I have to be aggressive. I had to enforce myself on him and not give him as many chances. That's what gave me the break in the second set. |
I haven't had an amazing serving day against him, ... I've played well against Roger from the baseline before, but I haven't had that monster serving day. That's what I'm looking for. |
I haven't played much since Wimbledon. I've been staying in shape, though, and putting in a lot of work on fitness, |
I just felt like the whole time I was trying to find something as opposed to just having it, ... I normally take control of the situations more than that, whereas he was getting first strike tonight. |
I just had to dig deep in the fifth set, and yet again the never-say-die attitude came out. |
I kind of know you're only as good as your last result. |
I knew it was going to be tough because Tommy had been playing really well (and) ... he was trying to push that to a third set. |
I knew it would be tough today, Tommy has been in great form early this year. I'm happy with the way I'm hitting the ball. |
I know what he looks like. |
I let him get into a groove in the second set. He started getting confidence and swung from the hip. If I'd let it go any further in the third he would have gained a lot of confidence and momentum. He's an awkward player to compete against. |
I like where my head was at as far as competing. I played terrible the first set, but I was able to regroup and not lose it. That's a sign of confidence coming back. |
I love playing at night here. The electricity is great. |
I love the energy that surrounds this tournament. You know, there's nothing like a night session here. Obviously, I've gotten amazing crowd support here over the years. |
I love the wind. Awesome. |
I made adjustments with him in mind. You have to make adjustments in mind and apply them to (Federer) and not lose what you're doing against other people. I still have to find a way to get there. (The adjustments) wasn't solely for him, but a lot of it was done with him in mind. I think that's the pressure, to his credit, that he has put on all of the guys. |