(Fatigue) was only a factor after we had to kill all the penalties in the third period. I liked our competitive level, but we just wore ourselves out. |
[Little wonder Murray began the match with butterflies in his stomach and twitches in his serving arm.] It was intimidating playing someone like Roger Federer, ... I was a little nervous at the start but once I got going it was okay. |
Anybody who wins his first ATP tournament and beats guys as good as Roddick and Hewitt is going to have much more confidence. |
As we told our guys this morning, from what we've seen, this would be the best team that we've played this year so far. And I still feel that way. They're one of the top teams in the Western Conference. But we took advantage of our opportunities, and our penalty killers stepped up. |
At the moment I'm still just in the top 70, so it's not like that at all. |
Before Queens or Wimbledon, if somebody had said I was going to be, whatever, in the top 80 in the world in three months I would have said I'd got no chance, |
But I got a lot of self-belief after I won against some really good players at Queens and Wimbledon, and then I went over to the States and played some smaller tournaments and had a lot of confidence and I won a couple of them. |
Definitely my biggest win. To actually win a match against Roddick is amazing. |
Federer is the best player in the world by quite a long way, ... I don't know what to say. He could be one of the greatest players ever, so to play against him in my first ATP final is a dream come true. Hopefully I can go out and give a good account of myself. If I start well I should do okay, but the first couple of games I might be a little bit nervous. |
Gonzalez makes a lot of winners but he makes a lot of mistakes, |
He had faced 30 shots at that point, and it's like a pitcher in baseball, you have to chart his pitches. |
He has one of the best serves in the game and has won a Grand Slam. These are the sort of matches you want to play because it shows you where your game is. |
He is a good guy and he works very hard. He wants to be a tennis player and I think he has shown he has the talent. |
He is all about substance, character and determination. |
He just seems to be susceptible. |