Roddick Interview v Federer Australian Open 07

Andy Roddick's hilarious post match interview after being destroyed by Roger Federer in what is said by many to be one of the best ever performances.

I did not edit this video. The music in the background was part of the video file I discovered a few years ago and I simply uploaded it.

Transcript of the interview:
Reporter: Have you ever played anyone so hot as that before?
Andy: He played well. I made some errors but he was definitely coming up with some shots tonight

Reporter: What was it like for you being on the end of that?
Andy: It was frustrating. It was miserable. It sucked. It was terrible. Besides that it was fine.

Reporter: What did JImmy (Connors his coach) say after?
Andy: He gave me a beer.

Reporter: Take us from 4-4 cause up til then you were in the match. Then you got broken.
Andy: Then I broken 3 more times. And 2 more times in the 3rd set and it was over 26 mintues later. Is that about what you saw too?

Reporter: How do you rate Haas' or Gonzalez's chances in the final?
Andy: Slim.

Reporter: You said the gap between you and Roger wasn't getting any wider. In future if you think that will you keep it to yourself?
Andy: No. It's honestly how I felt. Im not gonna kick my own ass. It's not gonna happen. I'm gonna try to keep fighting, keep working. I'll try to take this like a man; he outplayed me, he played a lot better than I did. He deserves all the praise that he gets, not only for how he plays but for how he hanldes himself off court. I'll get up tomorrow and look forward.

Reporter: What did Jimmy say? US Open he got on a real roll too. Did you talk about what to do if Roger got on a roll, change strategy, slow it down?
Andy: There's a lot of strategy talk. but not if you're down 6-4 6-0 2-0. We didn't really talk about that. Oops.

Reporter: You're performance on here is better than on court.
Andy: No shit. If there were rankings for press conferences I wouldn't have to worry about falling out of the top 5 I hope.

Reporter: After a defeat like this do you sleep well?
Andy: Depends how much I drink tonight.

Reporter: How much would you have paid in order to not have to come to the press conference tonight?
Andy: That's about the best question that's been asked. Well I can't really say an amount cause I would have gotten fined 20 thousand dollars (for not coming to the press conference). So it would have to be less than that, right? If we're thinking logically? But it wouldn't be about the money. It would be about running away and not facing it. I would pay a lot of money if people would make stuff up and pretend I said it. But my dad didn't raise me like that so here I am

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[pmo1983]

his last answer is so true.

he continually gets knocked down and keeps getting back up. he has never run away from anything.

i am a huge fed fan but have so much respect for Andy. he is a much better player now than when he was number 1 and i hope he wins another slam. the guy deserves it for hanging around while lesser players wilted to Feds might.

[tangjkd]

@kirsniv for looks, you are right. but I can bet my life that federer's marriage will last and roddick will get a divorce within the next few years.

[Fadibest100]

0.29 "MY ASS IS BEING KICKED"

[davd1986]

@cougarsrule45 Injuries and illness, actually. He's had a small case of mono. I know that, but even without injuries, his game was gonna go downhill. For one reason or another, he stopped being aggressive and you kind of figured 2009 was his last chance for a 2nd title, injuries or not. He could obviously win one more, but it's unlikely at this point.

[cougarsrule45]

@davd1986

Injuries. Since 2009 Wimbledon and then 2010 Indian Wells/Miami (where he went runner up/champion) he's had injuries. Yeah don't mention that eh?

[Dincilo]

in soviet russia roddick beats federer

[FireGirlG]

Best. Interview. Ever.

[davd1986]

@PorpEm90 I agree.

[PorpEm90]

@davd1986 But he has vsd federer in a few finals so if not for Federer then he would have a few more titles wouldn't he? And I was never saying he was the best his clearly not and yeh you're right he won't win another GS.. His just like Hewitt, pushin on and making some more cash

[davd1986]

@xyeDriZZt Semifinal actually.

[davd1986]

@PorpEm90 I hate to repeat myself, but Roddick has lost to many, many players not named Federer in any slam or any regular tournament. To put the blamely on one guy for a guy's misfortune isn't the best thing to do. It's all about matchups.If Borg wasn't around, McEnroe would have won a couple more slams, if Sampras wasn't around, Agassi would have won a couple more, if Agassi wasn't around S. would have won a couple more and cycle continues with pretty much every player fron any era.

[davd1986]

@PorpEm90 I hate when people bring in the ol' 'player x was unlucky that he was in the era of player Y...' Like I said, Roddick has struggled for years now to find any sort of old form, but hasn't, and it is highly unlikely he will. He will most likely end up with a slam. Yes, he has lost to Federer several times at the GS tournaments, but to be the best, you have to beat the best, and again, Roddick has only beaten Federer 2 out of 22 times.