During those finals, I was just not good enough. I knew my time would come. |
He can change the pace of the serve, he's serving high kicks, he's serving big bombs, he's serving with slice, so it's very hard to get a rhythm on the return. |
He pushed hard early on and I decided to play more aggressively in the second set. |
I am surprised with what I have done but I have been pretty confident since the tournament started, |
I beat the defending champion from last year and I think that today the conditions were tough for both of us, ... It was our first match on clay so the tennis was not that pretty. But I'm pretty happy with the win because I remember the Davis Cup from last year when it was two sets all and I lost 6-0 in the fifth set, so this one was payback time. |
I don't have an explanation for today's game. I felt good going into it, but somehow things did not work out. |
I have already played him three times and I knew what to expect from him. I was hanging in there waiting for my chances. |
I have found my rhythm and am winning matches, which is the most important thing. |
I needed some time into the game, but in the second and third sets I played great tennis, |
I never expect an easy match but today it was easy... I played my best tennis with an excellent service game. I have never served eight straight aces before. |
I saw him playing in Queen's and know he played a couple of good matches. |
I should have closed the first set in the tiebreak earlier than I did, but I tried to stay positive all the way through and I think that was the difference between us today. |
I should have closed the first set in the tiebreak earlier than I did, but I tried to stay positive all the way through and I think that was the difference between us. |
I was simply luckier today, |
I'm in the final, I'm excited and fired-up. |