Andy TMS Paris賽後訪問 (third round)
Andy Roddick def. Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-4
THE MODERATOR: I'm happy to announce on Monday when the rankings come out,
Andy Roddick will be No. 1. He's also No. 1 in the ATP Champions Race 2003,
after his victory today. Questions, please.
Q. Not a bad way to play to get to that position, I thought?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I definitely cleaned up some things today, in particular
my serve. I thought I served a lot better. I was getting good heat on it today.
I played the big points pretty decently. I competed and I was focused. And from
the beginning, it was a big improvement from the other day.
Q. Your best performance since the US Open?
ANDY RODDICK: Uhm... Probably up there. I thought I played a pretty good match
my last two matches in Basel. Last week against Rochus was pretty good. Even
though I lost to Nalbandian, I hit the ball pretty well, so... But I think it's
one of them.
Q. You said on the court to the stadium announcer that it's nice to get back to
the top of the Champions Race, but you've still got Houston. You're only the
22nd man in 30 years at 21 to hold the No. 1 ranking. What does that mean to
you?
ANDY RODDICK: That's pretty cool. I got there. No one can take that away from
me -forever now. But my goal is to finish there. That's what I'm shooting for.
I still feel like there's some work to do here at this tournament, and that's
where my focus is right now. What's done is done. It's nice. But, like I said
the other day, I'd like to be greedy and try to go for more.
Q. Presumably this is something you've been thinking about for a long time,
being No. 1. Had you thought of it as a boy?
ANDY RODDICK: To be honest, no. I mean, it never crossed my mind when I was a
kid. You know, I was trying to figure out how to tie my shoes when I was 12,
still, so being No. 1 in the world at something seemed way far off. I mean, I
never really thought about it, to be honest - I mean, until, obviously, you
know, after the US Open. It was kind of -- if Juan Carlos would have lost a
couple matches, then I would have been. So I thought about it a little bit more.
But, you know, it's pretty cool. I mean, it's definitely something I never
thought would happen.
Q. Were you aware of the point situation once Juan Carlos lost? Was it in the
back of your mind?
ANDY RODDICK: I had no idea about the entry system. I knew about the race just
because it was so tight. I knew whoever got further here was gonna keep the
lead. But I didn't know about the entry system until afterwards.
Q. How fresh do you actually feel? You're playing and you look as though you've
got tons of energy left, whereas one or two others look a little jaded to say
the least?
ANDY RODDICK: I feel fine. I haven't played that much since the Open, to be
honest. I mean, I had a lot of time to kind of recoup and I feel fine. I mean,
obviously it's the end of the year. I'm sure everybody will be happy once
Houston's finished and we can all sit around and do nothing for, you know, a
couple weeks. But, you know, I have something to play for. That's very
important to me. So, you know, I feel all right.
Q. I wonder, some people, I think, when they win Grand Slams, it kind of takes
so much out of them. The opposite seems to have happened to you. You seem to
kind of want to go on and keep going. Is that fair?
ANDY RODDICK: Uhm... I mean, I want to go on because it's in front of me right
now. Like I said, the off-season is going to be very nice (smiling). It was
huge . It was a huge thing emotionally for me at the US Open. But as far as
physically, I feel fine. You know, mentally I'm just trying to focus on one day
at a time. That seems to keep me going.
Q. It does help, of course, if you start the match with three serves over 210
kilometers an hour. That kind of gets things moving rather quickly?
ANDY RODDICK: Yes, that helps. That's fine by me (smiling).
Q. Have you at any stage since the US Open just looked back on your hard court
season and thought, "Wow, did I really do that? Can I hit that level again?"
ANDY RODDICK: Well, I'd like to think I could hit that level again some time.
I think I have a lot of tennis ahead of me. But it's weird, 'cause when you're
in it, you don't really think about it, you know. In my mind, it was like,
"Okay, you've won two Masters Series but there's a legitimate threat that you
could lose first round in the Open with Henman," then the next challenge, the
next challenge. You're not really thinking about what's going on. Looking back,
I can definitely appreciate what I did. I thought, I mean -- it was, you know,
a definitely special time as far as tennis goes.
Q. How exciting is it for you to know that you'll be three guys fighting for
the same spot, you and Ferrero and Federer in Houston?
ANDY RODDICK: It's exciting for me and I think it's exciting for just tennis in
general. I think it's great that, you know -- I think that's what maybe the
people had in mind when they started Masters, you know. One last shoot-out at
the end of the year for, you know, the big prizes. So, you know, I'm super
excited. Hopefully, I'll be ready to go.
Q. Would you prefer a smoother end of the season?
ANDY RODDICK: Smoother end as far as...? I mean, obviously if I could have
locked up No. 1 a while ago, I would have taken it. But I'm kind of the last
one that kind of came along here. So, you know, I'm looking forward to it.
Q. Is Brad going to make a parachute jump or something as a result of getting
to No. 1?
ANDY RODDICK: No, no.
Q. Got anything lined up for him?
ANDY RODDICK: I'll think of something (smiling).
Q. You mentioned yourself and Ferrero and Federer fighting right to the end of
this season. The three of you have got Grand Slam titles. There's been a lot of
bad publicity in this sport this year, you know, for one thing or another. But
a lot of people were saying, "Well, there's a changeover at the top; the
younger players are coming through." Do you think the way things have gone
really has shown the game is still very vibrant and replenished with the
players coming through?
ANDY RODDICK: I mean, absolutely. If you look at the Top 100 players, you look
at how many of them are 23 and younger, it will shock you, to be honest.
Especially, I think, you know, the way it's happened with -- it's almost been
scripted with Juan Carlos winning on clay, Roger winning on grass, you know,
me winning in the States, it's kind of been almost a fairy tale year for us,
so, you know... But only one of us gets to finish on a fairy tale (laughing).
I mean, I think it's nice for all of us, and it's a big relief for all of us.
Even though we're pretty young, people are already starting to say, "When's it
gonna happen? When's it gonna happen? Why? Why? Why?" It's a big relief now.
I think all of our best tennis is ahead of us still.
Q. It does compensate for the adverse publicity that's come - things about the
drugs and the finances and the betting thing that came up - I mean, things that
have sort of been negative for the sport. It's obviously good to see with the
players at the top, you know, it's thriving.
ANDY RODDICK: I think it's great. Especially the race for No. 1 at the end of
the year gives something positive to look at, and that's what I choose to look
at as opposed to, you know, people are gonna try to make a story and make a
controversy and always yadda.
很佩服他還能保持回答這樣冷靜
其實由他you know...I mean...I think...等這類字眼
出現的頻率之高(平常也很愛講,但這篇特別多)
心裡應該是非常激動吧
Andy繼續加油囉~~
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