It was an extremely tough match, ... I really had to earn it . |
0-8, 0-9, what's the difference? |
A lot of the guys these days are pretty one-dimensional, |
Against Taylor, it was a totally different match-up. There were a lot of short points the way that Taylor plays so, even though it was three and-a-half hours, physically I felt fine today, |
Anytime you're playing in a final you want to win any kind of tournament on a Sunday. It's always nice to be in those championship matches. |
At the moment it's a bit disappointing. It'll probably hurt for a few days, I'd say. |
Back when I first started, it seemed that I kept bumping into a lot of other Australians. It's something that I haven't done in the last couple of years. |
But I got better and better as the tournament went on. At the moment, I'm feeling quietly confident. |
But in the clutch moments I played pretty well. That was probably the best I played, when the pressure was actually on. That's a good sign, but I haven't really served well the last couple of days and hopefully it can improve tomorrow. |
But, obviously, Tim beating Marat the other night, that gives him a lot of confidence, beating a guy, you know, who's one of the best ball-strikers out there. He served really well today, and volleyed exceptionally well. |
David played incredible to make the final in his first ever grass-court tournament - that's even better than John McEnroe. |
Especially big ties. When we've played the finals before, quite often I'd played the Masters Cup and the whole indoor circuit and a lot of matches and maybe I was physically run down a little bit going in, |
Even at 5-3 on his serve, I still had a break point. I couldn't convert that, but the whole third set I felt like I was pretty much in command, |
Every time I go out wide to plant my foot and go to throw the lob up, I can't. |
Every tournament I've played so far this year I've put myself in a position to win. The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm obviously doing something extremely right. I've just got to take that next step to hold up the trophy. |