2008年01月28日
ジョー・ウイルフォード・ツオンガ（全豪08）
Sunday, 27 January, 2008
ツオンガはジョコビッチに6-4、4-6、3-6、6-7で惜敗でした。英語はこれからなんでしょうか、短い記者会見でしたが今大会で自信を深めた様子（そりゃそうですね）。鳥肌が立つほどの観衆の熱狂だったそうです。
言い訳：
ジョコビッチがプレーとプレーの間の25秒を目一杯利用してツオンガの集中をはずした（審判にも文句言ったそうですが）。
Q. What are your thoughts after the match? What are you thinking?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Lot of things. I'm very proud of myself. I'm happy for Novak, because he played unbelievable today. I don't know if I have to be sad or happy of this final, but I feel great.
Q. What was your feeling coming in? Were you nervous at the start of today's match?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: No, no, no. I was okay. Like every day. Very relaxed. I don't know what say. I think Novak played very good today, and it was tough.
When you have a match, you have one player and one opponent, and you don't know who's gonna win. At the end, all the time you have a winner. So today was Novak.
Q. Now that you've been in the final, how hungry are you to be back in a final again?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: It's just unbelievable because the crowd was unbelievable. A lot of noise and everything. I had frisson (goosebumps). It was crazy (smiling).
Q. You seemed quite happy about the amount of time he was playing between points. You mentioned it to the umpire. Do you think it's fair the gap between points?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, sometimes, you know, when you have to return, you are like this (ready). When your opponent take a lot of time, you go for be ready, and after not, and you are like this (back and forth). When he serves, you are not ready because you are like this (back and forth).
It's very difficult. Between points you have like 25 seconds for play. When it's 40 seconds, the umpire have to say something, you know.
Q. How does it feel to be in the top 20?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Pretty good (smiling).
Q. Does this give you the confidence now to maybe break into the top 10?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, of course, of course. Not everybody can beat player who I beat. So I know Richard or Youzhny or Rafael, they are very good player. And beat them, it's very difficult, and I did it, so...
Of course, I'm confident now.
Q. How good was it having your mom and dad fly over for the match?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: For me it was very important, because one of the dream of my father, it was to come here, and I did it, so it's good.
Q. It was a dream for him to come here to see you play?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah.
Q. How long has he been speaking about that?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Since a long time. I don't know. I cannot say the time. Maybe since I play tennis.
ツオンガはジョコビッチに6-4、4-6、3-6、6-7で惜敗でした。英語はこれからなんでしょうか、短い記者会見でしたが今大会で自信を深めた様子（そりゃそうですね）。鳥肌が立つほどの観衆の熱狂だったそうです。
言い訳：
ジョコビッチがプレーとプレーの間の25秒を目一杯利用してツオンガの集中をはずした（審判にも文句言ったそうですが）。
Q. What are your thoughts after the match? What are you thinking?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Lot of things. I'm very proud of myself. I'm happy for Novak, because he played unbelievable today. I don't know if I have to be sad or happy of this final, but I feel great.
Q. What was your feeling coming in? Were you nervous at the start of today's match?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: No, no, no. I was okay. Like every day. Very relaxed. I don't know what say. I think Novak played very good today, and it was tough.
When you have a match, you have one player and one opponent, and you don't know who's gonna win. At the end, all the time you have a winner. So today was Novak.
Q. Now that you've been in the final, how hungry are you to be back in a final again?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: It's just unbelievable because the crowd was unbelievable. A lot of noise and everything. I had frisson (goosebumps). It was crazy (smiling).
Q. You seemed quite happy about the amount of time he was playing between points. You mentioned it to the umpire. Do you think it's fair the gap between points?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, sometimes, you know, when you have to return, you are like this (ready). When your opponent take a lot of time, you go for be ready, and after not, and you are like this (back and forth). When he serves, you are not ready because you are like this (back and forth).
It's very difficult. Between points you have like 25 seconds for play. When it's 40 seconds, the umpire have to say something, you know.
Q. How does it feel to be in the top 20?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Pretty good (smiling).
Q. Does this give you the confidence now to maybe break into the top 10?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, of course, of course. Not everybody can beat player who I beat. So I know Richard or Youzhny or Rafael, they are very good player. And beat them, it's very difficult, and I did it, so...
Of course, I'm confident now.
Q. How good was it having your mom and dad fly over for the match?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: For me it was very important, because one of the dream of my father, it was to come here, and I did it, so it's good.
Q. It was a dream for him to come here to see you play?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah.
Q. How long has he been speaking about that?
JOWILFRIED TSONGA: Since a long time. I don't know. I cannot say the time. Maybe since I play tennis.
2008年01月27日
アナ・イバノビッチ（全豪08）
Saturday, 26 January, 2008
アナ・イバノビッチがマリア・シャラポバに5-7、3-6でストレート負け。グランドスラム大会の決勝進出が２回目のイバノビッチは、負けてもいたってポジティブ。若くて駆け出しということが大きいのでしょうか、学ぶことがたくさんあったといたって健康的なコメント。記者会見もフレンドリーな印象です。
言い訳：
１）第一セットではチャンスがたくさんあったがそうした機会を利用することが出来なかった。それによって、シャラポバは逆に自信を深めてしまった。
２）大事な場面でフォアハンドのミスをたくさんやってしまった。一方、
３）サーブやフォアハンドの調子が落ちたときを上手く利用されてしまった。
４）シャラポバのサービスが良かったので、リターンがとても難しくチャンスがなかった。精神的に参った。
５）ドロップショットのミス連発など打つべきショットの選択を間違えた。
使えそうなフレーズもありました；
１）I managed to hold my nerves really well.（ナイス・キープなんて日本語ではいいますけど、Holdでしょうね。英語圏では）
２）She was a break up, and then I broke her back.（ブレークバックは素人もプロも同じ）
Q. How was the feeling of your second Grand Slam final compared to your first?
ANA IVANOVIC: It was definitely a better experience. I won more games. It's a little bit disappointing because I thought I had a lot of chances in that first set but didn't use them.
But, you know, still, it's a learning experience for me. I fought hard, you know. I just felt a little bit let down with my forehand, made some big mistakes in crucial moments.
So, you know, that wasn't something I was hoping for. But, still, she played well and she had a great tournament.
Q. Was anxiety and nerves ever a factor out there?
ANA IVANOVIC: No, not really. I really felt comfortable out there. I wasn't too nervous at all.
Obviously in the beginning, like everyone other match, but I managed to hold my nerves really well out there today. I was serving quite well, and on some occasions I would a little bit drop.
But she's a tough opponent and she saw, you know, when I had troubles with my serve or with my forehand and she used that well.
Q. Did you think she played well today?
ANA IVANOVIC: I think she played well. She was a little bit nervous, I would say. She had also chances in the beginning of the first set. She was a break up, and then I broke her back.
Yeah, and then I still had some chances on my own, and she still fought hard and played some good tennis and managed to win that first set, and I'm sure that gave her confidence.
Q. Was the heat on center court, did that have any effect on you at all?
ANA IVANOVIC: Not at all. I practiced hard in Sydney in December, and it was really hot. Today on the court was much warmer than any other day, but still, you know, I enjoyed it. It wasn't bothering me at all.
Q. You said all tournament you haven't really played your best tennis here in the last few weeks. Was that the case again today? If so, what do you need to work on?
ANA IVANOVIC: No, I felt I played some good tennis in these two weeks. You know, that gave me a lot of confidence. Today, you know, just in some important moments I, you know, misshit a lot.
You know, I knew I had to be aggressive, and that type of game will obviously cause more mistakes. That was the case, and I just made maybe few too many mistakes.
But, you know, it's definitely a great experience for me. This position I was in, you know, it was my second final, Grand Slam final. So it's something, you know, I can learn from, and this experience helped me. She was in this situation more times than I was.
Q. Her serve was outrageous today, barely losing a point.
ANA IVANOVIC: Yeah, it was a little bit disappointing for me because she was serving so well. It was hard for me to control the returns. I tried to focus on my serve, and I managed to hold my serve most of the times.
But, you know, it's very hard because I didn't get many chances on her serve, so it was a little disappointing for me.
Q. Did you regret the dropshot most of all?
ANA IVANOVIC: Yes, it hurts, I can tell you that (laughter). Yeah, it was a little bit poor shot selection, I would say.
Q. Sometimes in sport you need to have a loss like this to give you incentive for the next time, maybe like Maria had last year. Will you build on this one now and work on next year?
ANA IVANOVIC: For sure. I already felt much better, you know, in today's final than I felt in the French Open final. So it's something very positive.
And obviously I was emotional out there and I was really disappointed I couldn't take these chances I had. But, you know, at the other hand, I'm still young and I still think I have a lot of Grand Slam finals in front of me. So it's just a learning experience and learning process.
And, as I said, I wasn't in these situations many times. Only last year was that I had opportunity to play against top players in the big occasions, so this was one of them. It's definitely you know, it hurts a bit now, but I'm sure I can learn from it.
Q. Did Novak get a chance to speak to you before you went out to play today?
ANA IVANOVIC: No. No, I haven't seen him at all. I mean, he had great win last night. He played some good tennis. You know, he has good chance in the final. Tsonga is also playing very well. I'm sure it's going to be very interesting. But I hope he can take title for Serbia.
Q. Will you stay to watch it?
ANA IVANOVIC: Unfortunately I have to leave tomorrow afternoon because I have to play Fed Cup.
Q. Can you see more Grand Slam final encounters with Maria?
ANA IVANOVIC: I'm almost certain of that. We had already quite a few matches against each other. She's a great competitor. I'm sure she will do well in the future, as well.
You know, I really feel I'm also improving my game and I'm learning how to be a top player. These situations help me.
So I'm sure we'll have plenty of opportunities to play against each other in the final of a Grand Slam.
Q. You're going to play Fed Cup. It will be the first time?
ANA IVANOVIC: No, I played Fed Cup two years ago. We were also in a group in Bulgaria. Yeah, I think it's just a pity that we have such a good team with Jelena and myself. I think we can get out of that group and get into the World Group. I think we deserve place in it (smiling). So hopefully this year we can get out.
Q. Do you enjoy this Grand Slam more than any other one you've played in yet?
ANA IVANOVIC: Every Grand Slam is very special. It's very hard to pick one.
But I love Australia. I have relatives here so, you know, I just feel very comfortable here. And I feel sort of, you know, playing in front of Aussie crowd is like playing in front of home crowd. So I think that's the biggest difference between all other Grand Slams.
Q. What does Australia Day at Mentone hold for the rest of the night? Barbecue out the back?
ANA IVANOVIC: Yes. How did you know (laughter)? Yeah, because as I already mentioned before, my uncle has a birthday and it's Australia Day. We gonna go to their place. I think they're already preparing some barbecue.
Yeah, I really hope they won't mention much about the match today because I don't know how happy I will be to talk about it.
But, you know, still we gonna try to have fun. It was great two weeks for me, so we can celebrate something.
アナ・イバノビッチがマリア・シャラポバに5-7、3-6でストレート負け。グランドスラム大会の決勝進出が２回目のイバノビッチは、負けてもいたってポジティブ。若くて駆け出しということが大きいのでしょうか、学ぶことがたくさんあったといたって健康的なコメント。記者会見もフレンドリーな印象です。
言い訳：
１）第一セットではチャンスがたくさんあったがそうした機会を利用することが出来なかった。それによって、シャラポバは逆に自信を深めてしまった。
２）大事な場面でフォアハンドのミスをたくさんやってしまった。一方、
３）サーブやフォアハンドの調子が落ちたときを上手く利用されてしまった。
４）シャラポバのサービスが良かったので、リターンがとても難しくチャンスがなかった。精神的に参った。
５）ドロップショットのミス連発など打つべきショットの選択を間違えた。
使えそうなフレーズもありました；
１）I managed to hold my nerves really well.（ナイス・キープなんて日本語ではいいますけど、Holdでしょうね。英語圏では）
２）She was a break up, and then I broke her back.（ブレークバックは素人もプロも同じ）
Q. How was the feeling of your second Grand Slam final compared to your first?
ANA IVANOVIC: It was definitely a better experience. I won more games. It's a little bit disappointing because I thought I had a lot of chances in that first set but didn't use them.
