美網第一輪賽後訪問-Andy&Justin
※ [本文轉錄自 Roddick 看板]
作者: nicholasJCF (Tennis is my life) 站內: Roddick
標題: 美網第一輪賽後訪問
時間: Thu Sep 6 03:34:27 2007
跟他的好友Gimelstob一起接受賽後訪問
Q. Justin, was what was the exchange in the, I think was the second set with
the chair umpire? It was kind of funny.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: In between the first and second serves all the military
people left the stands. It seemed pretty obvious to us that that would
warrant a first serve. I was in a no win situation. If I served in the middle
it would have been disrespectful; if I waited then he didn't want to give me
a first serve.But Andy was gracious and granted me a first serve, which I
really used very effectively as I double actually quadruple faulted, I think,
because I hit got a second serve and then I hit a let cord, and then I missed
a couple more, so... worked out well.
Q. Justin, you know that you're done now; how do you feel?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Yeah, first of all with both of us standing here, what
would the odds I got the first two questions?
ANDY RODDICK: I like this.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Andy just asked me that actually, if I felt weird. My back
started bothering me a little in the third set. In a weird way it kind of
makes it easier. I know in my heart I can't play at this level anymore. It's
hard enough to play at this level when I was healthy. I just can't really
compete with these guys on a week in and week out basis. You know, I got you
know, a bunch years, 12 years in my career, I got to play here a bunch of
times. Like I said, I did the best I could and obviously I would have liked
to have done better, but I'm fine with leaving the game. I'm sure I'll miss
it and miss experiences like this, but I won't miss a lot experiences that I
had to go through to be able to play matches like this like playing if
Uzbekistan and Seoul, Korea.
Q. Was there a high point in your career?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Just a lot averageness, I think. Yeah, I mean, I guess
playing in the third round here against Agassi on Labor Day weekend I put up
a good fight. Third round against Sampras I was up a set, 4 3. One good stat
I have is 5 0 and five set matches here at the US Open. I'm proud of that
considering I usually cramp in the second set.
ANDY RODDICK: I was going to say.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Usually what I do when I get up two sets to Love is I tank
the third and fourth and have just enough energy to hang on in the fifth.
ANDY RODDICK: Smart.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Little things. I'm proud of the fact that I came back from
some significant injuries. If you look on paper, this year was a huge
failure, but if you knew what I had to go through to be able play which ended
up giving me the experiences to play Andy at Wimbledon and here at the US
Open, I'll take those.
Q. Andy, how much fun is it to play against Justin, and how do you focus when
you want to just laugh with everybody else?
ANDY RODDICK: It was a weird situation for me, kind of all day. Because, you
know, I'm fond of Justin as a person, but at the same time this my most
important event of the year. So as much as I would have loved to have kind of
joined in and banter and do the whole thing, at the same time I felt like I
had a job to do and something to accomplish out there. I was struggling with
the kind of give and take of the match.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: And I wanted to respect that. I knew that that's the case
and I didn't want to make it joke out there. I really wanted to play as well
as I could. It's tough because I did want to enjoy it. It's a tough
combination because I have to keep my level up so high just to stay in a
match with someone like Andy.
But I was very cognizant that this was going to be my last experience and I
wanted it enjoy it. So it's not an easy ratio and I'm sure he felt the same
way.
Q. Andy, great tiebreaker. Couple of great shots. One of the great things
about this tournament is you can look up and see the shot a second time.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: I hate that. I keep seeing the toss and seeing my flailing
arm in yellow and orange up there. I can't believe they leave that thing on.
Guess it doesn't matter to you, you just keep bombing aces but I just see
flailing limbs up there.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: You look at your shots up there?
ANDY RODDICK: If I hit a good one.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: You want to see if I hit you on purpose on that one. It was
three miles an hour.
ANDY RODDICK: It's okay. I got you the next game. I came back at you. No, I
mean, it's, you know, you can't help but look up there sometimes. But I guess
I'm kind of used to it. I've played out there enough times where it's not
anything new.
Q. Andy, how would you describe Justin to someone who doesn't know him?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Sexy, a good kisser.
ANDY RODDICK: Funny.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Enjoys a good cuddle.
ANDY RODDICK: You got your answer, right? No, but at the heart of it all, you
know, I think one of the things that we can all respect, even though he's
about as self deprecating as one can get and he kind of touched on it before
but about thing the right way. You are never had to worry about him not
giving his all. He kind of got dealt some bad hands with injuries and stuff.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Genetics.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. And the fact that he's not very athletic played a part in
that as well.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Agreed.
ANDY RODDICK: Even after his back surgery last year I remember we were in
Hawaii and he couldn't really move his was it your left leg?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Right.
ANDY RODDICK: Right leg, that one. I mean, he was still out there trying to
play and working hard. I think that's something that everyone can admire.
Q. Andy, Acasuso next. When you are playing somebody that you've had a tough
match against before, do you personalize the match?
ANDY RODDICK: Well, Brick, at this point in my career I've probably had a
tough match against most guys that I'm going to play.
Q. This one in particular.
ANDY RODDICK: Well, he beat me on clay. That's weird. But I beat him on clay
once pretty bad. I don't know if I personalize it. I got him pretty
comfortably last year in Vienna first round. I feel if I play tennis the way
that I can, then, you know, it's my match to win. That's kind of the attitude
I'll take into it.
Q. Andy, how do you feel about how you played? Obviously your serve was
excellent. What did you feel about the rest of your game?
