I'm in the final, I'm excited and fired-up. I felt the power and support of the crowd and I just did it. |
I'm satisfied with my form this week, but I'm not happy yet. I'll try for that tomorrow. I had couple of weeks off and I'm hungry to play and hungry to win. |
I've lost three finals before this one and I'm very happy that I won. When I got up in the morning, I knew this was going to be my day. I played my best match in a long time. I controlled the match until the end. |
In the beginning of the second set, he looked to be a little tired and I felt fresh. At the time he showed he was a little tired, I was the one who controlled the game. |
It feels great. I will remember this day forever. |
It was a good win but what I am aiming for is a title and not just another semi-final or final. |
It's very tough to break him because he has a very big lefty serve, |
Jonas played a perfect match today, ... I was caught up by his very quick playing from the beginning with his kick serves, his returns, passing shots...all of them were so powerful. He didn't let me play much, he controlled the game and played very aggressively. |
That was the crucial part of the match. It gave me a lot of confidence because before that I was really nervous. |
The first set was very tough, Luis played incredible well and I wasn't close to getting a break point. I had to survive and hang in there waiting for my chances. The chance came right away in the second set, and I picked up my game and I was controlling it until the end of the match. |
The key moment was the tiebreak. I was more aggressive and I managed to put him under a lot of pressure from the baseline. |
This feels great, I have been waiting so long for this day after losing my first three finals. |
This year has been very, very difficult but the way that I have been feeling this week is the best I've felt since the clay court season in 2004, |
When you made me a dark horse, you gave me some extra motivation. |
Whether it came early in the set or in the tiebreak, I knew it would come. |