She mixes up the ball so much you never really get any rhythm, and finally I got a little more consistent and was able to win the big points today. |
She really makes you go for a lot and think about shots. |
She threw in a lot of errors that kept the match pretty short. |
She was very good. She hit the ball very hard and she moves very well and has a good backhand, so that's a tough match. Hopefully I'll be really sharp and on my toes. |
She's a huge fighter. She manages to stay very positive in some bizarre circumstances in matches. |
She's a phenomenal competitor, |
She's a phenomenal competitor. With the amount of setbacks she has with her serve in other matches, she always hangs in there. She's a huge fighter. |
She's given me some problems in the past. In Australia, I was really struggling to control the points, ... Here today, I felt like even some of the games I lost, I was dictating the points, hitting the ball well, not letting her take the balls early and step in. |
She's got weapons; I think she's going to do very well, |
She's obviously a dangerous kind of floater around in the draw. But you've got to play however the draw is made. |
So even though I didn't play a great game at 2-3 in the second and put a few errors in and got broken, I was able to come back right away and finish off with four really solid games. |
Someone said she served at 125, 126 (miles per hour) here. So I have to learn some more about her. |
That quite often has been the case, |
That really made a difference, ... I've always struggled a little bit here because there's no backdrop. I lose my depth perception. |
That was a big test for my back. It was really important just to play some matches and hopefully get the rust out of my game. Obviously, to win the tournament and going into New York with that under my belt is a great feeling. |