[溫網] 1st Round - Roddick v Gimelstob 訪問
A. Roddick - 25 June
Monday, 25 June, 2007
Q. Relieved to finally put that match away?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, it feels like that one game in the third set took longer
than the rest of the match. It was tough. It was a weird match
because I felt like, you know, the best set I played was the
toughest one. I started to kind of find my rhythm on my returns
a little bit in the third set, and, you know, didn't have a lot
of to show for it there for the majority of it. It's always nice
to get through.
Q. 74% first serves in, no breaks. This is the way you win on grass courts?
ANDY RODDICK: Sure. You give me the option to have that number for the
tournament, and I would take it right now. If you're taking care
of your own serve, that only puts more pressure on the other guy.
I felt like it was a pretty good serving day, especially
considering the conditions were a little bit cold, a little bit
unpredictable. That was all right.
Q. How soon in a match do you know you're going to have a big day serving?
ANDY RODDICK: It just depends. Today I felt like I had to work into it a
little bit. I'm just guessing here because I haven't seen it, but
the first set was, yeah never mind, I don't know anything
(laughter).
Q. Justin said you guys had some bets, you were betting over/under on dives
and different things.
ANDY RODDICK: We had dives, which I'm not sure of the total number, but it
was really close.
Q. I think it was eight.
ANDY RODDICK: My brother set it at eight. It was real close. A couple of them
he didn't have to dive. He actually said at one point, that was
for John's over/under. Then we had a bet, he said he would be the
first person in history to dive during the warmup. I actually
messed that one up 'cause I was supposed to hit a ball away from
him that he could dive to, and I missed three passing shots
instead. Unfortunately. He does not own that dubious distinction
because of me.
Q. What was the bet? Gentlemen's bet?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. I wanted to see if he would actually dive. He was trying
real hard in warmup, but I couldn't get the ball in the right
spot for him.
Q. Do you consider yourselves friends over the years?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I think so. You know, Justin was he used to play doubles
with my brother in juniors. I've known him since I was nine
running around tournaments. He was actually playing in 'em. I've
known Justin a long time.
Q. He boasted and claimed he was the best diver in the game these days. Would
you comment on that?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I'd be curious to know what you guys how do you define
the word "best"? Frequency?
Q. Dives per match, explosiveness, length.
ANDY RODDICK: Explosiveness, he's not going to win that one. Frequency, he's
good. He does a pretty good job. The weird thing is you actually
feel it. If he dives and stabs one, you're all of a sudden a
little tight when you're hitting the next ball. I'll give him top
three.
Q. What about artistic merit?
ANDY RODDICK: Boris was good because he would get the roll sometimes, get up
real quick. He was probably good as far as the artistry goes.
Q. His half gainers sucked, though, on the dive, Boris'.
ANDY RODDICK: You know, opinions. I don't know if I'm the best dive analyst.
Q. You have a very good relationship with Justin, but how easy do you find it
to focus on knocking this guy out of Wimbledon?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, as Justin will, he was playing to the crowd a little bit,
doing all that stuff, even kind of talking on switch overs. I was
trying as hard as I can, because I think he's hilarious, right or
wrong with his opinions, which he's been right or wrong plenty of
times. I was trying to keep it together and kind of focus in. He
makes that a little tough for you sometimes.
Q. Do you read his column on the Internet?
ANDY RODDICK: I do. I do. I'm the first one I agree with a lot of it. I'm the
first one to get on him when I don't. I thought this week's
column was a little ironic for him.
Q. If you had to vote for the board of directors, would you have voted for
him or Perry Rogers?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. I don't know what the position to be honest, that
whole system is a little bit defunct just because the council
you're talking about the board or council?
Q. Board.
ANDY RODDICK: Board is the one with three?
Q. Yes.
ANDY RODDICK: They don't have a player on that, do they?
Q. They could. There's nothing forbidding it, but they never have.
ANDY RODDICK: Weird.
Q. Justin made the first call of Hawk Eye in Wimbledon history as well. Did
you have a bet about that before the game, who would be the first challenge?
ANDY RODDICK: No. But when he did it, I thought of that. Did he miss it,
though?
Q. Yes.
ANDY RODDICK: So he has the first miss with Hawk Eye in Wimbledon history as
well.
Q. Do you think it's a good thing that it's been introduced here this year?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. I mean, I'm kind of like a broken record in my support of
Hawk Eye. I feel like it's not only good for the players, I feel
like it translates well to TV. Kind of the anticipation when you
challenge, when you kind of see the ball, the court doing this
thing, it finally lands. I feel like the crowd enjoys that. I'm
for it.
Q. When you read Justin's column about you, what were your thoughts there? He
propped you pretty good as the obvious No.2 coming in here.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I mean, I probably wouldn't have seen it besides the fact
that we had talked last week just for a second. He's normally
pretty humorous in his blog. I don't know. I mean, if someone was
to say that Raf was the No. 2, I wouldn't throw a huge argument
about it. If they were to say I was the No. 2, I wouldn't
necessarily disagree with it. At the end of the day, what's No. 2
? You know, I think it's kind of an irrelevant conversation.
Q. Do you like the support of your fellow players? Does it mean something to
you? Either way does it not matter?
ANDY RODDICK: The support of your fellow players? In what sense?
Q. Like Justin saying Andy is coming into Wimbledon hot, playing at this
level.
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I mean, I think it's good because it means you haven't
been playing like a schmuck recently, right? From that point.
For every Justin saying I'm playing well, there's going to be
some guy who's not that impressed. It's nice, but at the same
time if someone says you're not very good, that kind of gives you
that extra motivation as well. It's kind of a Catch 22.
Q. A lot of people in the era of Roger Federer might say a conversation on
who's No. 2 does have some relevance.
ANDY RODDICK: I was speaking more specifically to this tournament and the
grass. I don't think you can argue with Rafa's Grand Slam titles.
I don't think you can. At the end of the day, I'm really talking
about this tournament. At this point in my career, you don't play
for finals; you play to give yourself a shot. That's what we're
here for.
Q. Is it a big deal to have gotten your match in first on court on a day when
there's rain, some people pushed to tomorrow? At the beginning of a
tournament, does that matter?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. Giving me the option to play a match or sit and wait
around, I'll play a match. It was interesting because we were
supposed to be the rumor was late Sunday night I was going to be
third on Court 1. The schedule flipped and Murray was third on
Court 1. Maybe I can thank him for doing something to switch the
schedule up.
Q. How many Wimbledon titles do you think you would have if Roger Federer
were not your contemporary?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. You figure I was in the last weekend three times,
at least one, possibly two.
Q. Aesthetically, in terms of the effect it will have on play, what do guys
feel about the open Centre Court?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I mean, I think I think most people would agree it's not
as aesthetically pleasing as it normally is. It just looks weird
just 'cause, I mean, we've all grown to kind of be accustomed to
kind of the roof. It just doesn't look like the Wimbledon Centre
Court right now. But it's kind of a necessary evil. You take it
as it is.
Q. Was the footing treacherous out there?
ANDY RODDICK: It was tough early on. There was a little bit of mist going on
still. Early on in the first set, it was it probably wasn't the
best, but it got better as the match went on.
Q. Even without rain, the first few days can be slick.
ANDY RODDICK: When it's green, not played on, it's going to be a little more
slick. It was misting a little bit in the first set. The first
five, six, seven games were a little bit uncomfortable.
Q. Looking way ahead to Davis Cup, are you surprised that the Swedes are going
hard court and are you pleased?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, it's weird because they're maybe one of the teams where
playing away on clay doesn't maybe give them that much of an
advantage. Maybe a little bit surprised, but not shocked.
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