[溫網] 3rd Round - Roddick v Verdasco 訪問
A. Roddick - 29 June
Friday, 29 June, 2007
Andy Roddick (USA)[3] beat Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
Q. Another 7 6. I'm sure you're aware you're winning a lot of tie-breaks.
Just the way it's falling? Are you playing them differently?
ANDY RODDICK: Just confidence. You know, I'm making guys play in breakers.
I'm making them play on their serves. You know, I think he had
something like 47 winners and 26 errors today in three sets.
But you try to see if you can do that if a set's on the line.
More often than not, the answer's no.
Q. Has Jimmy had some input on how to play tie-breakers?
ANDY RODDICK: No. I mean, I've been one of the best tiebreak players for a
long time. It's not anything new. Right now I just feel like I
have the confidence to hit the shots kind of regardless of the
score.
I'm just competing. I'm just competing out there every point, not
hanging my head, not getting down, just trying to fight back. You
know, that leads to opportunities.
Q. You must have been really happy to pull that third set out.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I was having visions of the Bracciali match when we
finished just before the night falls. Wondering if I was going to
have to walk off again (laughter).
I think, if anything, it just makes tomorrow a lot less stressful
. It is a bit of a relief.
Q. Paul Henri Mathieu. Once as a pro, once as a junior.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, lost to him both times. We played in Canada I think a
couple years ago after I won Washington. He got me the first
round. But, you know, this is different territory. It's the
fourth round of a Grand Slam. I don't think he's ever been to the
quarters. Mentally I feel like I have a bit of an edge going in.
He's beaten some quality, quality players in the first three
rounds, with Stepanek, Ferrer and Ljubicic. They've all been
pretty comfortable. That's quite a statement. I'm definitely
aware that he's playing good tennis.
Q. Have you always had sort of the warrior mentality since you've been a kid
where you want to go out and get at it, doesn't matter what the match is,
you relish the fight?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, and it's nice, because right now I'm playing well enough
to go in there and fight without worrying about how I'm hitting
the ball. When you can do that, it's fun.
I like getting in there and making it a fight, bringing something
else to the table besides just forehands and backhands. That's
kind of what I'm focusing on right now.
To be honest, that's what got me through today. If you look at
the guy's stats, it was absurd. I think he served 78%, had more
aces than me. Like I said, he had a plus one winners to errors
ratio.
Somehow I got through in three. Those are the kind of matches
that you want to get through. To get through in straight sets,
it's a good confidence boost.
Q. You followed tennis for a long time. Looking at some of the exchamps,
that's one thing that separates the good players from the pack, guys that
really like the fight.
ANDY RODDICK: Sure, absolutely. I don't think that's a quality you can be
successful without. You can be successful to a certain point, but
at a certain point I think it comes down to intangibles.
Q. You got on just after James lost.
ANDY RODDICK: Yes.
Q. Juan Carlos, former No. 1. You played him a ton. French Open champ. Is
that a match that James should win on grass now?
ANDY RODDICK: I think it's a match I mean, I think we thought he would win
it.
We thought he was the favorite going in. But, you know, to be
fair, I thought Juan Carlos played pretty well. I watched him in
his first two rounds. Especially his first round, he looked real
shaky. I think he lost to Berloq last week wherever it was. He's
kind of played his way into shape there.
I'm sure James would tell you he might have been able to play a
little bit better today. It's probably a tough loss for him.
Q. In terms of your fighting spirit, where did that come from? Was it being
the younger brother? Watching other sports?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how to really
psychoanalyze it here. I've always just been annoyingly
competitive. I've been the guy you can't play golf with because
he really gets that pissed off and upset and ruins everybody's
day.
Fortunately most times that's a good thing for me on the tennis
court. One thing that I make it a point of is, after everything's
said and done, you know, with my career, I can take all the
criticism and everything else, but I don't want anybody to ever
say I didn't give it the effort and I didn't work hard enough.
That's something that I'm pretty sure nobody can say.
Q. Is that the thing you're most proud of in your entire career?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. It's tough to put it in line. But it's something
I'm definitely proud of. I go about things the right way. I go
about it pretty professionally. I go out there and I work at it.
You know, I have to.
Q. Going through your teenage years with Mardy Fish, Martins, how much did
that contribute to the fire?
ANDY RODDICK: You know what, everybody asks I've been hearing what's the thing
with American tennis, this, that. It's not rocket science. You go
to Bollettieri's in the '80s, you get 10 talented guys together,
kicking each other's asses on a daily basis, three or four are
going to come out. We were together. We had six guys trying to
beat on each other every day. Two of us came out.
I think it's just you know, competition's healthy, especially in
those years.
Q. It's already got to be in the players in the first place.
ANDY RODDICK: Sure. If it's not tested a lot, maybe it's some new thing, you
don't know how to handle it. If you're seeing it in practice
every day, you don't want to go on a losing streak for two weeks
in practice, I promise you.
It's contagious. If you're around people who are competitive and
working hard, you don't want to be the guy who's not working hard
. That's just the way it is. It's just easier to do it that way.
Q. Do you ever compete with the other guys on the tour in other sports like
golf? Ever challenge Rafa to a game of golf?
ANDY RODDICK: Man, here's the deal with golf. Every time I play golf, I got
to buy a new set of clubs. It's not relaxing for me. I go mental.
The ball's not even moving and I can't hit it right. I haven't
reached the point in my life where I have the patience level it
takes to play golf. And I don't have the pants.
Q. Any other sports you challenge the guys at?
ANDY RODDICK: Challenge them. Like, Hey, Rafa, want to go play one on one?
That doesn't happen that often, no.
Q. Off the court, have you done any competitions with Connors? He was pretty
fiery. Cards?
ANDY RODDICK: Seems like most things we do turn into a competition. Yeah, I
don't want to talk about us playing cards because it hasn't been
good for me this week. I have to win my next round just to...
Never mind.
He's more mellow than people know. People are disappointed most
times when I tell them that. When we're on the practice court,
doing anything, you don't hear him yell. If he tells me something
, he kind of walks around the side of the court, says it, walks
back.
I don't know if he's the same guy that everyone remembers.
Q. What is your card game of choice?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I like playing poker. He realized that's a losing
proposition there. We've been playing more blackjack. I haven't
been getting many blackjacks.
Q. The Jimmy Connors we all sort of know and love going ballistic...
ANDY RODDICK: He has his moments. I don't think he's going to get too upset
about a card game, especially when he's winning.
Q. Do you think he's changed as a person since his playing days?
ANDY RODDICK: You know what, I don't know because I only saw what it was on
the court. A lot of times what you see with people on the court
isn't what you get off the court.
But from stories I've heard to now, you know, it's amazing.
Little example. If we're going out to eat with my mother or
sister in law, he's the first guy to open a door, pull out a
chair, very soft spoken, Yes, ma'am. He's not the kind of fiery
guy that was abusing umpires and doing that whole thing. He's
definitely a gentleman.
Q. You talked earlier in the tournament you're going to have to probably go
through Roger to get a win here. Notwithstanding the French Open, do you
feelwith the losses to Canas, Volandri, is there a sense he's a little more
vulnerable maybe than a few months ago?
ANDY RODDICK: Sure. I mean, I think any time he takes more losses than he
normally does, I think collectively everyone's pretty fired up
about it, you know. I don't think we're sitting here feeling
sorry for him. I don't think we're upset to see him lose. No way.
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