But, you know, still, it's a learning experience for me. I fought hard, you know. I just felt a little bit let down with my forehand, made some big mistakes in crucial moments.
So, you know, that wasn't something I was hoping for. But, still, she played well and she had a great tournament.
Q. Was anxiety and nerves ever a factor out there?
ANA IVANOVIC: No, not really. I really felt comfortable out there. I wasn't too nervous at all.
Obviously in the beginning, like everyone other match, but I managed to hold my nerves really well out there today. I was serving quite well, and on some occasions I would a little bit drop.
But she's a tough opponent and she saw, you know, when I had troubles with my serve or with my forehand and she used that well.
Q. Did you think she played well today?
ANA IVANOVIC: I think she played well. She was a little bit nervous, I would say. She had also chances in the beginning of the first set. She was a break up, and then I broke her back.
Yeah, and then I still had some chances on my own, and she still fought hard and played some good tennis and managed to win that first set, and I'm sure that gave her confidence.
Q. Was the heat on center court, did that have any effect on you at all?
ANA IVANOVIC: Not at all. I practiced hard in Sydney in December, and it was really hot. Today on the court was much warmer than any other day, but still, you know, I enjoyed it. It wasn't bothering me at all.
Q. You said all tournament you haven't really played your best tennis here in the last few weeks. Was that the case again today? If so, what do you need to work on?
ANA IVANOVIC: No, I felt I played some good tennis in these two weeks. You know, that gave me a lot of confidence. Today, you know, just in some important moments I, you know, misshit a lot.
You know, I knew I had to be aggressive, and that type of game will obviously cause more mistakes. That was the case, and I just made maybe few too many mistakes.
But, you know, it's definitely a great experience for me. This position I was in, you know, it was my second final, Grand Slam final. So it's something, you know, I can learn from, and this experience helped me. She was in this situation more times than I was.
Q. Her serve was outrageous today, barely losing a point.
ANA IVANOVIC: Yeah, it was a little bit disappointing for me because she was serving so well. It was hard for me to control the returns. I tried to focus on my serve, and I managed to hold my serve most of the times.
But, you know, it's very hard because I didn't get many chances on her serve, so it was a little disappointing for me.
Q. Did you regret the dropshot most of all?
ANA IVANOVIC: Yes, it hurts, I can tell you that (laughter). Yeah, it was a little bit poor shot selection, I would say.
Q. Sometimes in sport you need to have a loss like this to give you incentive for the next time, maybe like Maria had last year. Will you build on this one now and work on next year?
ANA IVANOVIC: For sure. I already felt much better, you know, in today's final than I felt in the French Open final. So it's something very positive.
And obviously I was emotional out there and I was really disappointed I couldn't take these chances I had. But, you know, at the other hand, I'm still young and I still think I have a lot of Grand Slam finals in front of me. So it's just a learning experience and learning process.
And, as I said, I wasn't in these situations many times. Only last year was that I had opportunity to play against top players in the big occasions, so this was one of them. It's definitely you know, it hurts a bit now, but I'm sure I can learn from it.
Q. Did Novak get a chance to speak to you before you went out to play today?
ANA IVANOVIC: No. No, I haven't seen him at all. I mean, he had great win last night. He played some good tennis. You know, he has good chance in the final. Tsonga is also playing very well. I'm sure it's going to be very interesting. But I hope he can take title for Serbia.
Q. Will you stay to watch it?
ANA IVANOVIC: Unfortunately I have to leave tomorrow afternoon because I have to play Fed Cup.
Q. Can you see more Grand Slam final encounters with Maria?
ANA IVANOVIC: I'm almost certain of that. We had already quite a few matches against each other. She's a great competitor. I'm sure she will do well in the future, as well.
You know, I really feel I'm also improving my game and I'm learning how to be a top player. These situations help me.
So I'm sure we'll have plenty of opportunities to play against each other in the final of a Grand Slam.
Q. You're going to play Fed Cup. It will be the first time?
ANA IVANOVIC: No, I played Fed Cup two years ago. We were also in a group in Bulgaria. Yeah, I think it's just a pity that we have such a good team with Jelena and myself. I think we can get out of that group and get into the World Group. I think we deserve place in it (smiling). So hopefully this year we can get out.
Q. Do you enjoy this Grand Slam more than any other one you've played in yet?
ANA IVANOVIC: Every Grand Slam is very special. It's very hard to pick one.
But I love Australia. I have relatives here so, you know, I just feel very comfortable here. And I feel sort of, you know, playing in front of Aussie crowd is like playing in front of home crowd. So I think that's the biggest difference between all other Grand Slams.
Q. What does Australia Day at Mentone hold for the rest of the night? Barbecue out the back?
ANA IVANOVIC: Yes. How did you know (laughter)? Yeah, because as I already mentioned before, my uncle has a birthday and it's Australia Day. We gonna go to their place. I think they're already preparing some barbecue.
Yeah, I really hope they won't mention much about the match today because I don't know how happy I will be to talk about it.
But, you know, still we gonna try to have fun. It was great two weeks for me, so we can celebrate something.
2008年01月27日
ダニエラ・ハンチュコワ（全豪08）
Thursday, 24 January, 2008
ダニエラ・ハンチュコワがアナ・イバノビッチに6-0,3-6,4-6で逆転負け。イバノビッチを讃えることもなく気のない握手をして逃げさるように会場を後にしたハンチュコワ。記者会見でもネガティブ・パワー炸裂の様子です。彼女もライジング・スターとして出てきてから随分と時間がたってしまったような、、。記者たちの質問も彼女との対立的な構図からなのかどこか意地悪なにおいがします。いろいろあって大変だったんだと思いますが懸命にポジティブに生きようとしている様子もうかがえますが、完璧主義者とか言われているようですし、このままだとどこかで折れてしまうようで少し心配。プロテニスプレーヤーも人気商売ということで立ち居振る舞いや物のいい方についてもうまくやれば彼女にとって得なんだ、、ということを気づかせてあげることができないものでしょうかね。ヨガでもやればいいのでしょうか。容姿も実力もトップクラスなのにちょっと残念。
言い訳；
１）敗因をここで説明できるくらいなら、試合中に実行してゲームの流れを変えていたわよ。
２）こういった試合で勝つためにはラッキーだって必要でしょ。
３）ぞんざいな握手をしてしまったのは、こんな負け方をしてただただ試合会場を去りたかったからだけなの。（気持ちは分かるんですけど、、子供たちも見てるわけだし）
４）２バウンドのショットを打ち返してしまったのは自分のミス。でも確かに見たわ。
５）イバノビッチが自分のサーブをリターンするときに、奇妙な音（テニスシューズのソールをきしませているような）を立てていたことに文句を言っても審判が何もしてくれないのは不公平ではないか。サーブを妨害していると思う。
Q. Have you ever played as well as you did in that first eight games?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: I think so, yeah. I wasn't really surprised. I did just like yesterday tactically, whatever I had to do to get to that point of the match. I was just really pleased the way I was doing things until that point.
Q. How did it get away from you?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Good question. If I knew that I think I would have changed it while I was still on the court. You know, that's tennis. Sometimes you can do I think all the right things, all the best things. Maybe you just need a little more luck to get through.
Honestly I thought I was very close. I had a great opportunity but it just didn't happen for me today.
Q. How hard is it to accept a defeat after you started so well and you were up 80.
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: I was up 20. Yeah, it's tough. It's very disappointing at the moment, but I think with days to come, I think I will go back and look at the tournament as a very positive thing. I think it gives me a lot of hope for the whole year.
I think I proved once again, myself, that if I play my game I can beat anybody. Just a matter of doing it for the whole match.
Q. You've said before that you're very, very hard on yourself, you're a perfectionist. So have you gotten better at not being so hard on yourself, and will this be the hardest one of all to get over?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, definitely. I think I got much better in that. I mean, obviously right after match, especially match like this, you are going to be disappointed no matter if you are perfectionist or not.
But I think now I'm much more aware of how to take things and how to learn from them. Definitely this match today, it's going to be great experience for me in order to learn something new, and hopefully I can improve that in the matches to come this year.
Q. Do you think Ana's experience to get to the French Open's final last year came into play at all?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Well, definitely she had experience being in the semifinal of a Grand Slam. Obviously it was a new situation for me, but I think considering that situation I came up playing pretty well, I thought, especially the beginning of the match. There was nothing wrong with that.
So I wasn't really afraid of the situation. I think I did the right things. And, yes, just one of those days.
Q. After such a long match, you had a very cursory handshake there at the end. Was that the disappointment, or had she done something to displease you?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: No, no, no, absolutely. It's just tough, tough to accept that you lose. So I just, you know, wanted to get off the court as soon as possible.
Q. Did you have any issues with the double bounce or the...
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, I thought it was a double bounce, but maybe it was just my mistake. I should have played the point anyway.
Q. So you actually saw it double bounce, though?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah.
Q. Did you raise that with the umpire?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, but she told me it was just the one bounce, so there was no point to argue at that time.
Q. What about the way she squeaks her feet when she returns?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, that's ridiculous, I think. I was really surprised with that. I think it's unfair. It's a distraction to the server. Yeah, we played before and she never did it.
Q. Did you say anything to the umpire?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, in the first or second service game, but she didn't do anything about it. I don't think that was very nice.
Q. Is that something you've come across anyone else doing, or that's the first time that's happened?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah.
Q. When she had the last challenge and she stopped the ball and she didn't play the last point, then you had made the point. Instead you replayed, and then you didn't say anything at this moment.
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Talking about luck today, I think there was no point. I think I saw also a couple of net cords that really the ball was going so much out, and it came back up to my side.
It was just one of those days that everything was going against me, but I felt like I still, you know, kept trying, kept fighting. You know, I mean, what was I supposed to do? It was over. It was no point of fighting with the umpire or whatever.
Q. How do you break down the final with Maria?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: It's going to be interesting. I mean, you know, it's tennis, so it can go either way. It's going to be interesting. I can't predict anybody.
Q. Do you still think you look at this tournament as a breakthrough?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Well, definitely I think it's been a great experience. I had a wonderful time here. And, once again, it just showed me that if I do the right things I really belong to the top, and right now I think it's just a matter of time, doing more work, consistent basis, and hopefully I'll get more chances in a Grand Slam to break even further.
ダニエラ・ハンチュコワがアナ・イバノビッチに6-0,3-6,4-6で逆転負け。イバノビッチを讃えることもなく気のない握手をして逃げさるように会場を後にしたハンチュコワ。記者会見でもネガティブ・パワー炸裂の様子です。彼女もライジング・スターとして出てきてから随分と時間がたってしまったような、、。記者たちの質問も彼女との対立的な構図からなのかどこか意地悪なにおいがします。いろいろあって大変だったんだと思いますが懸命にポジティブに生きようとしている様子もうかがえますが、完璧主義者とか言われているようですし、このままだとどこかで折れてしまうようで少し心配。プロテニスプレーヤーも人気商売ということで立ち居振る舞いや物のいい方についてもうまくやれば彼女にとって得なんだ、、ということを気づかせてあげることができないものでしょうかね。ヨガでもやればいいのでしょうか。容姿も実力もトップクラスなのにちょっと残念。
言い訳；
１）敗因をここで説明できるくらいなら、試合中に実行してゲームの流れを変えていたわよ。
２）こういった試合で勝つためにはラッキーだって必要でしょ。
３）ぞんざいな握手をしてしまったのは、こんな負け方をしてただただ試合会場を去りたかったからだけなの。（気持ちは分かるんですけど、、子供たちも見てるわけだし）
４）２バウンドのショットを打ち返してしまったのは自分のミス。でも確かに見たわ。
５）イバノビッチが自分のサーブをリターンするときに、奇妙な音（テニスシューズのソールをきしませているような）を立てていたことに文句を言っても審判が何もしてくれないのは不公平ではないか。サーブを妨害していると思う。
Q. Have you ever played as well as you did in that first eight games?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: I think so, yeah. I wasn't really surprised. I did just like yesterday tactically, whatever I had to do to get to that point of the match. I was just really pleased the way I was doing things until that point.
Q. How did it get away from you?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Good question. If I knew that I think I would have changed it while I was still on the court. You know, that's tennis. Sometimes you can do I think all the right things, all the best things. Maybe you just need a little more luck to get through.
