I told myself, 'don't be nervous, it's a big chance to play there, the whole world is watching'. I took advantage of that every second I was out there. It was so much fun for me. |
I took advantage of every second I was out there. It was so much fun for me. |
I took some risks, and maybe sometimes I was also lucky. |
I wasn't even close to breaking him. In the second set, I start to return better and also I felt that he wasn't serving as good anymore. I had good chances. I got a little bit too excited on the set point. I regret nothing. |
I wasn't ready for that. I didn't know that I can have so much impact on the people. |
It wasn't the tennis, I think it was something in the head. |
It's good to beat Roddick. But then if you play in the next round ... like I did today, it doesn't change anything. |
It's kind of funny, ... Tomorrow I'm going to play with him and Thursday I'm going to play against him. |
It's tough. The other guy [Muller] played out of his mind, I thought. You run into someone that good in the first round. But this is life. |
My country is so small, ... that it takes five minutes to get to Germany, five minutes to get to France, and five minutes to get to Belgium. The country is like one big family. It's completely different from New York. I really like this city, but after two or three weeks, I need to get out of here. |
Nervous? ... No, not nervous. Just get out there and hear the noise, it was an amazing feeling. It's so nice. |
On Thursday we cannot be friends on the court, ... But then after we can go and drink one beer together. |
Roddick is a big guy in the States, but I see him in the locker room. He's just another player. |
The most important thing was that I stayed focused and calm the whole match. I took some risks and it went for me. |
They told me that tomorrow they'll make big deal out of it, but try to forget what happened yesterday, and stay focused on your doubles, and they stayed focused on your match, the singles. It's nice to see people so much interested in you, you still have to focus on what you have to do. |