Roddick Interview 1/15/07

Q. You call that the endless tiebreaker?

ANDY RODDICK: No, because it ended. But close. I was thinking about it for a little while there.

Q. Was it a case of not known your opponent well enough in that first set?

ANDY RODDICK: I don’t think that was the case. We played before. I think it was a combination of — you know, I think in the breaker I got a little bit tight, and it was a little bit uncomfortable because I thought he was serving real well, and then when I did kind of get a ball to go after, maybe I got a little too excited and maybe rushed it a little bit.

But it was — I thought it was a pretty ordinary performance. But it got better as I went along. You know, I’m not really worried about how I’m hitting the ball. I think these first matches are a little bit uncomfortable sometimes.

Q. What’s going through your head when you’re down a break and a set?

ANDY RODDICK: (Laughing). “Here we go again.” No.

I don’t know. I mean, I was just trying to break back. It’s his first time in that position, as well. So I definitely wanted to put some pressure on him when he was trying to serve it out. And luckily that worked, and he kind of gave me a little bit of an open door to come back in. I started playing a little bit better actually when I got down a break there in the second.

Q. You had quite a few discussions with the chair umpire. What was getting under your skin out there?

ANDY RODDICK: Just a couple calls. And when you disagree about something at an important moment in a tiebreaker, it’s a bit frustrating. He’s pretty much the only other person I can vent my frustrations to besides myself. So unfortunately sometimes they catch the brunt of it.

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