AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 20, 2005

Andy Roddick

THE MODERATOR: First question, please.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I mean, you never expect to play nights like that. I saw the stat sheets, 50 winners and 8 errors, or something obnoxious like that. You don't really expect that, especially going against a guy like Greg who makes it extremely uncomfortable out there.

ANDY RODDICK: Well, maybe probably here when I played Taylor last year. Beat him 2, 0 and 2. These matches were pretty similar, I think. I felt like I was seeing the ball pretty well from early on and, you know, I tried not to second-guess it.

ANDY RODDICK: Well, my intent -- my intent is always there. It's just the, you know, kind of -- making that intent go to work for you. You always want to return that well and play that well. But, you know, tonight it was just clicking for me.

ANDY RODDICK: No, you know, we had a relationship before we got together, I mean, with the Olympics and with Davis Cup, you know. So I was pretty comfortable with Dean from the get-go. We're pretty low-key. We work hard. Kind of stay mellow. It's going well. I'm really happy with the team I have around me right now.

ANDY RODDICK: There's like four on tour these days and I got three of them (smiling). Yeah, Jurgen is extremely talented. We all know that. He's going to come out, he's going to hit some amazing shots. I kind of just have to try to stay the course, you know, stay solid, try to hold on to my service games.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. Well, he's still there. Yeah, I think he can. I mean, with, you know, with his aggressive mindset, with his serve, you know, I don't see why he wouldn't be able to. You know, it's not like, you know, back-court movement is totally a key part of his game. You know, as long as he can hit that serve and hit a first volley, he's going to beat a lot of guys.

ANDY RODDICK: I forgive you.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, it was a little weird because I felt like I had almost been dominating the match to that point. All of a sudden we're one set all. You he know, it didn't seem right, but I just kind of tried to regroup and, you know, really try to stay the course in the third set because otherwise it could have gotten away from me. So I think it was good to kind of stay calm and regroup.

ANDY RODDICK: Yes, that's just lucky. There will be some time this year where I'll have something like that go against me. You know, was just lucky. It's unfortunate for him.

ANDY RODDICK: Yes. I did an event with Reebok when I first got here where we ended up raising $10,000. Lleyton, Roger and I all donated stuff for auctions. When we get back to the States, I think they're going to release the press release in the next couple days, but we're doing an event in Houston with myself, Jim Courier, John McEnroe and Chrissy Evert. Proceeds will go to that as well.

ANDY RODDICK: Really soon. I think the Tuesday after here. I'll be flying straight back, getting off the plane, walking onto the court, playing. Then got a nice two-and-a-half-hour drive home. Hopefully. Hopefully, that's the way it works out. Got to think positively.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, probably. I was there for a week. Got there on New Year's Day. I was there for seven days. You know, I understand that he has a family and, you know, he needs to see his kids. So we'll definitely, you know, probably go half and half on it. I'll be spending a lot of time in Boca most likely - or more time.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. It's something, you know, we went at it in the off-season. You know, we hit it pretty good. I think it's showing out there. I'm moving a lot -- almost lighter, without forcing it as much. I can kind of feel it. It felt good out there tonight.

ANDY RODDICK: Never, no. If I was going to do it, it would be with someone like Greg where the points are going to go fast on both sides. So it's not totally shocking, but I haven't played that before.