Honestly I thought I was very close. I had a great opportunity but it just didn't happen for me today.
Q. How hard is it to accept a defeat after you started so well and you were up 80.
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: I was up 20. Yeah, it's tough. It's very disappointing at the moment, but I think with days to come, I think I will go back and look at the tournament as a very positive thing. I think it gives me a lot of hope for the whole year.
I think I proved once again, myself, that if I play my game I can beat anybody. Just a matter of doing it for the whole match.
Q. You've said before that you're very, very hard on yourself, you're a perfectionist. So have you gotten better at not being so hard on yourself, and will this be the hardest one of all to get over?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, definitely. I think I got much better in that. I mean, obviously right after match, especially match like this, you are going to be disappointed no matter if you are perfectionist or not.
But I think now I'm much more aware of how to take things and how to learn from them. Definitely this match today, it's going to be great experience for me in order to learn something new, and hopefully I can improve that in the matches to come this year.
Q. Do you think Ana's experience to get to the French Open's final last year came into play at all?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Well, definitely she had experience being in the semifinal of a Grand Slam. Obviously it was a new situation for me, but I think considering that situation I came up playing pretty well, I thought, especially the beginning of the match. There was nothing wrong with that.
So I wasn't really afraid of the situation. I think I did the right things. And, yes, just one of those days.
Q. After such a long match, you had a very cursory handshake there at the end. Was that the disappointment, or had she done something to displease you?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: No, no, no, absolutely. It's just tough, tough to accept that you lose. So I just, you know, wanted to get off the court as soon as possible.
Q. Did you have any issues with the double bounce or the...
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, I thought it was a double bounce, but maybe it was just my mistake. I should have played the point anyway.
Q. So you actually saw it double bounce, though?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah.
Q. Did you raise that with the umpire?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, but she told me it was just the one bounce, so there was no point to argue at that time.
Q. What about the way she squeaks her feet when she returns?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, that's ridiculous, I think. I was really surprised with that. I think it's unfair. It's a distraction to the server. Yeah, we played before and she never did it.
Q. Did you say anything to the umpire?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, in the first or second service game, but she didn't do anything about it. I don't think that was very nice.
Q. Is that something you've come across anyone else doing, or that's the first time that's happened?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah.
Q. When she had the last challenge and she stopped the ball and she didn't play the last point, then you had made the point. Instead you replayed, and then you didn't say anything at this moment.
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Talking about luck today, I think there was no point. I think I saw also a couple of net cords that really the ball was going so much out, and it came back up to my side.
It was just one of those days that everything was going against me, but I felt like I still, you know, kept trying, kept fighting. You know, I mean, what was I supposed to do? It was over. It was no point of fighting with the umpire or whatever.
Q. How do you break down the final with Maria?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: It's going to be interesting. I mean, you know, it's tennis, so it can go either way. It's going to be interesting. I can't predict anybody.
Q. Do you still think you look at this tournament as a breakthrough?
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Well, definitely I think it's been a great experience. I had a wonderful time here. And, once again, it just showed me that if I do the right things I really belong to the top, and right now I think it's just a matter of time, doing more work, consistent basis, and hopefully I'll get more chances in a Grand Slam to break even further.
2008年01月27日
ラファエル・ナダル（全豪08）
Thursday, 24 January, 2008
ラファエル・ナダルがジョー・ウイルフォード・ツオンガに2-6、3-6、2-6で惨敗しました。会場インタビュアーをつとめるジム・クーリエからも新たなスター誕生と絶賛されていました。モハメド・アリの再来かと思わせるような容姿とボクシングのヘビーな一発を思わせるプレースタイル。たしかにスター性を感じさせます（名前もジョーだし日本的にもボクシングですね。明日のジョー）。けれどおもしろくないのはラファでしょう。以下インタビューでも少ないボキャブラリーで不満をこぼすとともに、今日のツオンガのプレーは本当の実力ではなく、幸運だっただけだろう、こんなプレーがいつも出来るわけないともコメントしてます。不満をこぼしてもこれでは審判とも記者会見でもやりあうのはちょっと無理のように思います。英語の先生をつけたほうがいいのか、それともこういう感じで不満をためつつやっていくのかな。いい男だし勝ってるうちはこれくらいでもいいかもしれませんが、やっぱり世界のラファですから英語も強くなってほしいですね。
言い訳
１）ちょっとはミスもあったけどすごいサーブ。あんなの信じられない。
２）打つフォアみんなエース級。
３）ボレーだってあんないいパッシングショット打ったのに、それをあんなドロップショットで切り返せるものだろうか。信じられない。
４）やるべきことは全て試した；遅いボール、早いボール、ベースラインより内側に入って打ってみたり、グッと下がって打ってみたり、今日はどれも上手くいかなかった。
５）フェイク・サーブされた（通訳を介して）。審判に文句こそいわなかったけど、これはおかしい。
Q. Obviously you're not very happy. What happened to your game out there tonight?
RAFAEL NADAL: Nothing.
Q. Nothing?
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't think so, no? We have to accept today. He played unbelievable. Playing very hard the ball every time, serving unbelievable. Sometimes he miss. In the backhand he didn't miss not one. Forehand, every time he does the forehand was winner, so congratulate him. That's it.
Q. You never seemed to be able to get into your rhythm.
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I was in rhythm, no? But the true is I don't have chances in this match. I was playing fine, but, well, you can say me ask me some more things, but the true is that's my feelings right now, no? He play better than me. I have to accept that. That's it. Continuing improve.
But, anyway, play like in this level like he play, this guy play this way tonight, very difficult to stop.
Q. You played Federer maybe 14 times. Has Federer ever played better against you than JoWilfried did tonight?
RAFAEL NADAL: Federer is Federer, no? He can play at this level or little bit better, but better than tonight is really difficult. It's tough say. Difficult to compare. Is different the styles, but Tsonga tonight was unbelievable.
Some volleys, I can't believe some volleys. I have some good passing shots and then dropshot volley. I didn't understand, no? So nothing. Nothing was more, no? It's difficult to say a lot of things about this match because I say it, no? He play better than me, and for that reason he beat me.
I try to play my best; I tried to play little bit slower; I tried to play a little bit faster; I tried to play more inside the court; behind the court. No chance. Not today. Maybe next time.
Q. In the break volley, did you think it was the turning point at that point?
RAFAEL NADAL: Better be 20 than 11 in the third, no? The true is he was playing unbelievable. Well, if I had this break maybe he can feel a little bit more the pression for be in Grand Slam final.
But, well, this point is, there's no explanation of how he's playing, this guy, no? I play a very good point, good passing shot. I arrive to the dropshot. Very good shot to the ball. Touch the ball shit, very bad, and the ball was very close on to the line, no? No chance.
Q. So you mean it was lucky sometimes? He was lucky sometimes on some shots?
RAFAEL NADAL: No, come on. I didn't say nothing about that, no? I said he play very, very good and he's not lucky, no. Not lucky when he beat Murray, when he beat Gasquet, when he beat Youzhny. It's not lucky.
It's a lot of times playing very well in this tournament. We will see when the year is coming, but in this tournament, nothing to say.
Q. Can he beat Roger? If Roger gets through, can he beat?
RAFAEL NADAL: I think he gonna feel the pression in first Grand Slam final. Roger or Djokovic, if he play like today he have his chances against both, but I think he going to feel the pression for the final, no?
Q. Were you amazed that he didn't feel more pressure out there tonight, even in a semifinal?
RAFAEL NADAL: It's very different. It's very different play final than win a very important title. For my opinion it's totally different.
Q. What did the umpire have to say? There was a change of ends and the umpire was speaking to you. What was that all about?
RAFAEL NADAL: Nothing. No, nothing important. He say me, (In Spanish)...
BENITO PEREZ: Like if he's faking the serve, you know? Like faking the serve and then serving. He said that Tsonga said he was sort of faking the serve and then he was serving, not doing the whole movement. You know what I mean? Very strange thing. It had no sense. He said Tsonga told him, but he didn't argue too much.
Q. Until you ran into Jo tonight, did you feel you were playing well enough to win this tournament?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yes, I think so. I was playing very fine, very good, but not for beat Tsonga tonight.
Q. When you played him at the US Open, could you see the kind of game he could bring like he did tonight back then a few months ago?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, we have to think, no? Difficult right now he is in the best moment of his career. He's playing with zero pression. He's playing everything is going good for him.
So when you are playing like this every ball is going to the line. Every ball is going inside. Is not the real level I think. Is not his real level. Sure, he can play like this, but not every week. It's impossible, no? Right now he's what's his ranking now?
Q. 38.
RAFAEL NADAL: What do you think? This level he can be 38 never, no?
Q. Maybe that's the not real level of his game. He's been hurt a lot.
RAFAEL NADAL: He's improving. He improve a lot. But the true is I think he can't play at this level every time, no? Running unbelievable, physically very explosive, everything. What I can say? Nothing bad about his game tonight. I have to find something. I gonna think all the night, no?
ラファエル・ナダルがジョー・ウイルフォード・ツオンガに2-6、3-6、2-6で惨敗しました。会場インタビュアーをつとめるジム・クーリエからも新たなスター誕生と絶賛されていました。モハメド・アリの再来かと思わせるような容姿とボクシングのヘビーな一発を思わせるプレースタイル。たしかにスター性を感じさせます（名前もジョーだし日本的にもボクシングですね。明日のジョー）。けれどおもしろくないのはラファでしょう。以下インタビューでも少ないボキャブラリーで不満をこぼすとともに、今日のツオンガのプレーは本当の実力ではなく、幸運だっただけだろう、こんなプレーがいつも出来るわけないともコメントしてます。不満をこぼしてもこれでは審判とも記者会見でもやりあうのはちょっと無理のように思います。英語の先生をつけたほうがいいのか、それともこういう感じで不満をためつつやっていくのかな。いい男だし勝ってるうちはこれくらいでもいいかもしれませんが、やっぱり世界のラファですから英語も強くなってほしいですね。
言い訳
１）ちょっとはミスもあったけどすごいサーブ。あんなの信じられない。
２）打つフォアみんなエース級。
３）ボレーだってあんないいパッシングショット打ったのに、それをあんなドロップショットで切り返せるものだろうか。信じられない。
４）やるべきことは全て試した；遅いボール、早いボール、ベースラインより内側に入って打ってみたり、グッと下がって打ってみたり、今日はどれも上手くいかなかった。
５）フェイク・サーブされた（通訳を介して）。審判に文句こそいわなかったけど、これはおかしい。
Q. Obviously you're not very happy. What happened to your game out there tonight?
RAFAEL NADAL: Nothing.
Q. Nothing?
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't think so, no? We have to accept today. He played unbelievable. Playing very hard the ball every time, serving unbelievable. Sometimes he miss. In the backhand he didn't miss not one. Forehand, every time he does the forehand was winner, so congratulate him. That's it.
Q. You never seemed to be able to get into your rhythm.
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I was in rhythm, no? But the true is I don't have chances in this match. I was playing fine, but, well, you can say me ask me some more things, but the true is that's my feelings right now, no? He play better than me. I have to accept that. That's it. Continuing improve.
But, anyway, play like in this level like he play, this guy play this way tonight, very difficult to stop.
Q. You played Federer maybe 14 times. Has Federer ever played better against you than JoWilfried did tonight?
RAFAEL NADAL: Federer is Federer, no? He can play at this level or little bit better, but better than tonight is really difficult. It's tough say. Difficult to compare. Is different the styles, but Tsonga tonight was unbelievable.
Some volleys, I can't believe some volleys. I have some good passing shots and then dropshot volley. I didn't understand, no? So nothing. Nothing was more, no? It's difficult to say a lot of things about this match because I say it, no? He play better than me, and for that reason he beat me.
I try to play my best; I tried to play little bit slower; I tried to play a little bit faster; I tried to play more inside the court; behind the court. No chance. Not today. Maybe next time.
Q. In the break volley, did you think it was the turning point at that point?
RAFAEL NADAL: Better be 20 than 11 in the third, no? The true is he was playing unbelievable. Well, if I had this break maybe he can feel a little bit more the pression for be in Grand Slam final.
But, well, this point is, there's no explanation of how he's playing, this guy, no? I play a very good point, good passing shot. I arrive to the dropshot. Very good shot to the ball. Touch the ball shit, very bad, and the ball was very close on to the line, no? No chance.
Q. So you mean it was lucky sometimes? He was lucky sometimes on some shots?
RAFAEL NADAL: No, come on. I didn't say nothing about that, no? I said he play very, very good and he's not lucky, no. Not lucky when he beat Murray, when he beat Gasquet, when he beat Youzhny. It's not lucky.
It's a lot of times playing very well in this tournament. We will see when the year is coming, but in this tournament, nothing to say.
Q. Can he beat Roger? If Roger gets through, can he beat?
RAFAEL NADAL: I think he gonna feel the pression in first Grand Slam final. Roger or Djokovic, if he play like today he have his chances against both, but I think he going to feel the pression for the final, no?
Q. Were you amazed that he didn't feel more pressure out there tonight, even in a semifinal?
RAFAEL NADAL: It's very different. It's very different play final than win a very important title. For my opinion it's totally different.
Q. What did the umpire have to say? There was a change of ends and the umpire was speaking to you. What was that all about?
RAFAEL NADAL: Nothing. No, nothing important. He say me, (In Spanish)...
BENITO PEREZ: Like if he's faking the serve, you know? Like faking the serve and then serving. He said that Tsonga said he was sort of faking the serve and then he was serving, not doing the whole movement. You know what I mean? Very strange thing. It had no sense. He said Tsonga told him, but he didn't argue too much.
Q. Until you ran into Jo tonight, did you feel you were playing well enough to win this tournament?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yes, I think so. I was playing very fine, very good, but not for beat Tsonga tonight.
Q. When you played him at the US Open, could you see the kind of game he could bring like he did tonight back then a few months ago?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, we have to think, no? Difficult right now he is in the best moment of his career. He's playing with zero pression. He's playing everything is going good for him.
So when you are playing like this every ball is going to the line. Every ball is going inside. Is not the real level I think. Is not his real level. Sure, he can play like this, but not every week. It's impossible, no? Right now he's what's his ranking now?
Q. 38.
RAFAEL NADAL: What do you think? This level he can be 38 never, no?
Q. Maybe that's the not real level of his game. He's been hurt a lot.
RAFAEL NADAL: He's improving. He improve a lot. But the true is I think he can't play at this level every time, no? Running unbelievable, physically very explosive, everything. What I can say? Nothing bad about his game tonight. I have to find something. I gonna think all the night, no?
2008年01月27日
ロジャー・フェデラー（全豪08）
Friday, 25 January, 2008
フェデラーがジョコビッチに5-7、3-6、5-7で惜敗（朝日新聞には完敗とありましたが、、）。敗因について語ってくれています。「"連戦連勝フェデラー"という怪物を造りあげてしまった」と自らを語り、本当は今日の出来ですら、シーズン直前に体調不良に陥ったことを思えば良くここまで立ち直ったと思うし、それよりもジョコビッチのプレーが素晴らしかったとコメント。フェデラーの自然体でかつ冷静な性格をあらわすインタビューだったと思います。
１）ジョコビッチのほうが重要なポイントをより多くとっていたこと。
２）ジョコビッチが必要なポイントで素晴らしいサーブを放っていたこと、一方
３）自分のほうはティプサレビッチ戦でサービス・エースを使い果たしてしまった（冗談）
４）ジョコビッチから"もらった"ようなポイントがあまりなかった
５）最初の２ゲームこそ動きが良かったものの、全体的に動きが最高とはいえなかったこと。シーズン直前の体調不良の影響もあったと思う。
６）新サーフェスの影響でボールが遅くなったこと。
７）これまでのジョコビッチなら第一セットをとった後の第二セットのプレーは自由さに欠けて調子を落とすのに、今日は上出来。いつもだったら自ら背負い込んでしまう"心の重荷"を卸すことに成功しさらに攻撃的なテニスをすることができた。
８）大事なポイントで最高のプレーが出来なかったこと。特に第三セットで多くの重要なポイント（チャンス）をとれなかったこと。
使えそうなフレーズ；
１）a lot of ups and downs（勝っても負けても使えそう）
２）It always comes and goes.（これも）
３）He didn't give me much.（負けたとき用）
４）It can't always go your way.（そんなに強くないからあまり使えないかな）
５）I don't want to blame it too much on my own play.（これも負けたとき用ね）
６）He came up with the shots at the right time.（これも）
名言；
"when you don't take your chances early on: you'll pay the price later on."（きっとこの言葉をジュニア時代から身にしみてプレーしてきたんでしょうね。すごいなあ）
Q. What made the difference, Roger?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, it was a tough match, I thought. You know, a lot of ups and downs, like the usual matches we have actually against each other. It always comes and goes.
But I think he made the more important points today. It was a bit unfortunate for me, but he did play well and served really well when he had to.
Q. He played very well, obviously. But do you think your standard was as high as it always has been?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, look, I told you, it depends a lot on day form. You can't always, you know, play your best or, you know, the opponent doesn't always play the same way either.
There's no doubt I've played better in my life. That's for sure, you know. I've not been really serving like the way I wanted to, you know, maybe the last few matches. But maybe served too many aces against Tipsarevic, so I didn't have any more left (smiling).
Look, it happens. But he covered the court well. He didn't give me much. So that obviously played a role in the way I played tonight. But, you know, I wasn't completely satisfied.
Q. Was it more difficult playing him in the semifinal than in the final?
ROGER FEDERER: First round or finals, it doesn't really matter, to be honest. I have no preference or whatever. But he's come through the draw convincingly. He's been playing very solid. He had a tough draw, you know, if I compare it to maybe Rafa's. So he absolutely deserves to be in the final.
Q. Do you think he'll go on and win the final now?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't care really.
Q. Do you feel you were moving as well as you usually do?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I don't. I didn't think I was moving that great, you know. I think I played really well the first two matches, you know, in terms of movement also. You know, I don't know if the surface got a bit quicker.
I definitely wasn't as good on the defensive like I usually am. I couldn't come up with the passing shot when I needed to. Yeah, that definitely hurt me, especially today.
Q. Do you put it down to anything tonight, or is it just one of those nights, as you say?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, look, I've had 15 minutes to reflect on the match, so I can't tell you much yet.
But there's some sort of a disappointment. But, you know, from the spirit, the way I fought, the way I tried, it's all I could give, you know. When you give a hundred percent, you know, you're sort of happy with your performance. It can't always go your way. I know that.
I've won, many, many times when I didn't expect myself to win. So tonight's one of those nights where you're a little bit disappointed. But it's going to go over and I'm going to look forward to the rest of the year.
Q. Can you measure his improvement at all? Has he improved that much?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I think he's played pretty much the same, you know, for the last let's say nine months or so, or last year. He's had a good start to the year, as well.
Yeah, it comes down to a few points here and there. That's what I told you beforehand, so that's what happened today.
Q. You were one break up in the first set. That was probably the moment when you should have...
ROGER FEDERER: Well, we all know if I would have served it out the match would have been a bit different. Sure, he could have come back and still beaten me, but circumstances of would have been different. He wouldn't have played that freely in the second set. He usually doesn't play that well.
That was unfortunate for me. You know, I paid the price twice, not only losing the set, but also the second set. You know, I missed many opportunities the third set.
But, like I said, he came up with some great shots, some great serves, and, you know, saved himself that way.
Q. Do you look back now and think about the preparation a couple weeks ago and the illness? Was that having a lingering effect at all on your game throughout this tournament?
ROGER FEDERER: Look, I don't know, seriously. I'll definitely reflect on what happened. You know, I mean, considering, you know, my illness, I'm sort of happy with the result here.
Of course, I've created a monster, so I know I need to always win every tournament. But semis is still, you know, pretty good. But, yeah, I'll analyze and see if I have to make changes for next year. But, honestly, I think I did play pretty good.
I didn't play my best throughout the championships, but it was pretty solid, so it was okay.
Q. You don't really feel like you've created a monster, do you?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, some sort of, yeah.
Q. Can you elaborate on that?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, winning every other week, you know, lose a set and people say I'm playing bad. So it's my own mistake, I guess.
Q. Do you need to be able to shut that out more?
ROGER FEDERER: Not at all, no. I got used to it by now.
Q. Justine said after her loss to Sharapova that she suffered from the pressure of being unbeatable for such a long time and people always expecting her to win. Is that something you sometimes experience?
ROGER FEDERER: I experienced it maybe going into Indian Wells last year. I think it was an incredible streak then, 40 something wins. Everybody was talking about the Vilas streak.
I don't know if that put me under pressure. But it's not easy coming out every week for sure trying to win. But you'll always run into fellow top 10 players or other guys who are on a streak or on a hot run or surprise you. That's the difficulty about tennis, you know.
I've had it for a long, long time, you know. I've had to deal with all sort of different streaks. I didn't feel particular pressure at all tonight, no.
Q. Do you think if you were a little slower than usual, as you say, it could be because of the virus you had or the preparation coming in?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, obviously the approach has been unique this year, you know. It's the first time I've been ill before a Grand Slam. I would still rather have it before than during, that's for sure.
But maybe it did have. I answered the question already before. It might have had an effect on my movement, I don't know. But I definitely didn't feel as quick, you know, as some other times. I practiced really hard. I can't practice much harder in the offseason, you know, so I did everything the right way. And maybe I did pay the price for being a little bit ill.
You know, I like to give credit to my opponent, as well. I don't want to blame it too much on my own play. He came up with the shots at the right time, and that's all I can say really.
Q. Will you watch the final?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't know if I'm here, so we'll see.
Q. If you're away, will you try and find it on a television station somewhere?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I won't.
Q. Did you feel during the match that there might be a moment you would seize control, or did you always feel you were playing catchup after the first set?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, like I said, the second set he started just unloading. You know, that's not usually what he does. He can, obviously, and play aggressive. But, you know, not on every shot. The way he played, he picked up every serve.
It was fantastic, you know. He did play great.
Like I said, it cost me the match, maybe not serving it out the first set. That's what happens sometimes when you don't take your chances early on: you'll pay the price later on. That's what happened for me against Tipsarevic almost. I just got out of that one.
Definitely didn't play my best on big points. That's been sort of something that's stuck with me throughout the championships maybe. But, look, it happens. I've done it so many times it went my way. It's okay. Unfortunately it goes the other way, too, sometimes.
フェデラーがジョコビッチに5-7、3-6、5-7で惜敗（朝日新聞には完敗とありましたが、、）。敗因について語ってくれています。「"連戦連勝フェデラー"という怪物を造りあげてしまった」と自らを語り、本当は今日の出来ですら、シーズン直前に体調不良に陥ったことを思えば良くここまで立ち直ったと思うし、それよりもジョコビッチのプレーが素晴らしかったとコメント。フェデラーの自然体でかつ冷静な性格をあらわすインタビューだったと思います。
１）ジョコビッチのほうが重要なポイントをより多くとっていたこと。
２）ジョコビッチが必要なポイントで素晴らしいサーブを放っていたこと、一方
３）自分のほうはティプサレビッチ戦でサービス・エースを使い果たしてしまった（冗談）
４）ジョコビッチから"もらった"ようなポイントがあまりなかった
５）最初の２ゲームこそ動きが良かったものの、全体的に動きが最高とはいえなかったこと。シーズン直前の体調不良の影響もあったと思う。
６）新サーフェスの影響でボールが遅くなったこと。
７）これまでのジョコビッチなら第一セットをとった後の第二セットのプレーは自由さに欠けて調子を落とすのに、今日は上出来。いつもだったら自ら背負い込んでしまう"心の重荷"を卸すことに成功しさらに攻撃的なテニスをすることができた。
８）大事なポイントで最高のプレーが出来なかったこと。特に第三セットで多くの重要なポイント（チャンス）をとれなかったこと。
使えそうなフレーズ；
１）a lot of ups and downs（勝っても負けても使えそう）
２）It always comes and goes.（これも）
３）He didn't give me much.（負けたとき用）
４）It can't always go your way.（そんなに強くないからあまり使えないかな）
５）I don't want to blame it too much on my own play.（これも負けたとき用ね）
６）He came up with the shots at the right time.（これも）
名言；
"when you don't take your chances early on: you'll pay the price later on."（きっとこの言葉をジュニア時代から身にしみてプレーしてきたんでしょうね。すごいなあ）
Q. What made the difference, Roger?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, it was a tough match, I thought. You know, a lot of ups and downs, like the usual matches we have actually against each other. It always comes and goes.
