WIMBLEDON

June 26, 2002

Andy Roddick

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. But no Grand Slam matches are ever easy. I thought I played pretty well. The scoreline might indicate that. But it's just a win is a win any way you get it.

ANDY RODDICK: I served well. I thought pretty much all around there were no really lapses, you know. When I needed a point, I pretty much got it today. That's always nice on grass. You definitely have to take your opportunities.

ANDY RODDICK: Not really. I mean, I think if you prepare differently for every tournament, there's no consistency and there's nothing really you can rely on. Obviously on grass you want to work a little bit more on returns and different shots than you would on clay. But as far as, you know, day-in and day-out preparation, it's pretty much the same.

ANDY RODDICK: The best thing about tennis to me?

ANDY RODDICK: The cheerleaders. Wait, there are none. I don't know. I just love to compete. I'm pretty competitive at anything, you know. You know, I like the competition of you versus someone, you know. Kind of one-on-one is nice.

ANDY RODDICK: Depends on how much longer I'm at SW19. So I'm heading home after this.

ANDY RODDICK: I mean, you watch it.

ANDY RODDICK: There's a big scoreboard everywhere. You know, not much else to do, sitting around a smelly locker room. So, you know, you pay attention to what's going on.

ANDY RODDICK: It varies. I mean, at home I think it's a matter of consistency and building up something. I mean, it's -- you know, I try to do something every day. Does no good if you run five miles one day but then don't do anything for the rest of the week. I try to do some cardio and probably weights every other day - some sort of cardio, running, biking, whatever.

ANDY RODDICK: Not as much as I used to. I just haven't been playing much. I mean, the big games that I normally play are pretty decent games. You don't want to go over there if you're not playing for a couple of months and stink it up. Maybe if I have some more time.

ANDY RODDICK: Like I said the other day, it was my match to win or lose. I didn't feel like he was going to come out and just straight out beat me. I thought I was going to have a lot to do with the result one way or the other.

ANDY RODDICK: Well, it was tough. But at the same time, I'm really hungry right now. You know, I haven't gotten the number of matches. I want to step out there, I'm really ready to go, I'm fired up.

ANDY RODDICK: Well, it does put more pressure, but I'd like to think, you know, it goes both ways. So, you know, it's definitely going to be tough. I haven't played a grass courter yet in this tournament. It's definitely going to be, you know, my toughest match to date. But I feel like I'm playing well, and we'll see how it goes.

ANDY RODDICK: Huh-uh.