The alternative is me not being at my best, me being out there in the situation where I can do more damage to myself and not be part of more tournaments, ... I'm trying to negotiate a career, how I'm going to go about my profession. Making the wrong decision is going to have big ramifications for me at this stage. |
The ball never came in my range today. I didn't play badly but it certainly wasn't good enough. I needed to settle down, but as soon as I tried to get a rally going, he would take his chances and hit some good passing shots. You've got to credit him with that. |
The challenge is real simple. Most people have weaknesses and most people only have one great shot, |
The challenge is real simple. Most people have weaknesses and most people only have one great shot. Federer doesn't have weaknesses and has a few great shots. So that equates to a problem. You hit it in that corner and that corner and that corner and that corner, over and over again, and you beat him. But you got to do it. |
The court was playing pretty fast, it almost felt like playing tennis with golf balls out there. But I am feeling fine physically. I think need a few more matches before I can start competing better. |
The first set was pretty scratchy but each set my quality picked up. I just hung on and played a good (tie) breaker. |
the match of my life on the day of my life. |
The momentum Robby had going into the fifth, to me, you never know, it might be last set I play here at U.S. Open. |
The third and fourth set, I felt I was a bit living on the edge with my serve. He was getting a lot of good swings at it, had me under a lot of pressure. But the fifth, I had a few good easy hold games and started to relax a little bit more and hit my spots a little bit better, so that helped me to relax on my return games, as well. |
The thought of a Wimbledon trophy being in the hands of somebody with a lot of money is upsetting. |
The wear and tear of the clay-court season is something that has set me back in the past in terms of the grass-court season, and the grass is something that I don't want to miss again. |
There's a lot of people that could step up to help. Wimbledon being one, myself being another. I just don't think you should have a trophy unless you win it. |
There's a lot to like about playing against someone you've known and played against a long time, |
There's a sense of urgency on every point, on every shot. It's an incredible challenge. I certainly didn't have enough today. |
There's always a bit of working out between each player to be done. He got off to a good start and I had to play well to close him out, it felt good to get through that way. |