U.S. OPEN

September 4, 1994

Todd Woodbridge

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Well, I didn't really lose the match. The score line showed that I lost the match. I did nothing wrong to lose the match from being ahead. Not much I can do about it. He hit two great returns on match point and unreturnable serve; an ace and a winner to get out of the tiebreak; then he lifted himself and tiebreaker, in the fifth, so you know, I really I didn't-- I didn't play badly, I didn't do anything wrong, so I am very happy with the way I played.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: I thought I serve, volleyed well the whole match on big points. That is what I was going to try again. Put a real good serve in, 109 on the clock. I volleyed it around my shoes. He put it right around my shoes; came back twice as fast. As I said, if I was to go back and do it again, I would probably do the same thing again, and you know, the result probably will be eight out of ten would have gone my way if I would have put a good serve in like I did.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: No, I don't think I have looked ahead once. I felt like he started playing a little bit better and he -- next set, once he won that set, he played better again, and he changed his game too. He started to come in and he started to slice, which he actually sliced really well. Had a lot on it, quite hard, and he changed his game and worked himself into the match.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: It was windy and quite breezy. It is probably not as bad as it is in these two courts here because they have the circling effect with the stadium. We had -- it was quite strong, but blowing sort of one way all the time; didn't have to worry about the swirling effect.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Sort of cross down-court.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: I served well and he served well, something neither of us had a lot of trouble with. So I think we both handled the wind pretty well. Had a good standing over the match. It wasn't a lot of errors and things like that. It was good tennis.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Yeah, everybody does. You got to change from end-to-end quite often. You are serving downwind and into the wind; you got to put the ball in a different position above your head to get more on.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Not if you got a good serve, no.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Well, I didn't see the other guy's matches. From what I heard, they felt that they didn't play as well when they led 2-Love. They let hit slip a bit. Today I don't think I did that. So it is just tennis, you know, it is one of those things.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: 6-4 in the third set tiebreak, my serve at 6-4.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Served out wide to my backhand.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: He served; just get my racket on it; then he served an ace; then another clean winner off a first serve.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Him?

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Well, I mean, he made a few, I don't know what the stats were. I felt like I did well today. He made a few good ones off second serves where he just powered them and passed me, but you know, that is his strength, basically. That is where he plays his best when he gets those.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Well, I think I played the best that I have played today than what I have played since I was 30 in the world, so for me it's a great sign. And, you know, we have already-- I have talked in the locker room with my coach and he said "whatever you do, don't go home and get too disappointed because it was the best I have seen you play in two years," so I have got to try and take that on and come back tomorrow and I am still in two other events and play with as good an attitude as I played today and then I will get back to 30; then if I get to there, then I will try to get better.

TODD WOODBRIDGE: Well, I think that is another event. We always try to do as well as we can. To get to the 16th here coming from a qualifier would have been a big thrill and a great effort. But still, I have still done well and had a good tournament. If someone would have said when I was at the first round quallies that I would have lost 7-6 in the fifth third round, I probably would have laughed.

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