Q. Want to talk about your thoughts about the match overall?

ANDY RODDICK: I thought it was a very good match. Both of us fought hard. It's unfortunate that I blew up and it ended the way it did. It's pretty disheartening when you fight for that long and something like that happens. I mean, you just feel like someone reaches inside you and just takes something.

Q. What did it do to your frame of mind at that point? Did it rattle you?

ANDY RODDICK: Of course. You fight so hard. You know, you're fighting your opponent. He's probably one of the best fighters in the world. I'm hanging toe to toe. I had chances. I'm trying to hold serve. Guy overrules on a far sideline on a ball that was in at 4-5 in the fifth. That's just infuriating.

Q. What was your approach to the points after that?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't even remember anything after that. You know, I just told myself to stick to my guns, try to keep playing. But, you know, I really needed to push it out of my mind, and it wasn't all the way gone.

Q. Do you think you were robbed?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I do. Who is to say I would have won anyways. But when you start off a game Love-15, it puts that much pressure on you. I'll leave it at that.

Q. It's tough, but it's the part of sports. Can you see yourself becoming a better man out of having to deal with this?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. I mean, I honestly don't think it will ever happen again at 4-5 in the fifth on a ball on the far sideline. I've never seen that happen in my life at 4-5 in the fifth.

Q. Have you ever gone that ballistic before?

ANDY RODDICK: Not for anything related to tennis. I mean, not like that ballistic. But, I mean, you know, when life throws you a curve, there's stuff, then I break down. But that's the worst, you know, I've ever lost it on a tennis court.

Q. How about those breakpoints you had at 4-4?

ANDY RODDICK: One point we had a long point. He was starting to shake -- his forehand was starting to get a little shaky in that game. He came up with the winner. I probably should have gone for a little bit more. If I would have had my shot, if I would have had my forehand, if I would have had a ball to go in on, I would have pulled the trigger. I left one ball kind of short, and he took advantage of it.

Q. Can you talk about how you worked your way back in? The second and third sets, he seemed to be pretty much in control of the match. Early in the fourth, you got rolling again.

ANDY RODDICK: He gave me a gift of a game in the fourth set. He doubled twice, missed a forehand. I might have played like one good point. You know, he let me back in it. I held out. After that, it was a battle.

Q. You were using a lot of high topspin serve to his backhand. Seemed to have a lot of success for you, the high kick serve.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I mean, I wasn't, you know, hitting my, you know, normal second serve. I just decided to go a little bit off it, see what happens. I brought my double-faults down. You know, he wasn't on it right away.

Q. With the disappointment of how this ended, can you see the positives of what you did here at this tournament?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. I mean, you know, made my first quarterfinal. I hoped for more. Maybe right now is not the best time to ask me that question. Maybe in two or three days I'll be really happy, but I'm not right now.

Q. Do you feel like you've had a match stolen from you essentially?

ANDY RODDICK: It's not the whole match. Do I feel, you know, that call had a big part of me broken in the last game? Yes. I think that's pathetic. I think that was an absolutely pathetic call. No umpire in their right mind will ever make that call.

Q. You called him an absolute moron. Do you want to take that back or do you stand by that?

ANDY RODDICK: I'm not going to take anything back. I said it. I meant it at the time.

Q. Is it the call or is it your reaction to the call?

ANDY RODDICK: What about it?

Q. I mean, the way you blew up. Maybe in the future, you'll approach that situation different if you get a bad call.

ANDY RODDICK: I'm definitely disappointed in myself for letting it do that to me. But at the same time I had pretty darn good reason for it. Maybe the more experienced I get, you know, I'll learn to handle that. But that's a tough one to handle. I mean, that's not right in front of him. That's not a ball he can say, and this is the rule of umpires, "I saw it clearly, 100% no doubt in my mind out." If he can say that, he's a liar. There's no way, without any doubt in his mind, there's no way he could bet his house on that call. You know, in the future, hopefully I won't blow up.

Q. Do you have any thoughts on the old rule in general that because an umpire can do that at any juncture, it can happen at any time, you never know when they are going to jump in, are you against that rule on principle?

