Andy TMS Paris賽後訪問 (quaterfinal)
10/31/2003 --
Andy Roddick def.Jonas Bjorkman 7-5 7-6
THE MODERATOR: Questions for Andy, please.
Q. Obviously, the serve, your serve, was the key of the match today.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, for sure. I thought I served pretty well today. I don't
think there's many times that you're gonna play Jonas in a point and not have
a breakpoint against you. I thought that was probably the most impressive stat
of the match today.
Q. As world No. 1, were you happy to go out there and play like one?
ANDY RODDICK: I was just happy to go out and get a win. I really wasn't
thinking of it in terms of what I'm ranked and playing now. It's a nice stat,
but it would be even nicer if it was at the end of the year.
Q. About your serve, can you describe when you realized that that could be a
weapon in your game? When you started to play tennis, was it the shot that was
the best?
ANDY RODDICK: No, I had a terrible serve. I was little. I was very small. I
told the story before, but I was in -- I was at practice when I was about 16
years old. I used to have the full motion and bring the foot up and, you know,
the whole deal. I got pissed off in practice one day because I was losing, so
I stepped up to the line and did kind of a half-motion, jumped off two feet and
hit a serve. And it went in. It was a good serve. So I did it again the next
point. It went in. It was a good serve. So I just kept doing it. That's pretty
much, you know, where it started.
Q. When you see the stats in this tournament, you only faced two breakpoints in
three matches. Is there a special satisfaction when you play with such a weapon
? It makes you almost unbeatable. Do you feel unbeatable on the court?
ANDY RODDICK: No, no, I don't think anybody ever feels unbeatable in this game.
It's definitely a big confidence-booster for me knowing that. You know, the
biggest part I like about it is that I can have an off day, you know, like I
had the first day, and still at least keep myself in the match, give myself a
chance. So that's when it comes in the best, is when I'm not playing well - at
least my serve will keep me in matches most of the time.
Q. Given that we talk a lot about your serve, does it ever irritate you that
people think of you as a big server only? Today, you stepped up your baseline
game in both sets.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, but people are gonna talk about what they're gonna talk
about. I realize that, you know, I have a pretty big serve. But there are lots
of guys with big serves who don't win consistently and who are, you know, not
ranked in the, you know, in the top, you know, whatever in the game. So, you
know, there's -- I know I can play a little bit from the baseline as well, and
I think I've returned the other -- sorry, not returned -- improved the other
aspects of my game. So I think that's why I've made the steady progress that I
have.
Q. How do you rate the speed of this court compared with the other indoors
surfaces?
ANDY RODDICK: It's tough. Madrid was tough because there was altitude so the
ball was flying a little bit. But Basel was very slow last week, very, very
slow, and it didn't bounce very high. This is probably the fastest of the three.
Q. And speaking of your serve, you prefer when the ball bounces higher or not?
ANDY RODDICK: For my serve?
Q. With the spin you put in it.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I think everybody wants their serve to bounce high. Yeah, I
think everybody. I mean, if they can have a big kick, where it's bouncing up
high, then, you know, that's ideal.
Q. Is it kind of a special excitement to serve aces, putting the opponent in
the ropes with your serve?
ANDY RODDICK: Not really. It's just what I have to do to win. I don't really
think about it, you know. I think of my serve as, you know, as a tool that I
need to win matches. If I was super fast and, you know, I was amazing from the
baseline, then that would be a different story. But I think you have to utilize
what you have. I realize that, you know, I have to try to use my serve as much
as possible.
Q. Can you talk about playing Tim Henman in the semifinals, because most people
were expecting you to play Federer. Playing Henman?
ANDY RODDICK: Tim's always very tough. We're 1-1. We played a couple times this
summer. He's just got such a great feel for the game, you know. He hits -- it's
tough to explain, you know. He hits low volleys great. He's very controlled
with his slice. It's almost like you feel like he can hit dimes out there on
the court. He has such great control. I think he's a very underrated athlete.
He moves very well and is very fluid throughout the court as well. So that's a
lot to deal with.
Q. You said in the past days that you're going to move from Florida to Austin.
Could you explain why?
ANDY RODDICK: Oh, I just -- I'll probably split time. But I grew up in Austin.
I've always considered it home. I've been looking at places there for a while
and I found a place that I liked. I probably won't move there right away; it
was more of just I found a place that I liked, I didn't want it to get away,
let someone else get it. So I took it. It's going to be a very slow process.
Also, my brothers live very close to Austin and I want to be with my niece and
my nephew as they grow up. They're three and one and a half now, so it would be
nice if I could be close to them as much as possible.
沒看過這麼會講話的選手
Tim聽了Andy的讚美一定很高興吧
Andy繼續加油喔!!
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