SONY ERICSSON OPEN
Date: 2007-03-28

SONY ERICSSON OPEN

March 28, 2007

Andy Roddick
KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA
The Moderator Questions, please.

Question Could you just take us through what happened? Was it the volley that you hit?
Answer No, he hit a volley behind me, and I kind of lunged at it, and I just kind of jarred something at first. And the more and more it started becoming like a sharp pain, and then I started feeling it even when I was just kind of cruising around the court, not even in points.
You know, it didn't help, I was landing on that leg on my serve. I couldn't really get around the forehand. So yeah, that's about it.

Question So what is it?
Answer I don't know. They said -- I'm going to go get an MRI, but it's just upper I think the medical term is "the bottom of my ass hurts." (Laughing)

Question Have you felt anything at all this week?
Answer No. I never even had a strain in any part of my leg before really. Not for six years or so, so this is a new one for me.

Question Was that in the fourth game or the fifth game, do you know?
Answer I don't know. I was on the side away from where we walk out. It had to be like the third or fourth, I don't know.

Question Was it that volley that landed on the line or right close to the line?
Answer Yeah, I hit a passing shot, he hit a volley, stuck it behind me and I kind of lunged that way. I think that's when it happened.

Question So how do you feel emotionally?
Answer Well, it's disappointing, but right now I just want to focus on getting better. Obviously we have a pretty big weekend next weekend. And that's obviously playing a part in this process. I'm sorry, I'm just kind of concerned about that.

Question (Indiscernible.)
Answer No.

Question When did Davis Cup -- you get hurt, when did Davis Cup enter your mind?
Answer Immediately. Immediately. Yeah, I was thinking about it when I was out there.

Question It didn't look like you could play much longer at that level, but had you not had the Davis Cup in your mind, could you have played longer?
Answer Probably. I don't know. It wasn't getting better. It was getting worse, which isn't a good sign. You can do ifs and all, but the bottom line was it was definitely in my thoughts and in my head.

Question Andy, when you came in and had the medical break, it looked like you had a spring in your step, like I could get through this. Were you optimistic or still pessimistic after the break?
Answer Did I? Was I like --

Question It seemed like you came out like you were ready to go.
Answer Did I? No, I didn't think so either. I don't know. Maybe it was a good bluff or something. I don't know, it didn't take long when you saw me hit that first overhead though. That didn't really help.

Question Is it special for you to see Cañas beat Federer two times?
Answer Is it special for me?

Question Yes, because you tried to beat him, and he arrived from nowhere and he beat him two times, is it strange for you?
Answer Strange? I think it's strange for everybody, isn't it?

Question What is your feeling?
Answer I don't really have a feeling, it doesn't really have much to do with me, to be honest. I'm as surprised as everybody else. I think you watch the matches and take what you can from it, but I really don't see what that match has to do with me.

Question It looked like when you first -- for the changeover you didn't immediately call for a trainer, or did you?
Answer No, I didn't. I mean, sometimes you get little things throughout the match and you can kind of play through them. Maybe you're just like sore or something, so you want to play through them. You don't want to sit around, you want to try to give it a go.
When I came back and sat down, I was down 4-3 or something, like I said, I was starting to feel it when I was walking, and I had to run for a couple of backhands that game and it wasn't really working out so well for me. There were a million things going through my mind, but I thought it would be best to call him in.

Question So when you went off court, did you get a massage from a trainer?
Answer Uh-huh, on my butt.