ANDY RODDICK: No. You're not against an overrule. I mean, overrules are, if he's a hundred percent, it's a clear mistake, maybe the player is blocking the back lines woman, you hit a ball this far out, she can't see it. There has to be overrules, of course there has to be. At the same time you have to use your best judgment with the situation, with what's been happening. I hope he can look at himself and say, "I did that." I'd be pretty surprised if he could.

Q. Do you see Lleyton as your potential biggest rival down the road in the future?

ANDY RODDICK: I think there's a bunch of people. Juan Carlos Ferrero, the guy I played last round, Robredo, Marat has already won a Grand Slam, Federer, Youzhny. There's a bunch of new guys coming up young. It will be exciting. I'm sure Lleyton and I will have many more matches.

Q. Are you going to look at that replay again as soon as you can or you don't want to see it?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't need to see it. I mean, I know. I'm pretty sure I know. I don't need to see it. If it's on, I might watch it just to confirm my beliefs. You know, whatever.

Q. What was your reaction to Lleyton's comments with respect to James Blake in the match the other day?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, I don't know the whole story. I mean, I know what he said. I haven't heard his argument against -- to defend his comments. Obviously, if he meant them in that way, it's absolutely, totally wrong. But, you know, if everybody misunderstood him, then, you know, it's tough for him because he's getting the bad end of the stick right now.

Q. The crowd got way behind you in the fourth and the fifth. Talk about how that energy moved you.

ANDY RODDICK: It's awesome. I can't wait to come back next year and play already. I mean, the crowd was electric. I felt like I was playing a final match of a Davis Cup or something. They were chanting "USA." It was definitely a special crowd tonight.

Q. I know your professional career is still pretty young. Is this the most disappointed you've ever been in your professional career?

ANDY RODDICK: I seem to have disappointing moments against Lleyton. The French, you know, I was wearing it on my face. That was pretty disappointing. Tonight ranks right up there with that. But, you know, I will use this as motivation. I've always said you learn more from your losses than you do from your wins.

Q. You appeared to twist your ankle a little bit at one point. Also took a tumble into the Cyclops machine.

ANDY RODDICK: Which I took out. The ankle, I'll probably feel it tomorrow. It didn't affect me at all during the match. The Cyclops, I thought I might have done something to my left elbow at first. But then it was just, I don't know, it went away. It didn't affect my play.

Q. It's hard just after a loss, but can you reflect on how a year ago you're playing the Juniors, this year you're in the quarters. Can you talk about what that's meant to you?

ANDY RODDICK: It's been a great run. I mean, I've had so much fun out here this weekend. A part of me is just dying inside, but a part of me is, "Okay, I can relax now." Everything has been pretty overwhelming for me, you know, in the last year. Now I've got a little bit of time to kind of just go be Andy for a while, then get ready for D Cup.

Q. Momentum change in the fourth set. Can you talk about what happened at that point when you were down two sets, came back?

ANDY RODDICK: You start feeling a lot better when you get up a break and the crowd starts going off. You kind of just forget. I started having so much fun out there in the fourth set. I mean, even at the end of the third, you know. I mean, you have to put tennis in perspective. It's a game. I was playing in front of a packed house. They were going crazy. I was having a blast.

Q. They started letting people down to the lower bowl. Did you sense a difference in the crowd because of that?

ANDY RODDICK: I'm not sure. I don't know. You know, some of the people sitting down left, then some people took their places. It was kind of like a Catch-22. Wherever they were sitting, they were loud and they were great. I'll remember that always.

Q. You said you want to go back and be Andy. Who else have you been?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, in my house, just kind of watching movies. I've been Andy the tennis player, now I'm going to go be Andy the kid for a week. Actually, it's all been an act, the whole thing.

Q. Faking us?

ANDY RODDICK: Exactly, totally. I'm actually happy right now. Had you fooled, huh?

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A. RODDICK/T. Robredo 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

Q. What kind of zone were you feeling out there? You were attacking everything.

ANDY RODDICK: That's the way I have to play against Tommy. I'm not as consistent as him most days. I definitely have to take my chances out there.

Q. Got to be a lot more fun than sitting home the second week of a Slam.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. I mean, it kills me when I'm at home the second week of a Slam and you're watching guys win and stuff. It's good to be a part of it for the first time.

