AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 22, 2004

Todd Reid

THE MODERATOR: Questions for Todd.

TODD REID: Yeah, by far (smiling). It was pretty tough out there, you know, it was tough conditions. It was pretty hot. The sun came out. You know, he's a real good player. He's tough from the baseline. So, yeah, definitely.

TODD REID: No, no, I was fine. I was ready to go. Just had a couple little problems there in the fourth set (smiling). I think maybe I had too much fluid intake. Sort of just came up.

TODD REID: No, I was -- I was out of breath a bit in the third set. Just things -- I think maybe I drank too much. Then in I think 5-All, the fourth, 15-40, "Go all out at this point." I just ran a lot of balls down. I went pretty hard at that point. It just came up in the end (laughter).

TODD REID: No, I don't think so. I think that's a first.

TODD REID: It was 2-1 in the fifth set. I didn't really know what was going on. I thought I was going downhill. I sort of looked up there and he was sort of pushing his serves in. He was struggling, as well.

TODD REID: Not so much a relief. I just felt I was still in the match, once I realized.

TODD REID: Yeah, definitely. I'm just going to have to learn that when I'm up two sets to love to put the match away. Up 4-1 in the breaker, as well. But he came through with some good shots.

TODD REID: I sort of always kept hope. You know, I was down 4-1 in the third against Massu in Sydney. I thought I was gone in that game. Ended up coming back. Really, anything can happen.

TODD REID: I was actually cramping, then I chucked it up (laughter). It all came up. I stopped cramping after that. But then it kicked back in in the fifth again.

TODD REID: No, I just broke it. It was just a bit painful. The trainer came out and gave me -- put some tape around it. It was fine.

TODD REID: The worst moment? Hmm, probably when I got down a break 2-1 in the fifth, or when I probably -- when my guts came up, as well. That wasn't the best (smiling).

TODD REID: What, after I threw up (smiling)?

TODD REID: That was a great inspiration (laughter). No, it just relieved me. I was fine. He probably thought I was worse, but I was a lot better after that happened. I felt a hundred percent after that.

TODD REID: I was just thinking, "You know, you got to go out and serve for the match now." Had a three-minute break, so it was obviously good before I went out there. I just thought, "Be aggressive and go for it." Didn't end up happening. He broke me quite comfortably.

TODD REID: Took a shower, got a rub. I saw Chris in the change rooms. He said, "Well done." I said, "Who do you play in doubles?" He said he played him. He said, "Thanks."

TODD REID: Yeah, I went. Tim Wood just took my blood pressure, just to see if everything was fine. And everything is fine, yeah.

TODD REID: Oh, yeah, just to drink a bit. That's all really I can do, just eat and drink.

TODD REID: Oh, yeah, it's great. It's by far the best feeling I've ever had on the court, to have won that match, especially with the crowd. The crowd were great. There were just so many people. After watching all those Davis Cups, as well, just watching Lleyton and Flip after the end of the match, I sort of had that, as well, a big crowd behind me.

TODD REID: Is that what he does? I was wondering. Someone told me that. I didn't mean to do that. Sorry (laughter). No, I just thought I would give the crowd a bow. They were just so great during the match.

TODD REID: Yeah. Well, it was just in my quad, a bit in my glute. It was making my leg twitch a bit.

TODD REID: I can't remember (laughter). You might have to go and watch it.

TODD REID: Yeah, that's -- I'm just going to try and get my rest. Maybe tomorrow I'll start thinking about that. He's still out there on the court. But I got to watch a lot of him during the Davis Cup. So I know a lot about his game. You know, he's a great player. He won Wimbledon. Geeze, he finished off the year well last year, as well, so...

TODD REID: I'm not really -- I'm just trying to win matches. I'm not too concerned. I'm 19. This is the first time I've won matches in a Grand Slam. I'm just going to take it as it is. I'm not really going to worry too much about how far I can go. I'm just going to try and do my best. If I win, I win. If I lose, I lose.

TODD REID: There's some tournaments in the States. There's the Masters Series. But I'm not really too sure what I'm going to do yet. I've got to sit down and talk through my schedule after that.

TODD REID: I played Peter Luczak in a practice match, 8-6 in the fifth. That was it. That was the only time. Then when I was about 10. I think I played my mate Mark out there, we went to five sets, yeah.

TODD REID: When I threw up?

TODD REID: No, not really. It just relieved me so much. I was so happy to get it up (smiling).

TODD REID: No. I'll have to have a sit back tonight and have a little look.