At the end I got the chance and was able to take advantage of it. |
His serve is lethal, ... When it's on, it's really tough to contest. |
I feel like I am playing well. Obviously, I am not as confident as I would be on clay. But I want to play (well) on all surfaces. |
I felt a little bit tired today, both mentally and physically but I fought for every ball, |
I knew I could come back at him, |
I know I had to play aggressively today. Otherwise I would lose against Juan Carlos. He is such a good player. |
I tried to put him under pressure in the closing games because I thought the pressure of trying to win could affect his first serve, |
I'm very happy, because it's something that I never expected to be in the Top 10 of the INDESIT ATP Rankings. In a year I've gone from being No.40 to Top 10 so I'm very proud of myself. I will keep on working and I'm just proud that I'll always be able to say I've been in the Top 10. It was always something that motivated me, but now that I've achieved it, it just gives me more desire to achieve greater things. |
It definitely does make things more complicated. We know everything about each other. But once you get on the court, there are no friends on the court. |
It was a tough game. I started off well but he was getting better and better. I decided to put pressure on his serve which forced him to make more mistakes. That won me the game. |
It was a very close match the first time we played [this year]. I was playing a little bit irregular at the beginning of the year. I was not as consistent as I would have liked. |
Neither one of us played the perfect game. Maybe you're saying he's going through a bad patch, but everybody does. I'm sure he will win titles again. |
Over the last two years, I didn't play too badly on hard courts. If you want to go higher in the rankings you have to play well on all surfaces. |
That's what tennis is all about. Anything can happen. Until the end of the match, you can't really say it's done. |
That's why he's No. 1 in the world. |