Q. Can you even fathom sort of where you are now versus like a year ago? Do you get overwhelmed at all?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, I don't believe it. I'm supposed to wake up any minute now or something. But I'm going to try to stay asleep.

Q. Was it any harder today, with the rain and stuff, maybe there was some question whether these matches would get in tonight, you're waiting?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. The only way it really affected me is normally when I have a night match, I come out around 1:00 and hit. I came out around 1:00, walked on the court, it poured. Bagged it, went back to the hotel. I just hit once. But it didn't really affect me too much.

Q. When you go back to the hotel, are you able to take a rest? Are you going stir crazy? What's going on?

ANDY RODDICK: Not really. You know, it usually takes me an hour or two to simmer down after matches. That's any time. You know, I've just been getting some food and chilling, watching a movie or something, then going to bed.

Q. What time does that put you to sleep at?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. I turn the clock away. Whenever I doze off, I doze off, sleep till I wake up.

Q. All these night matches, do you think they realize you're a draw? Have you talked to them about it at all? Have you talked to them about playing in the day?

ANDY RODDICK: No. You know, actually I wanted to play a day match at least once. Luckily, they put me there against Corretja. But either way, today I was kind of, you know, either way. I felt I played my best match during the day. I was kind of shady at night before that. Today I stepped up and played pretty well under the lights.

Q. Now there are all these studies now about how teenagers do better when they sleep later.

ANDY RODDICK: Do they? I don't know. I should have studied more.

Q. Obviously, you have to prepare for your next match. Tomorrow night do you become a tennis fan and watch that Agassi-Sampras on TV? Would you even think of coming here?

ANDY RODDICK: For sure I'm going to watch it. You know, I'm probably going to get a late hit in tomorrow. I doubt I'll hang out here. That's pretty draining. But, you know, I'll definitely watch it. I'm still a huge fan. My two biggest influences. You know, I'm as excited as everybody else about that match.

Q. What do you think about your two possible opponents coming up? Pretty familiar with Lleyton. Do you want another crack at him?

ANDY RODDICK: I've lost to both of them. You know, take your pick. I think Lleyton and I were having a pretty good battle last time before, you know, the unfortunate circumstances. You know, either way they're both playing good tennis. Tommy is playing some ball. He's been playing well all summer. Lleyton is always a fiery competitor. You're going to have to play great tennis to beat him. Either way, it's going to be a really tough match.

Q. You hit that 141 mile an hour serve. Did you take a peek at the clock?

ANDY RODDICK: I peeked (smiling). I snuck a look in. I knew I cracked it pretty good. You know, that's just one serve. I'm prouder about the fact that I didn't get broken tonight. That means more to me than speed guns.

Q. Third game of the second set, five consecutive slice backhands against a Spanish claycourter. Was that one of the more exciting points?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, I don't remember. I wanted to neutralize him a little bit. If he's getting into a groove with one shot, they can just drill. They're going to make you run. I wanted to maybe play some points really hard, non-stop, some points, throw in a lob. On big points, you know, when I'm up a set, it's 1-All, he has to hit five balls off of his shoe tops, it's a tough thing to do when you're fighting it off. You know, I just went with what I felt on that point.

Q. Sometimes golfers talk about how they have to rein in their drives. The competitive part of them wants to see how far they can hit it. They need to be controlled. Is it like that sometimes for you on the serve?

ANDY RODDICK: Not really. I mean, I know I can hit a serve pretty hard. I don't have to prove that to myself. I think one of the reasons I'm holding at a pretty decent rate this year is because I've, you know, developed a pretty good out wide slice. I have a serve that I can hit up the T at 120, 130, 35 plus. That's a big part of why I've been serving better.

Q. Difficult dealing with Tarik's father-in-law's accident?

ANDY RODDICK: I haven't gotten much sleep. In the middle of all this that's going on, all the good stuff that's going on, that's definitely on my mind. I've been talking to them. It's a tough thing. He travels with us all year long. But they know that I'm thinking of them. They know I love them. My prayers are with them. I hope they get through it okay.

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RODDICK/A. Corretja 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Q. Looked like after you got the first set, you were in total command. How did you feel about the way you played?

