32 ordspråk av Mariano Puerta
Mariano Puerta
I wasn't nervous about coming here to play in France. When I stepped out on court, I felt the fans were supporting me.
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I'm happy, ... I have some expectations to do well at this tournament, I have a small chance to qualify for Shanghai (the year-end Tennis Masters Cup), so I want to try to win this tournament.
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I'm really angry, I've started investigations with my lawyers, ... In my opinion, it's strange because nobody from the ATP or ITF has called me.
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I'm very angry because this is a very delicate subject and it's very strange because no one has called me ... not from the ATP or the ITF,
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I'm very happy reaching the quarterfinals again after a few weeks. Now I have one day off to practice and then I can attack fully in the quarterfinals, ... I think I played more consistent and concentrated than him. We had a lot of rallies and I felt great on the court today.
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In the beginning of the match I was not feeling good. It's great to play the Masters, and I was very close. It's really a pity. I'm very disappointed. I'm very disappointed, that's what I feel.
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It's news to me,
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It's very probable that I won't be able to go to Shanghai,
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My aim now is to qualify for the Masters Cup.
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My position has always been that I did not deliberately or knowingly ingest any prohibited substance. I find it extraordinary that it could ever be thought satisfactory a person's livelihood can be terminated in circumstances like these.
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My position has always been that I did not deliberately or knowingly ingest any prohibited substance. The tribunal accept that the substance ... entered my system entirely inadvertently and without my knowledge as a result of accidental contamination by an over-the-counter medicine which my wife was taking.
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Now I have one day off to practice and then I can attack fully in the quarterfinals,
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That gave me a lot of strength.
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The allegations didn't affect me. I played as well as I could. He just played better.
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There was nothing I could have done better to beat him.
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