80 ordspråk av Marat Safin
Marat Safin
It will be quite difficult, you have to do something special against him (Federer), he is so far from all of us,
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It's been a tough week for me. But I am satisfied with my game.
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It's kind of difficult. It (the knee injury) is still in my head. When you feel some pain in some movements, you try to avoid those. After the first couple of games, I tried to forget about it and focus on the game.
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it's more actually [that] I need to hold it. I need to hold these feelings and I need to hold it for a long time, as long as I can. Because now it looks like I found my game, I found the confidence that I was missing for past six months. I'll try not to lose it again.
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It's still very painful, I have to think about every movement on the court, cannot hit the balls as I would like to,
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Maybe I went for it too much, ... I started to make mistakes and I became frustrated as he became more solid.
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Of course, it's very frustrating to see the umpire making a clear mistake but he doesn't want to change his mind no matter what.
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Roger [Federer], he brought tennis... one level higher. Normally he toys with everybody. With all respect to other players, he does whatever he wants on the court against them. It's incredible what kind of game he can play.
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That's the situation I am right now, I cannot ask for too much of myself. I have to think a little bit more about my knee.
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The first set was a bit tough because I hadn't played a match for six months. You are unable to decide where you have to move, when you have to go to the net, whether to put pressure or stay back. I was a bit lost and tense because I knew that I had a chance.
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The injury wasn't serious. But unfortunately I stopped playing too late. After Wimbledon I was advised to stop for two or three months but I did not take the advice.
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The knee is not yet ready.
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There was so much wind, it was tough to play good tennis. I'm having trouble getting my confidence back. But I'm working hard and trying to do it.
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This is the best start I've had,
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To be honest I think he ran out of gas. When I broke him in the third set I think his belief went. He was missing that extra step and he could not cope.
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