ANDY RODDICK: I feel like from 5 3 down in the first set breaker I felt
pretty solid and started making some returns and giving myself chances in
points. I feel like I could have cut down the errors a little bit from the
baseline. But Justin makes it awkward just because the first ball you hit
he's coming in and he's all arms and legs up there at the net, and kind of
diving everywhere. You kind of feel that. So it's definitely not a match
where you're going get a lot of rhythm and a lot of chance to hit balls, but
I got better as the match went on, which is, you know, better than the
alternative.
Q. Justin, to be sure, is this officially your retirement, or can you see
playing one more match?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Just to clarify, that this is my last US Open. I'm playing
three tournaments in the fall.
ANDY RODDICK: You are? I thought that was it.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: No.
ANDY RODDICK: I would have been much more pissed off on court if I knew you
were playing after this. I thought I finished you.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: My luck, I'm sure we'll play in the same tournament in the
fall and I'll play you first round.
ANDY RODDICK: I thought I put you in the commentary booth.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: I have three more protected ranking opportunities. If I
wasn't such a greedy bastard I'd probably just hang it up here. Just I just
really get three weeks more to be a professional tennis player and I get a
lot of years to not. So I just figured I wouldn't want to regret that
somewhere later on, those three tournaments. I might as well play the three
tournaments. The heart of it is I do enjoy playing. And to simplify it, I get
to be a professional tennis player for a little bit longer. So I'll take that.
Q. What do you think you're going to do next?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: I'm going to go back to UCLA. I went two years before I
turned pro. I'd like to finish that just so I when tell my kids they need to
go to school they don't say, Shut up dad. You dropped out. I'd liked to some
TV or at least try to and see if I'm good at it. I think going back to school
kind of gives me the opportunity to buy some time and see what sticks in the
couple years it takes me to graduate. I like writing my column. I'll keep
doing that.
ANDY RODDICK: Are you going try to take Michael Bertrand's job.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: No.
ANDY RODDICK: You liar.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: But, you know, maybe travel with Andy as his gopher or
something. We'll think of something.
Q. What are you majoring in?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Communications.
Q. Are you playing double here, mixed doubles?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. Doubles and mixed doubles. Once again, see greedy
bastard. Get a chance to play a couple more events and I'll play them. We'll
see if they slip me in the seniors as well or something. At this point I'll
probably be playing in the wheelchair division at the end of the week.
Q. What other three are you playing in the fall?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Tokyo, Moscow. Where are you playing?
ANDY RODDICK: Go to Bangkok.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: I can't. I got some charity thing. Probably Tokyo, Basel,
Moscow or something.
Q. Will your back be manageable for the rest of your life?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: We'll see. There are some concerns for sure. Hopefully the
lack of pounding, maybe find different ways to exercise and work out. It's
definitely a concern. There's some problems in there.
Q. Have the doctors said that you might need additional surgery?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Yeah. Depends on what kind of lifestyle I want to live.
Being an athlete, hopefully I have a little bit more knowledge in securing
the core area and all that stuff. Depends on what kind of lifestyle I want to
live, which would be active. For now I'm okay and I'll be able to stay away
from that major surgery.
Q. Are there certain playing surfaces that are worse than others?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Probably clay is the less harmful to my back. Most harmful
to my ego. But, you know, it's all just the pounding, you know, the hard
surface. But we'll see how that goes. I mean, tough to say.
Q. Why do you love this game?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: I really believe that tennis is the most challenging,
amazing sport. It's the one sport, you look at everything that combines it's
individuals, combines physical and mentally, combines eye hand coordination,
is an international sport. I really think it's the most challenging sport. I
really think we have a shot at the sport coming back. If you look at the
crowds out there I've never seen anything like it. They're killing the record
books with the crowds here at the US Open.
ANDY RODDICK: Everywhere.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Yeah. So I really think we have a good product. We have
obviously Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and Andy Roddick and James on the
American side coming up. The game has a lot to offer, and it hurts me and
bums me out sometimes when people don't recognize it. I think we just have to
get lucky and put it in the right situations and get some really bright
people. Obviously like Arlen Kantarian has done with the USTA, we need to get
them involved in other areas of the sport because they have shown what an
incredible job they've done with this tournament and the US Open Series and
use that as a model for maybe the rest of the tour.
But, you know, we have to show the people why it's an incredible sport. I
think commentators need to explain that the people that are ranked 80 and 90
in the world, just how great of a skill and how good they are. Not just
because it's all relative. You need to be positive and build the sport. The
players need to support it. I think we have a great product out there. It's
the only sport that I had any shot at being a professional athlete in.
Q. You grew up in New Jersey and know this tournament very well. You love
playing in front of this crowd. Go back to your days in high school. How much
had you dreamed about nights like this, playing in the US Open against a guy
like Andy Roddick?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Sure. I been coming to this tournament since I was 8, 9
years old. Me and my brother. We used to try to figure out new ways to sneak
in.
ANDY RODDICK: I actually have a story from when I was nine years old. How old
are you?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Don't tell come on, not this, one. I don't even believe
this happened.
ANDY RODDICK: It definitely happened. My brother and Justin grew up playing
together.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: People don't know that Andy's brother is a very, very good
player.
ANDY RODDICK: I was walking around the grounds and he was the only guy I had
recognized in like four hours as far as people I might know, considering I
been running around tournaments follow you guys for four years. I walked up
to him and I said Justin Gimelstob? And he said, Yeah, kid, you want an
autograph?
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB: Deny, deny, deny. Let's just say I've matured. When I turn
80 I'm going to be a mature person.
ANDY RODDICK: I said no.
這兩人太好笑了XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
看的出來這兩人感情很好
Gimelstob的口才當評述員再好不過:D
還會爆料XD
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