Tennis Pros: Hilarious Replies and One-Liers

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Over the years, we have watched great tennis players who have played some beautiful tennis. But they have also given us great replies and one-liners. So, here we take a look at that. 

Andy Roddick will definitely contribute to the list. Go A-Rod.

Hilarious Questions and Replies

After Wimbledon win, Roger Federer had this conversation with an interviewer:

Interviewer: "After you had won Wimbledon, you were given a cow called Juliette when you returned to Switzerland. Is there another Juliette waiting for you?"

Federer: "I hope not. By the way, Juliette is expecting a calf."

Interviewer: "Congratulations!"

Federer: "Thanks, but I’m not the father."

Before US open '05, Roddick was asked:

Interviewer: "What are your chances in the US Open?

Roddick: "As good as anybody not named Roger."

Another Roddick gem:

Interviewer: "You have a very fast serve."

Roddick: "It killed a small dog."

After which comment, he claimed he was joking because she was not laughing at all...

Roddick: "I'm joking, I am joking...The dog was huge."

The press conference he did after losing to Roger in the Aussie '07 SF...had some interesting transcriptions...

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, because up 'til then you were in the match. Then you got broken."
Andy: "Then I broken three more times. And two more times in the third set, and it was over 26 minutes later. Is that about what you saw too?"

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

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 five 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 because I would have gotten fined $20,000 (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."

The last one of his replies; Roddick was invited to some show, and the conversation with the host was like this:

Host: "Do you have any hint for me? Did you bring me present of any sort?"
Roddick: "A present?"
Host: "Yeah"
Roddick: "It's compulsory?"
Host: "Ya, Great Agassi came to the show, and he gave me the racket he won the   Davis Cup with."
Roddick: "Really!!"
Host: "You didn't bring me anything?"
Roddick: "I CAN'T BRING YOU SHIT..."

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."

One-Liners

Now, some good one-liners:

"It's just unreal, I'm shocked myself. I've played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody. It's a match for him to forget...and for me to remember!"
—Roger Federer, after defeating Andy Roddick in the AO '07 SF

"Hey—you guys with the ladder. If you come here I'll buy you pizza."
—Andy Roddick, calling out to firefighters in the process of rescuing Roddick and other hotel guests from a fire in Rome.

"I've got to feel good because (Djokovic) has got about 16 injuries"
—Andy Roddick on Djovokic's injuries.

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