He amazes me how far down he can dig, |
He can keep his spin, but I'd rather take away his speed ? or make him right-handed. Any one of those things would change the dynamics dramatically. I'd first go speed, (and) then I'd go right-handed; then I'd go spin. On clay it's different. Spin would probably be right up there with the speed. On hard court, I can take the ball early and I didn't have much issue with that, but I did have issue with his ability to use his speed to get a hold of a point; and then he wouldn't let go of it once he had it. |
He deserves support. I just hope it's a great standard match. He's always been a real dangerous player. You never know when somebody comes of age. Certainly watching his wins over the last couple weeks have been great, not only here but also in New Haven. There's no question he's doing something better than he used to. |
He kept raising his game, ... He had me under a lot of pressure. He went through a stretch there where I was lucky if every third point I was in the point. I mean, he was hitting ace after ace. |
He outplayed me in the fourth. I was hoping to do something different in the fifth and it felt great. |
He plays the game in a very special way that I haven't seen before. |
He plays the most breakers because his hold game is that good and he struggles that much on the ground game, |
He was controlling the ball and controlling the pace. I pretty much got what I deserved. |
He was more awkward than I anticipated, |
He was out-hitting me. I wasn't reacting well to the ball. He hits a heavy ball and a big forehand return. |
He was pulling triggers, and I could feel if I didn't step up my game he was going to control what was going on out there, ... It was a high quality first set. I snuck a break out of nowhere. I knew I had to lift my game, and I did as the match continued. |
He was really hitting the ball clean and big and making me feel like I was a step behind on all of my shots, ... ... It was quality tennis and the tennis stayed pretty high throughout. |
He was really hitting the ball clean and big and making me feel like I was a step behind on all of my shots, ... I overreacted to that and started pressing too much and hitting too big just to try to hang with him a little bit. And I lost my rhythm. |
He was serving well, playing really smart, taking chances on my second serve. If there's anything to fault him on it's not closing me out in the second, it's going away in the third. |
He was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice |