Obviously, I like records once in a while. Happy I've made one here. |
Of course, Shanghai gave me a lot of confidence. I feel I'm still playing 2005 season. |
on a beach somewhere. |
Once you're down a set, you're not allowed to make any more mistakes. I'm relieved I'm through. |
Once you've lived through all of that, you're a changed player, |
Perhaps it's not quite as loud as somewhere like Italy or South America, |
Played him here last year and it was much tougher. So this was an excellent match for me, maybe the best of the season. I've had some good matches this year, too, but this was against a top-quality player. I thought everything I really wanted to work really worked. I had a great feeling out there. |
Rafael played a great match, it was tough to lose. |
Serving is so big these days that guys are going to start blocking their [service] returns more, |
So far in this tournament, I haven't lost set before, ... When it happens, you're not ready for it. |
So, hopefully, I can beat those records. That will be even better. |
That doesn't happen very often going into slams, |
That game (at 3-3) was huge, absolutely, |
That game was huge, absolutely, |
That game was huge, absolutely, ... I was not so happy the way I was playing, especially in the second set. Third was getting better, especially after that pass. I really felt that shift in momentum. I took advantage of that. In the fourth set, I started to feel like I'm really in control again where I didn't feel that way at all before. I had the feeling actually momentum was all on his side. |