Obviously I wanted to do better in terms of going a bit deeper into the tournament, |
Obviously, I've been working hard back home and putting a lot of time on the court and in the gym, but when you step out on the match court it is the next level, |
One of us is going to win and one of us is going to lose but it won't be the be-all and end-all. |
Our media is possibly the worst in the world. |
The best way for me to win the tournament is just to worry about my game. |
The second set was the key, |
The work that I did to get through those two matches, to lose this is pretty tough to swallow. |
There were times in 2005 when I was sick of tennis but I looked at it in the context of over 20 years competing. My school holidays used to be about which tournaments I'd play in. It's human nature to get just a little bored with it and that is the first time it had happened to me. |
There's no doubt it's been a difficult 15 or 16 months and that's been probably dominated more by back problems than my results on the court. |
They said, 'It's up to you. You don't have to play now. We're like, 'Now you tell us. What option have we got? If we don't play, we're not going to sleep before 3 or 4 o'clock, and then we've got to play today and Saturday. |
Those guys probably have separated themselves (from the rest). Maybe I wouldn't put Federer in the same bracket as the other three, he's had such a superb season. |
To be honest, the goal was to qualify for Houston. |
To get the result is a huge boost. It was a good one to finally win. |
To lose my serve at 40-love - he hit some great shots but you can't let that happen - that was the turning point of the match. |
Today I didn't feel anything. There were no aches and pains, no twinges. Second point going up for the smash I'm thinking this could hurt, but fortunately it didn't and that's a good sign. The next 24 hours is still important, but I do feel confident that I'll react okay. |