But I think he made the more important points today. It was a bit unfortunate for me, but he did play well and served really well when he had to.
Q. He played very well, obviously. But do you think your standard was as high as it always has been?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, look, I told you, it depends a lot on day form. You can't always, you know, play your best or, you know, the opponent doesn't always play the same way either.
There's no doubt I've played better in my life. That's for sure, you know. I've not been really serving like the way I wanted to, you know, maybe the last few matches. But maybe served too many aces against Tipsarevic, so I didn't have any more left (smiling).
Look, it happens. But he covered the court well. He didn't give me much. So that obviously played a role in the way I played tonight. But, you know, I wasn't completely satisfied.
Q. Was it more difficult playing him in the semifinal than in the final?
ROGER FEDERER: First round or finals, it doesn't really matter, to be honest. I have no preference or whatever. But he's come through the draw convincingly. He's been playing very solid. He had a tough draw, you know, if I compare it to maybe Rafa's. So he absolutely deserves to be in the final.
Q. Do you think he'll go on and win the final now?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't care really.
Q. Do you feel you were moving as well as you usually do?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I don't. I didn't think I was moving that great, you know. I think I played really well the first two matches, you know, in terms of movement also. You know, I don't know if the surface got a bit quicker.
I definitely wasn't as good on the defensive like I usually am. I couldn't come up with the passing shot when I needed to. Yeah, that definitely hurt me, especially today.
Q. Do you put it down to anything tonight, or is it just one of those nights, as you say?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, look, I've had 15 minutes to reflect on the match, so I can't tell you much yet.
But there's some sort of a disappointment. But, you know, from the spirit, the way I fought, the way I tried, it's all I could give, you know. When you give a hundred percent, you know, you're sort of happy with your performance. It can't always go your way. I know that.
I've won, many, many times when I didn't expect myself to win. So tonight's one of those nights where you're a little bit disappointed. But it's going to go over and I'm going to look forward to the rest of the year.
Q. Can you measure his improvement at all? Has he improved that much?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I think he's played pretty much the same, you know, for the last let's say nine months or so, or last year. He's had a good start to the year, as well.
Yeah, it comes down to a few points here and there. That's what I told you beforehand, so that's what happened today.
Q. You were one break up in the first set. That was probably the moment when you should have...
ROGER FEDERER: Well, we all know if I would have served it out the match would have been a bit different. Sure, he could have come back and still beaten me, but circumstances of would have been different. He wouldn't have played that freely in the second set. He usually doesn't play that well.
That was unfortunate for me. You know, I paid the price twice, not only losing the set, but also the second set. You know, I missed many opportunities the third set.
But, like I said, he came up with some great shots, some great serves, and, you know, saved himself that way.
Q. Do you look back now and think about the preparation a couple weeks ago and the illness? Was that having a lingering effect at all on your game throughout this tournament?
ROGER FEDERER: Look, I don't know, seriously. I'll definitely reflect on what happened. You know, I mean, considering, you know, my illness, I'm sort of happy with the result here.
Of course, I've created a monster, so I know I need to always win every tournament. But semis is still, you know, pretty good. But, yeah, I'll analyze and see if I have to make changes for next year. But, honestly, I think I did play pretty good.
I didn't play my best throughout the championships, but it was pretty solid, so it was okay.
Q. You don't really feel like you've created a monster, do you?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, some sort of, yeah.
Q. Can you elaborate on that?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, winning every other week, you know, lose a set and people say I'm playing bad. So it's my own mistake, I guess.
Q. Do you need to be able to shut that out more?
ROGER FEDERER: Not at all, no. I got used to it by now.
Q. Justine said after her loss to Sharapova that she suffered from the pressure of being unbeatable for such a long time and people always expecting her to win. Is that something you sometimes experience?
ROGER FEDERER: I experienced it maybe going into Indian Wells last year. I think it was an incredible streak then, 40 something wins. Everybody was talking about the Vilas streak.
I don't know if that put me under pressure. But it's not easy coming out every week for sure trying to win. But you'll always run into fellow top 10 players or other guys who are on a streak or on a hot run or surprise you. That's the difficulty about tennis, you know.
I've had it for a long, long time, you know. I've had to deal with all sort of different streaks. I didn't feel particular pressure at all tonight, no.
Q. Do you think if you were a little slower than usual, as you say, it could be because of the virus you had or the preparation coming in?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, obviously the approach has been unique this year, you know. It's the first time I've been ill before a Grand Slam. I would still rather have it before than during, that's for sure.
But maybe it did have. I answered the question already before. It might have had an effect on my movement, I don't know. But I definitely didn't feel as quick, you know, as some other times. I practiced really hard. I can't practice much harder in the offseason, you know, so I did everything the right way. And maybe I did pay the price for being a little bit ill.
You know, I like to give credit to my opponent, as well. I don't want to blame it too much on my own play. He came up with the shots at the right time, and that's all I can say really.
Q. Will you watch the final?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't know if I'm here, so we'll see.
Q. If you're away, will you try and find it on a television station somewhere?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I won't.
Q. Did you feel during the match that there might be a moment you would seize control, or did you always feel you were playing catchup after the first set?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, like I said, the second set he started just unloading. You know, that's not usually what he does. He can, obviously, and play aggressive. But, you know, not on every shot. The way he played, he picked up every serve.
It was fantastic, you know. He did play great.
Like I said, it cost me the match, maybe not serving it out the first set. That's what happens sometimes when you don't take your chances early on: you'll pay the price later on. That's what happened for me against Tipsarevic almost. I just got out of that one.
Definitely didn't play my best on big points. That's been sort of something that's stuck with me throughout the championships maybe. But, look, it happens. I've done it so many times it went my way. It's okay. Unfortunately it goes the other way, too, sometimes.
2008年01月27日
ジェームス・ブレーク（全豪08）
Wednesday, 23 January, 2008
ブレークがフェデラーに5-7,6-7,4-6で敗退。人柄なのか（いい人なんでしょう彼は）言い訳らしきものはなく、フェデラーは必ずしもベストコンディションではなかったとコメントしながらも賞賛してます。また記者の質問もうすく広くといった感じ。
いくつか、普段のテニスでも使えるような、便利なフレーズがありました。；
"He came up with some of his best at the right times."：「適切な場面でベストショットを出してくるからね」
"Today he was better than me, but next time might be different."：「今日はやつのほうが良かったけど、次回は違うかもね」
"Today it wasn't my day."：「今日はぼくのための日ではなかったね」
"It's frustrating to me, but it's impressive" ：「（負けたことについては）イライラすることだけど、（彼のプレーには）感心してますよ」
"I missed that 'cause I'm maybe thinking I need to put this in the corner, otherwise I'm going to get passed."：「あのショットをあそこでミスったのは、このボールをコーナーに入れなければ抜かれてしまうと考えたからだと思う」
Q. You met Roger now eight times. How did tonight's match rank?
JAMES BLAKE: Same as all the others: it was a loss. I really went in thinking I had a good chance to win, same as every other time I went out there. Came up with the goods when he needed to.
I thought I played pretty well. I mean, definitely had chances I could have taken advantage of if I was playing my absolute best. But I don't know if he was playing his best either.
But he came up with some of his best at the right times, and that was the difference.
Q. What makes him such a difficult opponent?
JAMES BLAKE: Just what I said: he comes up with the goods at the right times, he serves well when he needs to, he puts balls in the court when he needs to. As soon as he gets on offense he can hurt you. He has every facet of the game.
I mean, I feel like he plays somewhat similar to me, just at a higher level when we play. We both want to look to get our forehands. We're both trying to make a lot of first serves and get in the net when we can, close out points at the net. But he just did it a little better than me today. He's done it a little better than me for the last five years or so now.
But I hope he can't be better than me every single time I play him. Next time I'll go in with same attitude: believing I could beat him. I definitely believed I could beat him tonight. Now that it's over, today he was better than me, but next time might be different.
Q. The tiebreaker, you were up 21, he was getting kind of grumpy, making some mistakes he wouldn't normally make. Do you sense there's a chance, suddenly he comes up with two amazing points? Does it still surprise you after all these years?
JAMES BLAKE: Nothing he does surprises me. It frustrates me, but nothing surprises me. I played two unbelievable points at 21. I couldn't have hit those balls any harder.
Couldn't have put him on his back foot any more. He just flicks his wrist, puts it back to neutral. It's tough to deal with. Really, the only person I ever played that could do that was Andre. And Andre couldn't move the way Roger does. Andre didn't serve the way Roger does.
It's just something you have to deal with, and I tried my best after those two points to just put it behind me and go ahead and still take my shots in that tiebreaker and make him come up with those every time.
He came up with a good serve at 65, and he still I don't feel like I gave him anything tonight. I still feel like he beat me. That's all I can do, is go out there and play my best. Today it wasn't my day. Hopefully next time it will be.
Q. That said, do you still feel like he's a little more vulnerable here than some slams in the past based on some of his results, errors he's making?
JAMES BLAKE: Yeah, that's tough to say. I still pick him. He's still my favorite to win the tournament. But until someone unseats him, until someone proves the way kind of Rafael has on clay, until someone does that to him on hard, I pick him as my favorite every time, even if he's not playing well.
Like you said, he might have seemed vulnerable tonight until it was 56, until it was 21 in the tiebreaker, until he was serving for the match. You know, so another kind of aspect of a champion, another attribute, is being able to come up with those big shots at the right times, late in sets and in tiebreakers.
So if he didn't have his best day until those times, then coming up with the best, you know, that in my mind makes him a favorite still, because that means he didn't he maybe didn't play his best and he still beat the numberwhateverIam player in the world today. That's pretty impressive.
It's frustrating to me, but it's impressive, so he's still a favorite. Maybe he's more vulnerable than the guy who went, whatever, 714 a couple years ago. I'd still pick him as the favorite.
Q. Offense being considered, do you consider yourself unfortunate or fortunate to play in the age of Federer and sort of be able to test your game against him?
JAMES BLAKE: Uhm, hmm, tough question. It's something I'm sure the guys in years past are wondering how their games would match up against him. So at least I know mine clearly doesn't match up very well (smiling).
But, you know, I guess I'd say unfortunate. You know, to play I don't know how all the guys on the golf tour would say if they feel fortunate to play with Tiger Woods. I would say they're probably very fortunate because of the money they're making.
For us, it's frustrating that some of us maybe feel like we could have one or two or more Grand Slams if Roger wasn't around.
But, you know, what can you do? It's just the place and era you were born into. You're playing against the best in the world. I can't say that I'm unfortunate. I get too much out of this game. I get too much out of even a loss, which I'm frustrated about right now. But I take too many positives from it to say that I'm unfortunate for being born in this era and getting to play against a great like Roger Federer.
I mean, in this era, we're Davis Cup champions, so I'm proud to be a part of the era with Andy Roddick and the Bryan twins. I definitely can't say I'm unfortunate.
Q. Can you still take moral victories? Do you get any satisfaction, or do you have to win?
JAMES BLAKE: It's tough to say "a moral victory" at this level. I mean, you want to win. That's why you come up. I think Herm Edwards said it: That's way you play the game, is to win.
Yeah, I mean, I definitely thought I really good chance tonight. I thought I was playing well. The court suits me well. Night match. Conditions were perfect. Thought I had a good chance.
There's no real moral victory. Next time I go out there, I'm still going to feel like I can win. I know it was close. I've been close before. I can't say it's any different now or I feel really any different. I'm just a little frustrated. But I did my best here, so I can't complain too much about it.
Q. End of the first set, you missed a forehand you normally would make. Is that a situation you try to make the shot too good knowing the situation? What's happening there?
JAMES BLAKE: Possibly knowing the opponent, not the situation. He does that to a lot of guys. Rafael does that to a lot of guys, as well. You get so many balls. That's why I said, I think I'm similar, but maybe not as good. I feel like I get to so many balls and can make a couple shots on the run that makes guys miss. So I know the feeling of doing that to someone else. I guess he did it to me tonight.
