I have said it before, that if every week was like this, I would never retire, |
I hear them, but I probably don't hear them as much as they'd like me to. They ask me afterward, `Did you hear when we said this?' 'Did you hear when we said that?' 'We did this chant,' |
I heard the Blake chant and I decided mentally I'd start the match over. I would try to dictate more points because playing defense clearly wasn't working. |
I hope that's kind of the reason they put me on this team, was that I hope the rest of the teammates have the confidence in me to deal with the pressure of playing a fifth match. I'm feeling pretty good about the way I'm playing. Hopefully, I'll do the same on Sunday. |
I know I won't be able to enjoy my title too much, |
I know I'm not in a Hollywood script, otherwise I probably would have won a lot more this year, ... I just think this is all the hard work I've been putting in, all the time I've spent on the court, in the gym. |
I know I'm not in a Hollywood script, otherwise I probably would have won a lot more this year. I've always known I had a chance to go deep in a major or go and win a tournament and play with these guys because I can put together a good set here, a good match there. I don't think of it as fate or anything. I think it's a lot of hard work. |
I know I'm pretty proud of myself, |
I know if I were in the stands, I'd be cheering for him, too, ... Because he's a great champion in every sense of the word. |
I like to think I keep getting better. I feel like now I'm playing as well as I did when I was 20-something in the world. It's been a while since I've really felt like I have played this well. |
I look forward to playing a guy like (Haas). He is someone who really has been at the top of the game and whether or not his ranking states it, he is one of the top players in the world, ... Beating guys like the way I have the last two days makes me think I can hopefully do some good things the rest of the week here and the next two weeks at the U.S. Open. |
I love it. I love an atmosphere where people are a little bit biased. |
I need to return really well. His serve is a joke. He can ace you right out of a match. |
I needed to show everyone else that I'm confident and show everyone what I'm made of, ... I feel like I've been back in the game for a while. |
I never faced Pete (Sampras) in a match. I think from watching, his is the best serve ever. And he is the only guy that I would probably not take the bet that he would so often offer in practice -- he's down love-40, says '10 bucks, I still hold serve.' I probably wouldn't even take that against him. So many times he would come back and win. He would just put it on the dime. I also wouldn't take the bets when we were just practicing our serves, he put just a tennis ball can on the other side, and says, 'A hundred bucks for who hits more.' That's not a safe bet with him. |