I really liked our start tonight and our focus. |
I said most of my things after the first and second periods. I said my piece and it was time for them to come up with an explanation. ... We just weren't very good. |
I started erratic. My first service game I was up 40-15 and then lost it for him to race to a 3-0 lead after he held serve. When I won my second game, I started to relax more. You feel like you have to go for it against him and I was going for the lines too much. |
I think everybody just has to keep everything in perspective. I had a great year last year but I'm still only 18 and I'm playing against guys who are still higher ranked than me and have much more experience. |
I think his versatility is great for us and allows us to do different things. So at this point in order to say that he would play center or wing, I think he's the type of player that fits into whatever your team needs. |
I think I pushed Federer in the second set. |
I think so much credit goes to the Blues and how they're playing right now. They're playing as hard as any team in the league. |
I think we've stayed fairly consistent in our approach. We play the same system in Manchester. Bruce Boudreau coached there for seven years there and coached the way we like to coach up here. And now that Jim Hughes is (there), he's doing the same thing. |
I thought both goalies were good tonight, ... Their goalie was miraculous. It was an intense hockey game. |
I thought I had a few chances and it gives me a lot of confidence knowing that I can compete with the best players in the world when I've still got so much to work on, ... I have got a lot of self-belief now with my tennis. It's quite intimidating playing a guy like Roger, who is one of the greatest ever, but as soon as I got going I was OK and I thought I had my chances in the second set. |
I thought Sean had a great game. He's a very underestimated hockey player. I'm not pleased with the penalty at the end. But I'm looking at the positives Sean did today. |
I thought we had a lot of great performances, but we needed them because we had a lot of weak performances tonight, |
I thought we played pretty well, we did have chances in the first and we were a break up in the second, but they were very experienced and they put the balls in the right place. |
I told them how we played in the last 12 minutes would be important. Most teams would like to have the lead in the last 12 minutes in Dallas. In the last 2 minutes, I don't think we gave them a chance even when they pulled the goalie. |
I was a little bit tired at the beginning of the final set, so I started to drink (an energy drink) and always when I drink it I start to feel a little bit sick, ... I took too much and felt like I was going to burp, then yuk! It's very tough to go and hold your serve after taking a break as long as that but I got back on track. |