It's disappointing, but it's actually more frustrating than anything else, |
My theory on return games is making the guy play as much as possible and if I get a short ball, I'm going to come in and make him pass me, ... But God, he hit a lot of winners and was playing really well. I had to track down a lot of balls. |
Physically I felt great. He didn't put me under that much pressure. |
played tennis because of [Agassi and his peers]. |
The advantage is going to be with guys taking those blocked returns out of the air. Mark my words. |
The conditions were so tough out there, they were so tough, ... I just consider it a victory getting out there and toughing it out and coming through the win. |
The problem I'm battling with is the consistency. I can serve four aces one game and come out the next game, hit a couple of double faults, not make any first serves and get broken. |
The tournaments are saying these guys are costing us a whole bunch of money. At the end of the day, sports are a business, |
This is costing me a lot in pride, too! |
We just have to try to step up and be a little bit better, ... just keep moving the bar up a little bit. |
You know, it's a shame they were so good, ... But tennis was so big in the States because of them. I played tennis because of those guys. You can't really fault those guys for being so good. |
You know, it's a shame. Obviously, all the hype with Andy coming in here, this was his tournament. It's a bummer for the tournament that he lost. |
You've got to make do and try to handle whatever anybody throws at you, ... I just consider it a victory getting out there and toughing it out and coming through with the win. |
[The loss isn't sending Dent home frowning.] I go out there in a match saying, 'This is what I've got today, this is all I can do,' ... It is a little disappointing ... but I'm not too worried about it. Maybe once, you know, I'll curse myself and get back on the job. |
[The second side to this one, according to Dent, was that in Indianapolis he was warming up an hour before his matches and practicing an hour and a half after them.] Working my butt off, so I could play good tennis, ... If you add that up, that's more than playing a Grand Slam. I woke up on Sunday and I was absolutely fried. |