I missed that 'cause I'm maybe thinking I need to put this in the corner, otherwise I'm going to get passed. I don't want to give him an easy opportunity to pass me when I'm coming in. It's going to lead to errors. You know, you say you're playing bad, but you always have to remember that it's the other guy that's doing that to you.
Q. Are you going to see your Giants play in the big game or not?
JAMES BLAKE: The deal with Patrick was if I won this tournament, I could go to the Super Bowl. No more. I got to get to Austria Saturday. I'll hopefully be watching it from Austria. They better have ESPN there.
Q. It was brought up in the last press conference that Roger could have lost his No. 1 ranking. For a guy who's been in 10 straight major finals, winning eight of them, is there something wrong with the ranking system?
JAMES BLAKE: Best player in the world is No. 1. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I don't see too many problems with the ranking system, I mean, since I've been on tour, really. There have been very little modifications. But I said the best player in the world is No. 1. I feel like the second best player in the world is No. 2.
It's not really a system you can bluff your way through. You can't bluff the top 10 in the world. You have to win a lot of matches.
I think it's fair. I don't know.
Q. If Roger had lost this match, Rafa had won the tournament, then Rafa would be No. 1.
JAMES BLAKE: That would mean Rafa would have two Grand Slam wins and a Grand Slam final on his record for the year. That sounds like a pretty deserving No. 1 to me, but I don't know.
Q. You guys had the huge high with Davis Cup. Because of the system, you have to go back and play again from zero. How do you feel about that, and how tough is it going to be to fire up again?
JAMES BLAKE: Let's bring Francesco Ricci Bitti in here (smiling).
I think the teams in the finals should have byes in the first round. That would be one possible solution, because to turn around and play so quickly. I mean, my coach, my friends can't believe that I'm already getting ready to go to Davis Cup again, because they feel I should still be celebrating the fact that we just won the Davis Cup, with how exciting, how much drama there is involved, how much emotion we spend on that, to be going back and playing again is just insane.
When I talk to other athletes, NBA players, NFL players, they think about what their offseasons are like, it's just crazy to think that this is it's that quick of a turnaround.
The other possibility would be to make it every two years, then we actually have a chance to have a year where it's a little bit normal, our schedule's a little bit easier to deal with, then we go in two years.
I understand their position that the smaller countries need this for revenue. It just doesn't seem to be gaining any momentum. I feel like we always need to be moving forward or there's going to be a backwards step. I don't know if we're looking at the big picture, the fact that if we fix the system, maybe the small countries can benefit more from the whole system benefitting in the long run.
I don't know, maybe that's just me bitter about having to go to Austria in a week.
Q. Could you make a short comment what you expect in Austria, how tough it would be?
JAMES BLAKE: I guess negate that comment. I'm really looking forward to going to Austria (smiling).
I'm just kidding. I love Davis Cup. Don't get me wrong. It's so much fun to be a part of that team. I just feel like it is a quick turnaround from our final in Portland. I know, especially when we're turning around, we're playing a great country. Stefan Koubek, who showed unbelievable tennis here. Especially on clay, he's such a good defender, that's going to be difficult. Melzer has a lot of talent. Werner Eschauer has started playing a lot better. Julian Knowle, a Grand Slam champion in doubles. We're not going to have an easy match away on clay. For the defending champion, that's going to be tough. We know we're in for a battle.
As much as I'd like to go spend a lot of time on the golf course right now, that means it's a couple days off and right back to working out on the clay and getting ready for that 'cause I want to be prepared.
Q. Have you ever been skiing?
JAMES BLAKE: Not since I was about 15 years old. I did a whole lot more falling than skiing.
Q. On TV they talked a couple times about how intimidating Federer is. Does that intimidation come to you in any other way than his play?
JAMES BLAKE: No. And I think that's something that's very unique about him, is that it comes from his play. A lot of the veterans or retired players are kind of shocked that he is as nice as he is. Honestly, I saw him at dinner last night. We said, Hi, how's it going? The waitress came over and said, Do we need to move you guys apart? No, we don't care. We can be friendly.
So he doesn't try to, you know, make himself somewhat unknown or mysterious to the rest of us, what he's doing. He's genuinely a friendly guy. He's just I don't know. He seems like one of the guys in the locker room. Then you go out there, he beats the crap out of you, you come back in the locker room and he's one of the guys.
I mean, it's not intimidation by him being extremely huge muscular, talking down to anybody, being condescending, having any sort of a huge entourage, keeping him isolated. He's just that good.
ブレークがフェデラーに5-7,6-7,4-6で敗退。人柄なのか（いい人なんでしょう彼は）言い訳らしきものはなく、フェデラーは必ずしもベストコンディションではなかったとコメントしながらも賞賛してます。また記者の質問もうすく広くといった感じ。
いくつか、普段のテニスでも使えるような、便利なフレーズがありました。；
"He came up with some of his best at the right times."：「適切な場面でベストショットを出してくるからね」
"Today he was better than me, but next time might be different."：「今日はやつのほうが良かったけど、次回は違うかもね」
"Today it wasn't my day."：「今日はぼくのための日ではなかったね」
"It's frustrating to me, but it's impressive" ：「（負けたことについては）イライラすることだけど、（彼のプレーには）感心してますよ」
"I missed that 'cause I'm maybe thinking I need to put this in the corner, otherwise I'm going to get passed."：「あのショットをあそこでミスったのは、このボールをコーナーに入れなければ抜かれてしまうと考えたからだと思う」
Q. You met Roger now eight times. How did tonight's match rank?
JAMES BLAKE: Same as all the others: it was a loss. I really went in thinking I had a good chance to win, same as every other time I went out there. Came up with the goods when he needed to.
I thought I played pretty well. I mean, definitely had chances I could have taken advantage of if I was playing my absolute best. But I don't know if he was playing his best either.
But he came up with some of his best at the right times, and that was the difference.
Q. What makes him such a difficult opponent?
JAMES BLAKE: Just what I said: he comes up with the goods at the right times, he serves well when he needs to, he puts balls in the court when he needs to. As soon as he gets on offense he can hurt you. He has every facet of the game.
I mean, I feel like he plays somewhat similar to me, just at a higher level when we play. We both want to look to get our forehands. We're both trying to make a lot of first serves and get in the net when we can, close out points at the net. But he just did it a little better than me today. He's done it a little better than me for the last five years or so now.
But I hope he can't be better than me every single time I play him. Next time I'll go in with same attitude: believing I could beat him. I definitely believed I could beat him tonight. Now that it's over, today he was better than me, but next time might be different.
Q. The tiebreaker, you were up 21, he was getting kind of grumpy, making some mistakes he wouldn't normally make. Do you sense there's a chance, suddenly he comes up with two amazing points? Does it still surprise you after all these years?
JAMES BLAKE: Nothing he does surprises me. It frustrates me, but nothing surprises me. I played two unbelievable points at 21. I couldn't have hit those balls any harder.
Couldn't have put him on his back foot any more. He just flicks his wrist, puts it back to neutral. It's tough to deal with. Really, the only person I ever played that could do that was Andre. And Andre couldn't move the way Roger does. Andre didn't serve the way Roger does.
It's just something you have to deal with, and I tried my best after those two points to just put it behind me and go ahead and still take my shots in that tiebreaker and make him come up with those every time.
He came up with a good serve at 65, and he still I don't feel like I gave him anything tonight. I still feel like he beat me. That's all I can do, is go out there and play my best. Today it wasn't my day. Hopefully next time it will be.
Q. That said, do you still feel like he's a little more vulnerable here than some slams in the past based on some of his results, errors he's making?
JAMES BLAKE: Yeah, that's tough to say. I still pick him. He's still my favorite to win the tournament. But until someone unseats him, until someone proves the way kind of Rafael has on clay, until someone does that to him on hard, I pick him as my favorite every time, even if he's not playing well.
Like you said, he might have seemed vulnerable tonight until it was 56, until it was 21 in the tiebreaker, until he was serving for the match. You know, so another kind of aspect of a champion, another attribute, is being able to come up with those big shots at the right times, late in sets and in tiebreakers.
So if he didn't have his best day until those times, then coming up with the best, you know, that in my mind makes him a favorite still, because that means he didn't he maybe didn't play his best and he still beat the numberwhateverIam player in the world today. That's pretty impressive.
It's frustrating to me, but it's impressive, so he's still a favorite. Maybe he's more vulnerable than the guy who went, whatever, 714 a couple years ago. I'd still pick him as the favorite.
Q. Offense being considered, do you consider yourself unfortunate or fortunate to play in the age of Federer and sort of be able to test your game against him?
JAMES BLAKE: Uhm, hmm, tough question. It's something I'm sure the guys in years past are wondering how their games would match up against him. So at least I know mine clearly doesn't match up very well (smiling).
But, you know, I guess I'd say unfortunate. You know, to play I don't know how all the guys on the golf tour would say if they feel fortunate to play with Tiger Woods. I would say they're probably very fortunate because of the money they're making.
For us, it's frustrating that some of us maybe feel like we could have one or two or more Grand Slams if Roger wasn't around.
But, you know, what can you do? It's just the place and era you were born into. You're playing against the best in the world. I can't say that I'm unfortunate. I get too much out of this game. I get too much out of even a loss, which I'm frustrated about right now. But I take too many positives from it to say that I'm unfortunate for being born in this era and getting to play against a great like Roger Federer.
I mean, in this era, we're Davis Cup champions, so I'm proud to be a part of the era with Andy Roddick and the Bryan twins. I definitely can't say I'm unfortunate.
Q. Can you still take moral victories? Do you get any satisfaction, or do you have to win?
JAMES BLAKE: It's tough to say "a moral victory" at this level. I mean, you want to win. That's why you come up. I think Herm Edwards said it: That's way you play the game, is to win.
Yeah, I mean, I definitely thought I really good chance tonight. I thought I was playing well. The court suits me well. Night match. Conditions were perfect. Thought I had a good chance.
There's no real moral victory. Next time I go out there, I'm still going to feel like I can win. I know it was close. I've been close before. I can't say it's any different now or I feel really any different. I'm just a little frustrated. But I did my best here, so I can't complain too much about it.
Q. End of the first set, you missed a forehand you normally would make. Is that a situation you try to make the shot too good knowing the situation? What's happening there?
JAMES BLAKE: Possibly knowing the opponent, not the situation. He does that to a lot of guys. Rafael does that to a lot of guys, as well. You get so many balls. That's why I said, I think I'm similar, but maybe not as good. I feel like I get to so many balls and can make a couple shots on the run that makes guys miss. So I know the feeling of doing that to someone else. I guess he did it to me tonight.
I missed that 'cause I'm maybe thinking I need to put this in the corner, otherwise I'm going to get passed. I don't want to give him an easy opportunity to pass me when I'm coming in. It's going to lead to errors. You know, you say you're playing bad, but you always have to remember that it's the other guy that's doing that to you.
Q. Are you going to see your Giants play in the big game or not?
JAMES BLAKE: The deal with Patrick was if I won this tournament, I could go to the Super Bowl. No more. I got to get to Austria Saturday. I'll hopefully be watching it from Austria. They better have ESPN there.
Q. It was brought up in the last press conference that Roger could have lost his No. 1 ranking. For a guy who's been in 10 straight major finals, winning eight of them, is there something wrong with the ranking system?
JAMES BLAKE: Best player in the world is No. 1. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I don't see too many problems with the ranking system, I mean, since I've been on tour, really. There have been very little modifications. But I said the best player in the world is No. 1. I feel like the second best player in the world is No. 2.
It's not really a system you can bluff your way through. You can't bluff the top 10 in the world. You have to win a lot of matches.
I think it's fair. I don't know.
Q. If Roger had lost this match, Rafa had won the tournament, then Rafa would be No. 1.
JAMES BLAKE: That would mean Rafa would have two Grand Slam wins and a Grand Slam final on his record for the year. That sounds like a pretty deserving No. 1 to me, but I don't know.
Q. You guys had the huge high with Davis Cup. Because of the system, you have to go back and play again from zero. How do you feel about that, and how tough is it going to be to fire up again?
JAMES BLAKE: Let's bring Francesco Ricci Bitti in here (smiling).
