WESTERN AND SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP MASTERS

August 7, 2004

Andy Roddick

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I mean, it's disappointing. But he played -- I mean, he played great. I was hanging on the whole time. He didn't really give me an open look, you know. There weren't a lot of unforced errors, and that's as clean as someone's hit the ball against me. So props to him.

ANDY RODDICK: It's pretty disappointing. Yeah, it's not good.

ANDY RODDICK: I could have returned a little bit better. I wasn't giving myself a shot. Especially second serve returns. But that being said, every time I did make a second serve return, he was just killing it to the other corner. So I don't know. I mean, "Would have," "Could have," "Should have." But he played too well for me tonight. He was the better player; he deserved to win.

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. I'm gonna save myself some money and not comment on that.

ANDY RODDICK: I feel fine. Actually, last two nights I felt a lot better than I did, you know, early on in the tournament. I was kind of struggling a little bit physically and mentally. But, you know, last night and tonight I felt pretty good.

ANDY RODDICK: We didn't really say much. It was just, you know, I said, "Well done. That was too good." You know, he said something. I couldn't really hear anything, to be honest.

ANDY RODDICK: I already answered that. I'm not going to talk about it. I'd like to keep my prize money from this week. I mean, it didn't really make a difference because a couple of them, it was just -- it was surprising. It wouldn't have affected the outcome of the match most likely. It was just a little frustrating.

ANDY RODDICK: I don't know. It's tough. You know, obviously with, you know, the electricity that was out there, you know, each point was magnified, you know, more so than, you know -- it was a pretty highly anticipated match. You know, there are a lot of factors that go into making it kind of a good match, and they were all there tonight.

ANDY RODDICK: Not really. He's the best returner of all-time. You know, it's... That would be like you asking him if he was amazed that I served hard.

ANDY RODDICK: Well, those people aren't too intelligent. If you know one thing, it's not to write Andre Agassi off. You guys had him written off seven years ago. So, you know, he thrives on that. You know, I'm disappointed that I lost, but part of me is happy that he just kind of, you know, just -- he let his racquet do the talking, and it's saying something.

ANDY RODDICK: I am going to be amazed if I can walk up the stairs fast when I'm 34, much less play that level of tennis. Yeah, I mean, it's amazing. I can't even imagine myself out here 13 years from now, you know, competing with the best players in the world. That just seems, you know, amazingly farfetched. But it's weird to think when he started on tour I was three or four, and he's still out here playing at this level. So, I mean, that's pretty amazing.