Roddick in Rare Form Saturday in Miami vs. Chair Umpire
Andy Roddick Saturday in his post-match conference in Miami, talking about a requested line-calling video replay when the Hawk-Eye replay system would not work:
ADHEREL
REPORTER: What did happen on that one call? We were all confused. It just said, “call stands.”
ANDY RODDICK: I’m glad you were confused, too. At least I had company. I hit a ball, and I said, ‘Well, let’s take a look at it.’ We stood around for a while looking confused, and then I see on the board it says the original call stands. I felt like it was talking directly to me. I would have liked some advance notice.
So I just looked at the umpire, he said, ‘Original call stands.’ And I go, ‘Oh, you can read, too. That’s good.’ Then I asked him on the switch-over, and I said, ‘Okay, I’ve seen it before where it kind of shorts out for a second and then it’s not working at all.’ I said, ‘Is Hawk-Eye down right now?’ He said, ‘No, it was just for that shot.’ I said, ‘Well, that sucks.’
He said, ‘Well, it’s tough on me. You don’t know how it is on me.’ I’m like, ‘It’s not going to matter to you at the end of the day.’ I go, ‘Forgive me if you can’t see my tears. They’re there for you.’ But I was like, ‘It doesn’t matter to you. For me, it’s tough, man. Feel free to jump in there any time. You don’t need a machine. I’ll give you permission.’
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