ANDY RODDICK: I felt pretty fortunate to get out of the first set. Got off to a pretty quick start. Played a terrible game to lose my serve. Then I was down breakpoint in my next service game. Then I had that one shot, that one backhand off the overhead, I felt like, "Okay, here is an opportunity." It was a fortunate shot. Once I started to get into the match, I felt really good.

Q. Was there a point in the second set where you had him in your control?

ANDY RODDICK: I felt maybe when I started grinding out a couple of points rather than just teeing off right away, you know, I started getting into my groove, showed him that I wasn't just going to give points away. I think that helped me a lot.

Q. Can you talk about that because there are a lot of people that see you as this guy that just wants to hit winners, get points over as soon as possible. You won a majority of the longer rallies today.

ANDY RODDICK: Well, I mean, people might see that because most of my points are short. With my serve, I either hit a pretty decent serve or get a short reply or a slow reply, so then I go for it. In return game, I really need to grind it out, I'm not going to be able to hit winners like that, I kind of do whatever I have to do. I'm not one-dimensional in the fact that I have to hit a winner to win a point.

Q. This was sort of another new experience for you, day match, US Open, first Sunday. How much are you aware of these new experiences?

ANDY RODDICK: It was a new experience. But I've played two third rounds of Grand Slams this year, one on stadium and one on Court 1 at Wimbledon. You know, I already played the stadium twice here. I don't classify that as a new experience. I wasn't really thinking along those lines too much.

Q. Some players talk about how when they get into the second week, it becomes like a whole new tournament, like it starts again. Obviously, you haven't experienced that, but you're about to. Do you have any sensation of that?

ANDY RODDICK: I'll take their word for it (smiling).

Q. Is there a learning experience on the court playing a guy like Corretja, who has been around the block?

ANDY RODDICK: For sure. I mean, even 3-0, two breaks in the third, I'm thinking, "Bear down, bear down, stay focused." I didn't want to let him back in like I did the other night, especially a guy like Corretja who fights. You know he's not hurting physically at all. You know he can go the distance. It definitely helps you maintain focus.

Q. What does that do to you? Helps you focus, what does that mean?

ANDY RODDICK: I was just saying, "Don't let up even though you're comfortably ahead. Focus on closing the match out. Don't let your mind wander."

Q. Are you getting used to the idea that you can easily beat a player like Corretja?

ANDY RODDICK: No. I mean, easily beat? It's a battle any time. I don't think anybody's used to the idea of beating a Top 10 player easily. It's not going to happen. You're going to have your days, you know. You have to be thankful when you get those days. Nine times out of ten, we're going to battle. He might beat me badly one time, I might beat him badly one time. The other eight, we're going to battle. You have to be ready for that.

Q. How different is the approach mentally before you get on court? Six months ago probably you have to play Corretja, you say, "Oh, my God."

ANDY RODDICK: I think I have a chance in every match now. When I go on the court I may not think I'm going to win. I may not think I'm going to go out there and get killed. I know I have a chance going into every match.

Q. Staying in the point during this match against a seasoned pro, could that possibly be one of the things you're most proud of coming out of this match?

ANDY RODDICK: Definitely. People know I can serve, I can hit with power. But it makes me feel good to know that I grinded out a match, I used my head, did what I had to do out there. You know, that helps a lot.

Q. Another Spaniard coming up in the next round.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. I mean, two great young players. I played Robredo in juniors once. Ferrero has had a great year. He's No. 5 in the world. It's going to be a good match either way.

Q. When did you first start feeling that you have a chance in every match? Was it the Sampras match? When you won the first two titles? Before that?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. The Guga match helped a lot in Montreal. You know, just a culmination of all those things just helped. It wasn't like one match I'm like, "Okay, I can do this." It was a gradual process.

Q. Even though you've been on Stadium Court three times, been in the third round, at the end of the match, you were pretty psyched. What kind of ripple of emotions went through you?

ANDY RODDICK: I was very satisfied with the way I handled it today, the way I played. That's why I was happy afterwards.

Q. In Key Biscayne you were saying, "All I want to do is make main draw at Roland Garros." We thought that was pretty realistic. Since then there's been the three titles, wins over Pete, Guga. Now the fourth round. Scale of 1 to 10, how surprised are you on how incredibly far you've come?

