all have a lot of pride. It's gotten taken down a lot in the last
couple years here, I mean there's no question. But, you know, I've been able to
turn it around the last couple of years on the grass. You know, I'll try to do
it again.
I mean, I don't think any of us are happy. If you were struggling at one
tournament, you wouldn't be happy either. So I'm pretty sure, you know, you can
come up with that answer.
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Q. You mention the grass there. What is next for you now? Queen's?
ANDY RODDICK: Yes.
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Q. Obviously you've enjoyed a lot of success there. How much are you looking
forward to it?
ANDY RODDICK: I'm not really thinking about it right now. But I'm sure, you
know, the thought will cross my mind in the next couple of days. You know, I
have good memories from there. I'll be going in there. It will be nice to go
back to a place where I've had some success.
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Q. You've had some tough losses in big matches the last few months. How do you
feel about your confidence level heading into a fifth set or heading into a
Slam compared to maybe a year or year and a half ago?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I mean, you're right. I haven't done one in the last
couple. You know, the only thing I can do is keep working hard and try to
prepare myself for it and, you know, turn the corner. It kind of goes in
streaks like that sometimes. You know, just do my best to turn it around.
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Q. Clay is a surface where defense can trump offense. Strategy?wise, do you
feel like you are finding the right blend of offense and defense to take
advantage of the weapons that you have or is that still sort of a process of
you learning how to win on this surface?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I'm trying. I mean, last year I came in and, you know, kind
of just said, "Okay, I'm going to play my game on this stuff." That didn't
work. So I got ripped for this.
This year I came in and, you know, tried to play a little more D, was trying to
play a little -- the trajectory of my shots was higher and heavier. You know,
the one thing, though, is that defense on this surface for me, I don't know if
I move naturally enough on it to rely on that. So, you know, when I'm playing
well on clay, it's a fine line that I kind of have to walk between those two.
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Q. Do you have a favorite player for the tournament here in France? Who do you
think is going to win?
ANDY RODDICK: Who do I think is going to win?
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Q. Yes.
ANDY RODDICK: Not me. You know, right now I think any tournament that Roger
Federer enters, he's earned the right to be the favorite. But that being said,
I think it's the typical guys. If I asked all of you guys who you thought was
going to win, it's pretty clear?cut that Nadal is playing very well, and
Coria's track record on clay the last couple years is probably the best.
Probably look at those three guys.
You can't count out guys like Gaudio. He kind of snuck through last year, got a
win, and he's playing well again.
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Q. From your experience, how long does it take to put a very disappointing loss
like this aside and then look forward to what's coming up? Does it take long?
Couple days? A week?
ANDY RODDICK: Looking for it is the easier part. I don't know if there's a
timeline. I don't know if I've ever counted days. I'll tell you, it's an
extremely long plane flight home or to wherever you're going. You know, after
this, you just kind of want to regroup and then you can't wait to get out there
and try to right a wrong again.
I don't know days. It stings. Getting back out on the court is the fun part of
it.
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Q. Will your grass court preparation include playing on grass back home? Are
you going to go home first and then come back to England?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't know.
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Q. You don't know yet?
ANDY RODDICK: No.
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Q. You win the US clay court. This is a different court, obviously. How much
different?
ANDY RODDICK: It's not the court. I think a lot of it has to do with the balls
that are used in both places. You know, you find a Wilson ball in the States,
it's pretty lively and jumps around, you know, takes pace a little bit more.
They use a little bit of a slower ball here than they do over there. So I think
that's the biggest key. I get a kick out of the "US clay" and the "American
clay." They bring the clay over from here to there and put it down. So I don't
know how that makes it "American clay" or "European clay." It would be like
calling it a "European hard court" and "American hard court." It's cement,
dude. I think there are other things to take into consideration there.
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Q. I come from a place where we had the curse of the Bambino. Do you think
Americans are cursed in this place?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, the Bambino happened in what, 19 --
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Q. -- 17, 18.
ANDY RODDICK: So we got about 70 years to go.
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