from the official web site of Wimbledon 2004
Roddick Rues Missed Chances
Sunday, July 4, 2004
Andy Roddick, after his first Wimbledon final, promised: "All is not lost
because I lost today. I still had a hell of a run and proved Roger is not
invincible, but he is pretty close."
The Wimbledon No.2 seed won the first set with his attacking game plan. "I was
just taking it to him," he said. "I wasn't wanting to get in rallies where he
could do his thing, come up with spectacular stuff. I went out and I tried to
take it to him. I was successful most of the time. And then a couple of key
points I wasn't. That was about the difference in the match. I didn't want him
to control anything out there. I wanted to play the match on my terms."
Despite losing the final, the American said: "I'm growing more confident in my
abilities. I do have a backhand and can hit it well. That's not a shock any
more, at least not to me. Volleying is still an area where I can try to improve
more but I think that progress has been made.
"I proved a lot to myself today. I thought I took it to him and played the game
the way I wanted to. I just came up short. It was a couple of points here and
there."
Roddick revelled in the occasion of playing in a Wimbledon final. "I went out
there and felt great. I had so much fun playing that match because it was such
a grudge match of one versus two," he said. "It was nice to get out there. It
was great. There is no place like it. That's the most prestigious court that
I'll ever have the chance to play on. To compete in a final and know there's
some kid out there [in the US) watching me at 'Breakfast at Wimbledon' the way
I used to, it's a pretty cool feeling."
Praising his Swiss conqueror, he said: "Not only is he fast when he gets to the
ball, you can have no play on it and make something out of it. I think he is
unparalleled as far as that skill goes. A couple of times he picked them off
his shoe strings. Definitely, he is great at doing that and keeping himself
alive in points. He has an aura about him, there's no doubt."
The defeated finalist joked about the traditional Wimbledon Champions' dinner
that is attended by the Men's and Women's Champions. "I just want to know how
long Maria Sharapova's skirt is going to be. Is it going to be short? Is it
going to be long? I'm disappointed I won't get to see that. I might just sneak
in and crash the party. I'll bring the beer man, let's go."
Written by Barry Newcombe
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作者: ORANGEsoda (賺錢賺到爆肝) 看板: AndyRoddick
標題: Re: [新聞] Roddick Rues Missed Chances
時間: Tue Jul 6 02:25:39 2004
A-Rod果然是A-Rod
不管是賽後感言還是事後訪問都充滿了他的幽默
就像他說的
以結果而言他確實是輸了
不過看了今年Federer其他所有比賽跟男單這場的人
想必也都被Roddick的成長震懾了
他竟然把無敵的Federer壓制住了！
他向他自己還有全世界看了這場比賽的人證明了狠多事
其中包括了他驚人的實力跟心理層面的高度成長
不過這篇報導裡面我覺得最讚的
是A-Rod講到他自己在反手拍方面的進步那邊
"I'm growing more confident in my abilities. I do have a backhand and can hit
it well. That's not a shock any more, at least not to me."
it's not a shock to us any more either.
u do have a great backhand now！ XD
順便說一下小感言
在這場比賽裡面讓我自己覺得他真的狠棒的地方
是決勝盤Federer的發球局
雖然眼看著Federer勝利在望
全場的人大概也沒有人覺得他有可能贏
我自己也狠沒志氣地覺得這局狠危險了
但他的表情還是一點點的放棄都沒有
還是閃閃發亮 眼神只注視著球
倒也不是那種覺得自己會贏的執念
而是一種要發揮享受盡力到最後的灑脫
對於勝利的執著當然是狠重要
但能看到他降只是專注於網球本身的喜悅
更讓我覺得開心
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不曉得他有沒有順利看到Sharapova穿的超火辣金色小洋裝 XD
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