ANDY RODDICK: Extremely surprised. I'm as surprised as anybody out there. You know, I wasn't thinking at the beginning of the year I'm going to come in, do this, do that. My goals at the beginning of the year were to be top 60 by the end of the year. I thought that was realistic. You know, I've exceeded my expectations, but I'm not going to think too much about that. I want to keep that going. I don't want to be satisfied yet.

Q. When you hear somebody like Pete Sampras talk about how you're on the vanguard of the next wave of American men's tennis, how do you react to that? Is it overwhelming?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, it's nice to hear it from someone I admire so much. I'm happy to be a part of the next generation. I hope we can do some damage.

Q. You've hit almost as many winners and forced as many errors off your backhand side in this tournament as your forehand side. Does that surprise you?

ANDY RODDICK: I started hitting my backhand really well in Washington. I found my groove on it. Tarik and I worked on a couple technical things. I'm feeling good. I'm not feeling like people can hit solely to my backhand side to win matches. That's not going to happen. They're going to have to work it a little bit. That helps. That makes me feel better.

Q. How long was it more or less a rally shot, stay in the rally?

ANDY RODDICK: I mean, obviously my weapons are my serve and my forehand. But my backhand's coming along. My backhand return especially is coming along. I'm not bothered by the kick serve so much anymore. I'm hitting it solid. You know, I'm happy with the progress that I'm making. I can still improve it, I think.

Q. You said you exceeded your goals already. What are they now?

ANDY RODDICK: To win my next match here. That would be good.

Q. What about for the rest of the year?

ANDY RODDICK: Get us back into the regulation, I mean, back into the World Group, Davis Cup, is a big goal of mine.

Q. You obviously talk with your coach day in and day out. I'm sure you've been talking with a lot of other people within American tennis, John, Patrick. Aside from your coach, what's the best tip or piece of advice you've gotten from others?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know if there's one tip. Patrick is a big part of, you know, my doing well, too. He's with me almost every practice here. We always will sit down, me, Tarik and Patrick, discuss strategy going into matches. I definitely value his opinion, what he has to say.

Q. Does he discuss teams, with Jan-Michael kind of being possible or not? Has he talked to you about other possibilities?

ANDY RODDICK: We've discussed it, but there's nothing, it's just more my curiosity. You know, your guess is as good as mine at this point.

Q. What if we said on CBS Patrick just spoke of you as if it's presumed you're on the team. How does that feel?

ANDY RODDICK: It feels good. I hope I've made the team.

Q. As the stakes are getting higher, is it still as much fun?

ANDY RODDICK: It's a blast. You definitely feel it a little bit more. I'm no longer the new guy. What am I trying to say? I'm not surprising anybody. I'm not sneaking up on anybody anymore. Still I'm definitely having fun. I'm playing tennis. That's a blast.

Q. Do you know anything about Jan-Michael's condition?

ANDY RODDICK: I haven't talked to him about his injury. I'm not sure. He did pull out from a couple of events. I just hope he'll give it sufficient rest so it can get better.

Q. Are you getting recognized at all in the streets, restaurants?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, sometimes. You know, it's been pretty crazy as far as media, publicity, this and that. It's definitely built up a little bit.

Q. With Mardy, all the other young Americans, Taylor, and James all going down, does that in a way put more pressure on you? What are your feelings about them all being out?

ANDY RODDICK: Absolutely not. What they do has nothing to do with how I do. I mean, it's two separate things. I think everybody is very encouraged by how they played this tournament. They see that there are some guys coming up. They're going to be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years.

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A. RODDICK/J. Brasington 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6

MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Little did you know you turn 19, these matches all of a sudden get harder.

ANDY RODDICK: That must have something to do with it.

Q. Can you talk about just being able to survive a match like this, survive the tiebreaker, what that does?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, this could work out positively, that I had a battle going into the third round. If I would have won 1-2-2, you know, I might not be accustomed because I know I'd have to battle the next match. On the other hand, I would have taken an easy victory. Hopefully I can bring some positives out of it.

Q. What changed, from your standpoint?

ANDY RODDICK: I played a sloppy service game at 4-3, then he just lifted his game. I mean, you know, then he felt like he got comfortable out there. He was stepping up and playing great points. You know, I was just wondering how long he was going to keep it up. He played a really good set and a half after I gave that service game away.