I think the teams in the finals should have byes in the first round. That would be one possible solution, because to turn around and play so quickly. I mean, my coach, my friends can't believe that I'm already getting ready to go to Davis Cup again, because they feel I should still be celebrating the fact that we just won the Davis Cup, with how exciting, how much drama there is involved, how much emotion we spend on that, to be going back and playing again is just insane.
When I talk to other athletes, NBA players, NFL players, they think about what their offseasons are like, it's just crazy to think that this is it's that quick of a turnaround.
The other possibility would be to make it every two years, then we actually have a chance to have a year where it's a little bit normal, our schedule's a little bit easier to deal with, then we go in two years.
I understand their position that the smaller countries need this for revenue. It just doesn't seem to be gaining any momentum. I feel like we always need to be moving forward or there's going to be a backwards step. I don't know if we're looking at the big picture, the fact that if we fix the system, maybe the small countries can benefit more from the whole system benefitting in the long run.
I don't know, maybe that's just me bitter about having to go to Austria in a week.
Q. Could you make a short comment what you expect in Austria, how tough it would be?
JAMES BLAKE: I guess negate that comment. I'm really looking forward to going to Austria (smiling).
I'm just kidding. I love Davis Cup. Don't get me wrong. It's so much fun to be a part of that team. I just feel like it is a quick turnaround from our final in Portland. I know, especially when we're turning around, we're playing a great country. Stefan Koubek, who showed unbelievable tennis here. Especially on clay, he's such a good defender, that's going to be difficult. Melzer has a lot of talent. Werner Eschauer has started playing a lot better. Julian Knowle, a Grand Slam champion in doubles. We're not going to have an easy match away on clay. For the defending champion, that's going to be tough. We know we're in for a battle.
As much as I'd like to go spend a lot of time on the golf course right now, that means it's a couple days off and right back to working out on the clay and getting ready for that 'cause I want to be prepared.
Q. Have you ever been skiing?
JAMES BLAKE: Not since I was about 15 years old. I did a whole lot more falling than skiing.
Q. On TV they talked a couple times about how intimidating Federer is. Does that intimidation come to you in any other way than his play?
JAMES BLAKE: No. And I think that's something that's very unique about him, is that it comes from his play. A lot of the veterans or retired players are kind of shocked that he is as nice as he is. Honestly, I saw him at dinner last night. We said, Hi, how's it going? The waitress came over and said, Do we need to move you guys apart? No, we don't care. We can be friendly.
So he doesn't try to, you know, make himself somewhat unknown or mysterious to the rest of us, what he's doing. He's genuinely a friendly guy. He's just I don't know. He seems like one of the guys in the locker room. Then you go out there, he beats the crap out of you, you come back in the locker room and he's one of the guys.
I mean, it's not intimidation by him being extremely huge muscular, talking down to anybody, being condescending, having any sort of a huge entourage, keeping him isolated. He's just that good.
2008年01月23日
セレーナ・ウイリアムス（全豪08）
Tuesday, 22 January, 2008
セレーナ・ウイリアムスがエレナ・ヤンコビッチに3-6、4-6で敗退しました。試合当日はシングルス直後にダブルスがあったために翌日の記者会見となったこともあり頭を冷やすことができたようで、彼女にしては比較的良くしゃべってくれていれているようです。
ヤンコビッチが自分より良いプレーをしたのであってそれ以外の言い訳はしたくない、、と言ってはいるものの、記者の質問が良かったのでしょう。いろいろコメントしています；
１）精神的な落ち込み（ある原因によりゲームの最初からずっと。プロなので30％でも勝たなければいけないのだけれど、、）
２）思い描いたとおりのゲームがまったく出来なかった
３）いくつか言えない問題もあった（詳細はノーコメント。膝痛やマメが破れてしまったこととかそういったことが問題ではない）、とはいえ
４）サービスの不調、それに
５）ショットにパワー不足（なんかこうプワーっと飛び散ってしまったような感じ）、さらに
６）いつもより動きが悪く、そしてなんといっても
７）選択すべきショットを間違えた（思い起こせばチャンスはあったけど、エラーが多すぎてそうした機会を活かせず）。
ちなみに、いくつかの課題については直後のダブルスの試合を通じて練習にもなったのでとても良かったとのこと。これは素人テニスのレベルでも思い当たりますね。
Q. What are your comments on the singles?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I had time to think about it. I think that I went crazy, maybe, and I made a lot of mistakes. I didn't really play the game I wanted to play, yeah.
Q. You were quite listless in the first set there. Wasn't an injury or a problem with movement?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I was having some issues, but I don't like to make excuses. We won't discuss those.
Q. Any comments on the way she played?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, she played really solid.
Q. Did those issues extend to the doubles? Was there a bit of a problem all through the day?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, definitely all through the day. But it was it's, you know, nothing life threatening, so I'll be it's fine.
Q. How much do you think it restricted you in your singles match?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I wasn't moving the way I wanted to and the way I was in the previous rounds, but I was and I wasn't able to serve the way I wanted to, so I think maybe that could have affected my serve, at least. But I think Jelena played some good tennis and she hung in there.
Q. It seemed like even when you were trying hard in the second set to get things going you just couldn't find your rhythm.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I definitely couldn't find any rhythm out there. I felt like my shots were spraying and everything like that.
It just I was just kind of all over the place, and out there for sure.
Q. Was playing doubles therapeutic after that, or would you just rather just have gone back and rested?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I definitely enjoyed playing doubles, because, you know, believe it or not, I got to work on some things that I didn't feel that I did well in my singles.
So I actually did a little better in my doubles. That's definitely taken a positive.
Q. Looked like during the doubles you were sort of grabbing your leg up here. Is it the knee again?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, my knee is fine. My knee is great, thank God.
Q. She went into it saying she wanted you to move from side to side. Did that make it difficult for you? Was that a good tactic of hers?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I think everyone wants to move anyone they play. I think that's a good tactic against anybody. If I were playing anyone that would be a pretty much be my tactic.
Q. You've been in some tough physical situations before, tough mental situations before. She failed hold to serve out the match. You come out and it looked like you had a good opportunity to get back to 55. You couldn't get it together. What wasn't really happening today?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely didn't have the right shot selection. I felt like some shots I made weren't the correct selection, and I didn't go after some shots I thought I should have went after. Then I just made some errors that I shouldn't make, and I have no reason to make those errors.
So I think that's what it boiled down to. I feel like I had plenty of opportunities, and I didn't I just made too many errors.
Q. You were treated for a blister during the match, right?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah.
Q. Was that a factor during the match or not?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, it wasn't a factor.
Q. What about the sun, Serena? We don't see you in a cap too often down here. Was that a problem?
SERENA WILLIAMS: On the one side the sun was it was hard to serve on that side, but there's no that's not a reason to lose at all.
Q. Last year people didn't expect too much of you. When you came here this year everybody expected a lot of you. Did that make a difference? You've been in a lot of pressure situations, but was it a lot different walking in here with those expectations this year than last?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Actually, no, I didn't feel any pressure myself. Only pressure traditionally I feel is the pressure I put on myself. I didn't really put any pressure on me. I felt like I was going to do better than this, but I guess, you know, I was wrong. Can't always be right.
Q. Given that you felt that way, what are your feelings now? How disappointed are you?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I'm obviously extremely disappointed. I'm one that enjoys the battles, and I enjoy the victories as well. But I'm definitely, you know, not really happy right now, especially not with my performance.
If I had a different performance and I gave it I felt like I did better, then I would feel a little better about it.
Q. Whatever was affecting you physically, did you start to feel that more after the first couple days of the first set? Because it seemed like you lost some energy there after those first couple of games.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, definitely. You know, I was definitely feeling it, I would say throughout the whole match from the first game.
Q. When did it come up for you as an issue, the injury?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I mean, it's not really an issue. I just think I'm not going to sit here and make excuses. I lost because Jelena played better than me and I made too many errors. I think regardless, the match was on my racquet, and I gave it away.
Q. That's still no real clear explanation. You played pretty well against Vaidisova, but it didn't seem like you were trusting any of your shots today.
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, no, no, I just think that I made a lot of errors today. I mean, I didn't like my shots just weren't right. I didn't move the way I traditionally want to move, and I wasn't feeling 100 percent. But as an athlete you know not every day you're going to feel 100 percent, and some days you have to win feeling 30 percent.
Q. You mentioned before that you felt you had done a bit better in the doubles. What exactly did you feel you had done better in the doubles?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I felt like my returns were better in doubles, and I felt like in my singles I didn't return the way I wanted to. That's probably it.
Q. You recently said you're a happy person with a smile on your face. How easy is it to put that smile back on your face after a day like today?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, it's hard, I guess. I mean, me being the person I am, I'm pretty much a perfectionist. If things don't go right then I have problems with that. It's not the end of the world.
That's a tournament I'm going to be in in a couple of weeks. I'm just going to go home and keep working out and staying fit.
Q. You're not staying for the Police concert?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I don't deserve it. I didn't no, I didn't and I definitely don't deserve the celebrity upgrade. If so, I'll pay for the tickets.
Q. It's been like six, seven years since you were in four Slams and failed to pass the quarterfinal. What do you think about the year moving forward? Just talk about your general state of mind.
SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, I think there's good things coming forward. You know, just taking it one day at a time and trying and let this go behind me and just go back and keep training.
You know, it's just I definitely see I've come a long way from last year, and I just keep going forward.
Q. Did that injury get you out of a lot of tournaments last year? Can we expect to see you on the tour a bit more this year?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely expect to be on the tour. I look forward to it and to being in a lot of events.
Q. Can you talk about Venus' chances? She's been playing pretty well, and she's never won here. She's in a good side of the draw and looks like she has a good opportunity moving forward too.
SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely hope the best for her and I want her to go all the way. I think she's the best player, toughest competition for me. Whenever I play her, she's playing so solid. I think she'll do really well.
セレーナ・ウイリアムスがエレナ・ヤンコビッチに3-6、4-6で敗退しました。試合当日はシングルス直後にダブルスがあったために翌日の記者会見となったこともあり頭を冷やすことができたようで、彼女にしては比較的良くしゃべってくれていれているようです。
ヤンコビッチが自分より良いプレーをしたのであってそれ以外の言い訳はしたくない、、と言ってはいるものの、記者の質問が良かったのでしょう。いろいろコメントしています；
１）精神的な落ち込み（ある原因によりゲームの最初からずっと。プロなので30％でも勝たなければいけないのだけれど、、）
２）思い描いたとおりのゲームがまったく出来なかった
３）いくつか言えない問題もあった（詳細はノーコメント。膝痛やマメが破れてしまったこととかそういったことが問題ではない）、とはいえ
４）サービスの不調、それに
５）ショットにパワー不足（なんかこうプワーっと飛び散ってしまったような感じ）、さらに
６）いつもより動きが悪く、そしてなんといっても
７）選択すべきショットを間違えた（思い起こせばチャンスはあったけど、エラーが多すぎてそうした機会を活かせず）。
ちなみに、いくつかの課題については直後のダブルスの試合を通じて練習にもなったのでとても良かったとのこと。これは素人テニスのレベルでも思い当たりますね。
Q. What are your comments on the singles?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I had time to think about it. I think that I went crazy, maybe, and I made a lot of mistakes. I didn't really play the game I wanted to play, yeah.
Q. You were quite listless in the first set there. Wasn't an injury or a problem with movement?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I was having some issues, but I don't like to make excuses. We won't discuss those.
Q. Any comments on the way she played?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, she played really solid.
Q. Did those issues extend to the doubles? Was there a bit of a problem all through the day?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, definitely all through the day. But it was it's, you know, nothing life threatening, so I'll be it's fine.
Q. How much do you think it restricted you in your singles match?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I wasn't moving the way I wanted to and the way I was in the previous rounds, but I was and I wasn't able to serve the way I wanted to, so I think maybe that could have affected my serve, at least. But I think Jelena played some good tennis and she hung in there.
Q. It seemed like even when you were trying hard in the second set to get things going you just couldn't find your rhythm.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I definitely couldn't find any rhythm out there. I felt like my shots were spraying and everything like that.
It just I was just kind of all over the place, and out there for sure.
Q. Was playing doubles therapeutic after that, or would you just rather just have gone back and rested?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I definitely enjoyed playing doubles, because, you know, believe it or not, I got to work on some things that I didn't feel that I did well in my singles.
