So far, so good. I'm still in the tournament. I still feel like there's areas of my game that I can work on. |
Sometimes when I was aggressive and came to the net, he actually played some of his better tennis. That sort of made it a little bit tougher out there because then I get a little bit negative and defensive. That's not the best way for me to play. |
That didn't take a lot out of me physically. I felt fine today. I got off to a good start out there, and I've been returning well all tournament. |
That is not the right thing to do in the middle of the game, |
That says a lot about where their passion lies and it's not going to be an easy tie at all. I know Max, he loves this kind of competition. I lost to him in the Sydney Olympics when (he was) playing for Belarus. He played extremely strong that day and he's a great doubles player, so I don't think any of the live rubbers are going to be that easy. |
That's all my focus is on, on Ferrero on Friday, and I've probably been given the opportunity in this tie to crack the whole Davis Cup final wide open on day one. |
That's probably the most pleasing thing out of today's match, ... I get another crack at someone (today). I think that every match I play, I'm hopefully going to get better and better. |
The 2002 final was one of the greatest matches I've ever played. I have good memories of San Jose. I saved a lot of match points, and Andre was in his best shape ever. |
The big thing is when we had the Sydney Olympics in 2000, it was after all the four majors had been played, |
The boys did extremely well over there, they've given us a good opportunity to get through to a semi again. |
The first couple of matches we played, I was one of the top guys and he was on his way up, ... The last few times, we've both been at the top of the game. The biggest one was probably the Aussie Open semifinal. |
The first couple of matches we played, I was one of the top guys and he was on his way up. The last few times, we've both been at the top of the game. The biggest one was probably the Aussie Open semifinal. |
The grass felt very soft but it will quicken up over the next two weeks, |
The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm doing something right. |
The wait didn't fuss me too much. |