Q. How much did you know about his game before tonight?

ANDY RODDICK: You know, I haven't seen him play much. I saw maybe three points against Pozzi. I asked around a little bit. I knew he had a decent pop on his first serve, that he hit the ball nice and flat. That's tough on these courts because they're fast. It slides through. His is exceptionally flat. It's tough to rally if he's hitting the spots.

Q. How much better are you going to have to return serve to get past Corretja in the next round?

ANDY RODDICK: My first six sets at this tournament, I was returning great. I was getting breaks, one or two a set. I mean, I think he just lifted his serving game. He started probably serving 75% first serves. You know, I lost my groove a little bit. Overall I feel like I've been returning well at Washington and my first two matches here.

Q. When you're out there with a match that's turning around in that way, the crowd is getting into it, behind the underdog, are you thinking, "At all costs get this done in four"? Is a fifth set something you absolutely die to avoid?

ANDY RODDICK: Of course I'm trying to avoid a fifth set. I don't want to lose sets. I'm not thinking, "Let's let him get the fourth so we can play five." Yeah, I definitely wanted to get it over with.

Q. The other night Patrick was talking about how he personally doesn't like to play the night matches. He thought no one really should have to play more than one match a week at night. You had both your matches be the late matches. Do you have any feelings about it one way or the other?

ANDY RODDICK: It's definitely a different match at night. The atmosphere is, you know, crazy. It's just a different match. It's fine. I kind of like playing at night. It's really easy for people to lift their levels. It becomes more, you know, dependent on the feeling of the match as opposed to shot for shot.

Q. Would you rather play at night or during the day?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't think I'm going to be playing anymore. I've already had two. I doubt I'll get three in a row. I'll probably say day because I know my next one will be day.

Q. In that first set, that man had the sign. Looks like you saw it, reacted to it.

ANDY RODDICK: He rants and raves, yet he's been out here both nights watching. You know, maybe he needs a hobby or something. Get him a set of cards, you know.

RODDICK/S. Dosedel 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

THE MODERATOR: First question for Andy, please.

Q. Forget the match, we want to hear about Jessica Simpson.

ANDY RODDICK: Thanks, I'll squash this right now. Maybe Bob was joking or something. I wish. You know, I feel bad because she probably gets this all the time and I never do. (Laughter). No, I would just like to squash this right now. I've never talked to her. I never met her. You know, I don't know what else to say.

Q. Bob thinks you're stalking her?

ANDY RODDICK: I guess. I mean, maybe this was Bob's idea of a joke, you know. I don't know.

Q. Would you like to?

ANDY RODDICK: (Laughing). Sure. I mean, no, I like -- you know, you guys are laughing at me. No, I mean it would be great to meet her. I don't know, it's been a serious distraction. I would just love to squash it right now because it's -- there's no dice, I don't think.

Q. Talk to us about tennis then. ANDY RODDICK: Tennis, I can talk about better.

Q. How did you do today?

ANDY RODDICK: Good. It was good to get out there and, you know, get the first round out of the way. He was playing great tennis in the first set. He fought me off a couple times. Second and third I got more comfortable and started rolling a little bit.

Q. How did you like the stadium?

ANDY RODDICK: It's good. I mean, it's huge. But, you know, I like it. You know, it's good playing in front of your home crowd and, you know, I felt comfortable.

Q. It seemed like you were trying to hit the balls, "bang." He was dinking short balls, angles were weird.

ANDY RODDICK: He matched up well. He likes pace. He's the type of player that likes pace. He's feeding off of it the first set. Then I started playing some points with slices, hitting hard at one point. I wasn't giving him a constant groove, and I think that helped, you know, turn things around and make them a little easier in the second and third.

Q. Four aces in that one game. Kind of opened up the flood gates?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I've never done that before. I really wanted to hit that last one. But, you know, that's tough. You know, I had to face Goran at Wimbledon. Any time you feel you don't have a chance in the other person's service game, it makes it tougher to hold your own serve because you're thinking about it.

Q. What kind of a kick is it?

ANDY RODDICK: It's not gonna help me win any more matches. It's cool to have done it. That's about it.

