45 ordspråk av Jeremy Bates
Jeremy Bates
Andy can inspire other players coming through the ranks as he is about their age,
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Andy is playing at a different level and his quality of play is well above his ranking of 110,
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Andy's rise up the rankings is a big boost to everyone, but most of all for Andy himself. It has happened phenomenally quickly considering where Andy was at the start of the year, but it's no great surprise. The signs were always there that Andy would become a top-class player. He is not going to rest now. He will keep going for it.
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Federer is rightly one of the biggest sportsman in Switzerland and his win at the US Open will heighten the home interest in the tie, ... It's fantastic to be playing against him in his own country.
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Having said that, I think that in any Davis Cup tie you look to where your most likely points will come from and where your tougher opposition will be. It's a bit like being a football manager. I have to look to where our best chances are and pick my team around it.
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He is an outstanding player, and some of the shots he retrieved were super- human. We need to get the message of reality across of what is needed at this level.
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He is not the type of person who will shy away from any pressure situation, which he has already proved in Davis Cup, in Wimbledon and finals of tournaments already in the last year. He's desperate to play in front of his Scottish fans.
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He's an inspiration to the other players trying to follow in Andy's footsteps,
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He's gone from no stage to centre stage in a very short period of time,
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I believe in meticulous planning and I know who will be starting the matches. Indeed, my opinion hasn't changed on the matter since the US Open earlier this month.
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I do not need to see Slovakia in (this year's) final to know the opportunity is out there,
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I don't believe in giving up on anything,
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I don't think the Swiss will have been expecting (that),
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I feel 10 times better than then. To expect three days out of Andy was obviously too much.
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I feel they (the Swiss) did not expect what they have seen and it puts a bit of pressure on Wawrinka to perform first.
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