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１月２６日。メルボルン。Andy MurrayがFernando Verdascoに６２、１６、６１、３６、４６。

言い訳：

試合の展開について：
●"I had my chances. He served incredible in the fourth and fifth sets. Even though I didn't play my best, in the second set and the beginning of the fourth set, I had chances to get back into the fourth set. Also had a chance to go up in the fifth set."

●"I think in the match, it's kind of similar to when I lost to Tsonga last year. I think I won more points throughout. So I obviously did have my chances. But sometimes guys serve too well or hit the ball too big. He played great when he was behind."

相手のサーブについて；
●"He served huge. He started serving like, 215 plus on a lot of his first serves. The fourth set, I think he served like 93% first serves. Sometimes you've just got to say too good, and he played better than me."

●"He's confident just now. Maybe he's thinking a little bit more on the court. He definitely was serving way better. When I played him in St. Petersburg, he doublefaulted like seven out of his first nine service points or something. He's serving huge serves today. That's probably the one thing that was better today than when I played him in the past."

●"The return's the best part of my game, and he didn't give me too many chances, which he had done in the past."

●"I don't think it was a physical thing why he won the match. He hits the ball very heavy from the back of the court. Because he was serving put a huge amount of first serves in, it was tougher for me to get inside the baseline, especially from the far side of the court where the wind was blowing."

●"The consistency of his first serve was pretty awesome for the last two, three sets. A lot of times he's sort of just kicking the serve in and putting a lot of slice on it and not going for too much. But he started to go for it huge in the fourth and fifth sets. He served very well when he was behind, which he hadn't done against me in the past. I wasn't necessarily expecting him to serve that well because it's not something that he's known for. But when he serves like that, he's going to be very tough to beat."

相手のボールについて：
●"If you watched the breakpoint, I had to escape and hustle a lot of balls back. But I just couldn't sometimes get close enough to the baseline because he was hitting the ball so heavy."

●"You can't go for winners from three, four meters behind the baseline. If I could have got closer to the baseline, I would have had a better chance. But he hit the ball too big today."

自分の体調について：
●"It wasn't a physical thing why I lost. Even after being sick for the last few days, I thought I still came through the match well."

●"I don't think it was anything to do with physical, concentration or my game. He played too good for me. That's what happens. I'm not here to try to make excuses for why I lost."

●"If you're sick, there's some things you can't do as well as you might like. But you just have to deal with it. If you go on the court and play, then, you do everything that you can with what you've got. If it's good enough, it is. If not, unfortunately you're going to come out on the wrong side of the match."

▼「チャンスはあったけれど、Verdascoのサーブがこれまでになく良くて、ヘビートップスピンのボールがとても重たく、ベースライン内側に入っていくことが出来なかった。風邪の影響もあったけれど敗因は彼の好調なサーブにつきる、、」といった内容▼記者会見全文：http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/interviews/2009-01-26/200901261232959052593.html▼上記以外にもコメントとして、「惨憺たるものとはまったく感じてなかった」（"I didn't feel terrible at all."） とか、「大惨事ということでもない。まだいいプレーしているわけだから。競った試合で良いプレーヤーに負けたというだけのこと。」（"It's not a disaster. I'm still playing well. I lost to a good player in a very close match."）といたって淡々とした様子。