Q. First time you played on center court?

ANDY RODDICK: First time I played competitively.

Q. On center court?

ANDY RODDICK: What?

Q. First time you played on center court?

ANDY RODDICK: I played there on Arthur Ashe Kids Day. But, you know, it's not the same atmosphere. But it was my first match on center court.

Q. What did you say to Drexler?

ANDY RODDICK: I asked him if I should have played basketball instead. He laughed at me. But I've known Clyde for about a year now. He's a really great guy. I just thought I'd joke around with him a little bit.

Q. We have memories last year of you with Costa. How different was walking on the court tonight compared to last year?

ANDY RODDICK: I'm more confident this year. I feel more comfortable being at a tournament and walking past these guys that I've watched for a while. I feel like I belong. You know, last year was just kind of like a whirlwind. It was a whole new experience for me. And, you know, I thought I was good. But little did I know, you know, I wasn't. So it was definitely a whole different, you know, ball game today.

Q. So what's made you good?

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know if I'm good yet. But I think just more experience and more matches. You know, getting used to the tour.

Q. We can squash Jessica Simpson but Vanilla Ice ...?

ANDY RODDICK: I'll admit to that. You guys can laugh at me, please. But, you know, my excuse for that one is it was for charity. (Laughter). And Wayne Bryan just called me up on stage in front of like 300 people. I couldn't, you know, I couldn't back down from that one, so I just went up and did it. It was actually pretty fun.

Q. How bad was it?

ANDY RODDICK: It was pretty bad.

Q. How old were you when Vanilla Ice even came out?

ANDY RODDICK: I was like nine. That was like the song in the second or third grade. (Laughter). It was what everybody was jamming to out on the swing sets, man.

Q. What age did you start playing tennis?

ANDY RODDICK: Seven, I think. Yeah.

Q. Did you play any other sports?

ANDY RODDICK: I played basketball my last two years of high school.

Q. For someone who is such a showman, is it just extra special to be in New York, more so than any other city that you've played in?

ANDY RODDICK: I have fun playing anywhere. But New York, I mean it's definitely -- adds a certain bit of atmosphere, certain bit of hype around it. It's the center of the world. It definitely adds a little bit of that factor to it.

Q. Are you being recognized if you go take a walk around the hotel or something? I presume you're staying in town. Are people recognizing you?

ANDY RODDICK: Sometimes, yeah. It's happening more and more. You know, it never used to happen. Now I walk around, people say, "Good luck." Or if I'm sitting down to dinner, they'll bring my food a lot faster. So...

Q. What part of your game do you still have to work on?

ANDY RODDICK: I have a lot of stuff to work on, but I'm not gonna give that one away.

Q. What are your recollections of working out with Jack Brasington as a little tike?

ANDY RODDICK: I remember he had this really nice coach and they would just fool around, be like, "Let's go hit some." He would just toy around with me. You know, he was always really nice and his coach was always really nice. I don't know if he's with the same coach now. I haven't seen him for quite some time. You know, so I definitely admire him. He's played some good tennis. Got in the finals of a couple challengers, won four matches. So he's going to be ready to go.

Q. Any plans for your 19th birthday?

ANDY RODDICK: No. Hopefully I'll have to lay low because I'll still be in the tournament. That's the ideal plan.

Q. Pete won this tournament for the first time at age 19.Has that entered your mind at all?

ANDY RODDICK: I want to win my second-round match.

Q. That's a very boring answer.

ANDY RODDICK: (Nodding).

Q. What was the most memorable , the biggest victory you had?

ANDY RODDICK: Excuse me?

Q. (Inaudible.)

ANDY RODDICK: That was cool, but I kind of knew I could win the Juniors when I was coming in. So if I would have lost, it would have been like, you know, bad. I'm not sure. I have said before I can't really rank wins - my first Davis Cup match; especially winning against Pete; Centre Court Wimbledon. I've had a lot of experiences this year where there have been some good feelings.

Q. Is there any Grand Slam in particular you want to win?

ANDY RODDICK: I mean, if I had to choose one, I'm not picky - I'd take any one. But if I had to choose one, I'd love to win in front of the home crowd. You know, that would be great.

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