[情報] Former housemates put on display at …
這些有關Andy和Mardy的文章都很有趣
兩個很會糗對方
對話好好笑
感情一定真的很好 sweet~
Former housemates put on display at Siebel Open
David Albee
Marin Independent Journal
The final of the Siebel Open was more than just a tennis match. It was a
dramatic comedy. It was "Andy and Mardy's Excellent Adventure." It had world
-class intensity and down-home levity between Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish.
The two are budding rivals and best buddies, having played each other most of
their lives and having actually lived together in Roddick's house one year.
When they're on the court, they try to match hits and wits. It made for great
theater yesterday.
"He knows what I'm thinking so we just start laughing," Roddick said. "I know
if I make a joke no matter how intense the situation is he's going to get it
and I don't have to worry about stepping on toes. It gives us a chance to be
a little more personable and show that side of ourselves."
They were having such a blast yesterday they could have played the Siebel Open
final in Brad Gilbert's back yard in San Rafael and had just as much fun.
"The thing is we probably would have been more testy if we were just playing in
practice in front of nobody," Roddick said.
Instead, they were playing in front of 7,784 thoroughly entertained fans at
San Jose Arena.
Their 15-13 first-set tiebreaker was a classic.
"With all the action and the camaraderie and the sportsmanship. It doesn't get
much better than that," said tournament chairman Barry MacKay. "It was a great
atmosphere. If I'm a first-time casual sports fan and I come out to see that,
I'm going to say 'I want to see more of that.'"
The crowd was captivated by the aggressive shot-making and good-natured kidding
. But Roddick and Fish weren't trying to outhit each other as much as they were
trying to outthink the other.
"We just know what each other is going to do out there," Roddick said. "I find
myself thinking out there, going against what I normally would do instinctively
because he knows what I would do instinctively, but then I'm like 'OK, but he
thinks I'm going to, but then you did this against him last time and he
remembers that.' So I have no idea what I'm doing."
So Roddick and Fish do what comes naturally to them. Last year, in the midst of
a tiebreaker in Cincinnati, they had a rapid-fire rally at the net that ended
with a magnificent point that pleased both of them so much they exchanged high
-fives at the net when the point was over.
They were friendly rivals again yesterday. Roddick and Fish ended their morning
practice sessions by staging home run derbies. They hit tennis balls pitched to
them by their respective coaches as far as they could into the upper deck at
the arena. Then, an hour before their championship match, Roddick and Fish were
teasing each other and each other's girlfriends in the players lounge.
Once the match started, however, their fierce competitive instincts took over.
They started launching bombs at each other like the Yankees and Red Sox and
they didn't want anybody butting in.
At deuce in the seventh game of the first set, Roddick thought he had an ace on
a 109 mph serve and Fish thought he had been aced, but chair umpire Steve
Ullrich of Tampa overruled, saying a serving sensor at courtside had detected
a net cord.
"Why did we seem confused? We were ready for the next point," Roddick snapped
at Ullrich. "Why don't you turn the machine off and use your brain?"
Roddick then proceeded to hit his next serve, clocked at 111 mph, for an ace.
Five games later, with Fish serving, he won a crowd-pleasing, five-volley
flurry at the net against Roddick. Fish pumped his fist then took a moment to
look up and admire the point being video replayed on the overhead scoreboard.
"Did I do any better that time?" Roddick quipped, awaiting Fish's next serve.
Then, after being relieved of the pressure of an incredible tiebreaker, Roddick
poked fun at himself again at Fish's expense when he approached the net and
jumped to hit an overhead in the second set.
"Don't be jealous of my hops," said Roddick, looking across at Fish before
hitting his next serve.
Fish became familiar with Roddick's leaping ability, or lack of it, when they
played basketball on the tennis court in Roddick's back yard in Boca Raton.
They had the same coach (Stanford Boster), so Fish moved from Minnesota to
Florida to live with Roddick during his junior year of high school and stayed
in the bedroom of Roddick's older brother.
"We were like brothers," Roddick said Wednesday after winning his first-round
match. "We would fight and walk out the house holding hands three minutes
later."
They'd bicker and banter about whom was best at what. Fish apparently was the
better basketball player.
"He (Roddick) would brick layups," Fish said.
"I'm good at one-on-one because I can play defense," Roddick replied. "I'm very
physical. I'm kind of like (late "Saturday Night Live" co-star) Chris Farley in
the paint."
The two attended the same high school, Boca Raton Preparatory, when they were
seniors, but their shenanigans never ceased.
"We weren't any different than any other high school kids playing in any sport,
" Fish said. "We played a lot. We would race (cars) to school we were so
competitive with each other."
That started after Roddick and Fish got their driver's licenses.
"I was convinced that my one way to school was quicker than his way," Roddick
said. "But he had a Mustang and I had an old beat-up Blazer, so that was my
excuse whenever he did beat me. Or I got behind some Boca drivers, too, that
came down from New York just to specifically slow me down."
Eventually, Roddick's career took off. He started dating a Hollywood starlet
and pop star, Mandy Moore.
"He's a cool guy. I'd date him," Fish quipped.
Then Roddick won the U.S. Open and he became the No. 1 ranked player in the
world. The day Roddick's No. 1 ranking became official, Fish was there in
Houston to pour champagne over Roddick's head at the announcement.
Now Fish is in search of some bubbly. He's a year older than Roddick but about
20 or so spots behind him in the ATP rankings. Still, Fish made enough of an
impression and enough strides this week in San Jose to close the gap between
him and Roddick. Roddick insists that won't effect their relationship off the
court.
"Even if we do have a spat or are (peeved) off at each other, we know each
other to come back two days later and put it behind us," Roddick said. "I don't
see it becoming a problem. I'm happy he's coming up the rankings. It doesn't
make me mad and I'm not upset about it. I hope he goes even further. I just
want to beat him when I play him."
Most excellent.
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