So I actually did a little better in my doubles. That's definitely taken a positive.
Q. Looked like during the doubles you were sort of grabbing your leg up here. Is it the knee again?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, my knee is fine. My knee is great, thank God.
Q. She went into it saying she wanted you to move from side to side. Did that make it difficult for you? Was that a good tactic of hers?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I think everyone wants to move anyone they play. I think that's a good tactic against anybody. If I were playing anyone that would be a pretty much be my tactic.
Q. You've been in some tough physical situations before, tough mental situations before. She failed hold to serve out the match. You come out and it looked like you had a good opportunity to get back to 55. You couldn't get it together. What wasn't really happening today?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely didn't have the right shot selection. I felt like some shots I made weren't the correct selection, and I didn't go after some shots I thought I should have went after. Then I just made some errors that I shouldn't make, and I have no reason to make those errors.
So I think that's what it boiled down to. I feel like I had plenty of opportunities, and I didn't I just made too many errors.
Q. You were treated for a blister during the match, right?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah.
Q. Was that a factor during the match or not?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, it wasn't a factor.
Q. What about the sun, Serena? We don't see you in a cap too often down here. Was that a problem?
SERENA WILLIAMS: On the one side the sun was it was hard to serve on that side, but there's no that's not a reason to lose at all.
Q. Last year people didn't expect too much of you. When you came here this year everybody expected a lot of you. Did that make a difference? You've been in a lot of pressure situations, but was it a lot different walking in here with those expectations this year than last?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Actually, no, I didn't feel any pressure myself. Only pressure traditionally I feel is the pressure I put on myself. I didn't really put any pressure on me. I felt like I was going to do better than this, but I guess, you know, I was wrong. Can't always be right.
Q. Given that you felt that way, what are your feelings now? How disappointed are you?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I'm obviously extremely disappointed. I'm one that enjoys the battles, and I enjoy the victories as well. But I'm definitely, you know, not really happy right now, especially not with my performance.
If I had a different performance and I gave it I felt like I did better, then I would feel a little better about it.
Q. Whatever was affecting you physically, did you start to feel that more after the first couple days of the first set? Because it seemed like you lost some energy there after those first couple of games.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, definitely. You know, I was definitely feeling it, I would say throughout the whole match from the first game.
Q. When did it come up for you as an issue, the injury?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I mean, it's not really an issue. I just think I'm not going to sit here and make excuses. I lost because Jelena played better than me and I made too many errors. I think regardless, the match was on my racquet, and I gave it away.
Q. That's still no real clear explanation. You played pretty well against Vaidisova, but it didn't seem like you were trusting any of your shots today.
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, no, no, I just think that I made a lot of errors today. I mean, I didn't like my shots just weren't right. I didn't move the way I traditionally want to move, and I wasn't feeling 100 percent. But as an athlete you know not every day you're going to feel 100 percent, and some days you have to win feeling 30 percent.
Q. You mentioned before that you felt you had done a bit better in the doubles. What exactly did you feel you had done better in the doubles?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I felt like my returns were better in doubles, and I felt like in my singles I didn't return the way I wanted to. That's probably it.
Q. You recently said you're a happy person with a smile on your face. How easy is it to put that smile back on your face after a day like today?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, it's hard, I guess. I mean, me being the person I am, I'm pretty much a perfectionist. If things don't go right then I have problems with that. It's not the end of the world.
That's a tournament I'm going to be in in a couple of weeks. I'm just going to go home and keep working out and staying fit.
Q. You're not staying for the Police concert?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I don't deserve it. I didn't no, I didn't and I definitely don't deserve the celebrity upgrade. If so, I'll pay for the tickets.
Q. It's been like six, seven years since you were in four Slams and failed to pass the quarterfinal. What do you think about the year moving forward? Just talk about your general state of mind.
SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, I think there's good things coming forward. You know, just taking it one day at a time and trying and let this go behind me and just go back and keep training.
You know, it's just I definitely see I've come a long way from last year, and I just keep going forward.
Q. Did that injury get you out of a lot of tournaments last year? Can we expect to see you on the tour a bit more this year?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely expect to be on the tour. I look forward to it and to being in a lot of events.
Q. Can you talk about Venus' chances? She's been playing pretty well, and she's never won here. She's in a good side of the draw and looks like she has a good opportunity moving forward too.
SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely hope the best for her and I want her to go all the way. I think she's the best player, toughest competition for me. Whenever I play her, she's playing so solid. I think she'll do really well.
2008年01月22日
ヤンコ・ティプサレビッチ（全豪08）
ヤンコ・ティプサレビッチ（セルビア）がフェデラー相手に接戦（7-6、6-7、7-5、1-6、8-10）！
記者会見も熱が入ったものだったようでかなり長めですね。敗因は重要なポイントでフェデラーが良かったから、、といたってシンプルですが、特にフェデラーのサーブが読めないことには手を焼いたようです。フェデラーのトスはいつも同じ場所にあげられ、肩の動かし方からはどこにサーブしようとしているのかまったく読めない、おそらく５度戦っても読めないだろうとコメントしています。
ちなみにフェデラーをここまで追いつめることができたのは以下のような点であったと言ってます。素人テニスにも参考になります。
１）気持ちは”攻め”に徹したこと。
２）ポイントを取られる場面になっても簡単にとらせず一苦労させたこと。
３）新コーチ・Jose Perlas（スペイン）との練習がうまくいったこと（フェデラーとのベースラインからの打ち合いにまったく遜色なかったのは、コーチのアドバイスによって膝を十分に曲げてかつ足を良く動かすことができた）こと。
４）相手がフェデラーだからあるいは満場のスタジアムだからといって感情的にすぎないようつとめ”集中”状態を保つことができたこと。昨シーズンまではこの集中状態をゲーム中に安定して保つことがとても難しかったが、今回は策定したゲームプランに集中できた。またポイントをとれるチャンスがあるからといってものすごく早いストレートのパッシングショットのようなスーパーショットを打つ必要はない。格上選手でも人間なのでミスする可能性あると考えたことが今回は出来た。
５）格上相手なんだからといってただ良い試合をしようと思わわずに、馬鹿げていると思えるくらい「フェデラーに勝てる」と強く思い切るようつとめたこと。
６）同郷のジョコビッチからも対フェデラー戦のアドバイスをもらえたこと（内容は秘密だそうですが）。
それにしてもジョコビッチといいセルビアの選手は英語できちんと意思を伝えることができるのが素晴らしい。
Q. You were so close to causing a huge upset. How does it feel?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Surprisingly, I'm not feeling that bad today. Normally, when I play a tough match and I have some chances to win, especially this tough and against a player like Roger, I'm feeling bad the day after.
So today like I got a lot of positive vibes also from the players in the locker room, my family, my coach. But, well, I think I'm going to be more disappointed tomorrow than I am today.
Q. You obviously had a prematch plan.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The only my opinion, still, against Roger, and not too many players have beaten him in the last couple of years the only way to beat him is to be aggressive. And he needs to he doesn't need to know what's coming to him. Because if you're playing just a onesided game he's ending up as a winner pretty fast and really easy.
So my plan was to be aggressive, and then on the other side, try to make him work for the points that he's winning.
Q. The coach, in the media guide you have a coach; in the notes you have another coach. Who is your coach? How many do you have?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: It's my mistake, because I didn't change it with the ATP. Since this season I started actually, since the end of last season, on the preparation period in December, I started working with Jose Perlas, a Spanish coach, and the preparation was really good, really successful.
I started off kind of on the wrong foot getting sick in Doha; had to retire the second round. But I picked it up. We were working pretty hard here in Australia for a week before the tournament started.
Well, I can say the hard work paid off, because I was really close in beating the No. 1 seed.
Q. The feeling in the stadium, did that help you?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Of course it did. I still think that the stadium likes to see a competitor fighting and trying to beat the seeded player, especially somebody like Roger Federer. But I was trying not to get too emotional. I was trying to be focused. I was not, as you maybe saw, I was not cheering for myself too loud. Just trying to stay focused.
But in the end, I mean, against Roger it's so hard, because he's playing every point like point for point. And even when you're up like 40Love, the game is far, far from over.
Q. You held serve eight times in the fifth. During one of those changeovers were you thinking to yourself, This time I've got him?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Actually, no. The only deal which I was feeling really comfortable on court today, but the only thing which was causing me a lot of trouble is to try and read his serve.
So at the end of the match I ended up guessing on the side where he's going to serve, because the shoulder rotation that he has makes it extremely difficult to see where is he going to serve according to go toss.
So this was the only thing which I was feeling uncomfortable with. The rest I was feeling pretty good on court.
Q. It's been said that in order to compete with Roger you have to delude yourself into thinking you can compete with Roger. How do you handle the issue of belief in a match like this, selfbelief?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: My opinion about this is that you you have to believe that you're going to beat Roger Federer when you go on court, as stupid as it might sound, as I said before the match.
If you go out there thinking I'm going to play a good match, make him sweat for his money or something like that, it's not going to work. Because then when the chances are given to you, and even Roger Federer is giving chances, you're not going to use them because you're going to be too afraid from victory.
So I went on court with the idea that I can win. I was close. I lost because he was better in the important moments of the match.
Q. Novak said he said something to you before the match.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was speaking with Novak, because obviously he played him, like, more times than I did. He gave me some tips, and I used them properly. It just it could have gone my way or his way. It was I mean 97 in the fifth was it 97 in the fifth? 108, sorry. I forgot, sorry.
Q. Do you care to share any of that advice?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Sorry?
Q. That advice that Novak gave you.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I don't want to go too much into techniques. Sorry, it's like I don't want to you know what I mean?
Q. Even if you were not afraid to play against Roger, were you surprised yourself to stay during almost all the five sets at his level and to keep your level?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The one thing I can say proud about myself, because I was known during the years that in parts of the match I'm playing really good, but then my focus goes down and then for like three games I'm not on the court. I make a lot of unforced errors and my focus is going on the completely other way.
So I am satisfied that I fixed this. I'm satisfied that even when I was losing, I was not losing because I was making force or making some stupid mistakes. I was losing because the other guy was outplaying me at the moment.
Q. I've often heard you say you and the other Serbian players have created what you have out of mud. I wondered if there's ever a moment if a match, or in this match specifically, where you just thought, How did I get here? This is amazing.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No. Actually, no. I'm thinking about this normally when we're sitting having a drink and thinking how we start it all. But on the match, if you get too emotional about this, I don't think it's helping you, like, tacticwise and helps you stay focused in thinking about your game plan against players.
Q. We are used to hearing that the one who wins has made the most important point. But today you had three break points, and you made three breaks. He had 21 break points, he made only 5. That doesn't mean anything to you?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Also, people need to understand that also Roger Federer is human and that he's beatable, and also that he's feeling the pressure on a certain point of a match. It's extremely, extremely difficult for the guys on top, and I've said this during the years.
That every guy who goes on court and believes that he can beat like a top 5, top 10 player, is, as I like to say, releasing his hand and playing his best tennis. These guys have to keep it up, year after year, you know.
But also, you have to understand that every time when you have a chance, you don't have to play something extreme like, I don't know, like fast backhand down the line or something like that.
I was lucky that in these points I was focused and thinking that he's also human and he can make mistakes. Not trying to overplay.
Q. Another thing is he made the 96 winners versus your 52. But 39 were aces, and then there were at least 20 first serves that you couldn't read well, as you said before. So that means from the baseline when you start playing after the first serve you compete even better than him?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think that I was feeling more comfortable tonight or today, whatever, from the baseline than Roger did. I was handling his slice pretty well. I was using my legs, bending down as I should, as my coach told me.
But I wasn't serving that bad. The only problem was that I was not able to read his serve. And if we had more rallies from the baseline, maybe it will go my way.
Q. He actually said that you will play him from the baseline. Was there a point in the fourth set that you started thinking about the fifth one and just let it go?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was I was a little bit physically down, because I was working really hard for five, six weeks during the preseason. But being sick for a week is like it's decreasing your fitness a little bit. And, also, a week before a Grand Slam I was practicing hard, but I couldn't stay longer than oneandahalf hours on the court, you know, trying to be fresh for the when the week starts.
So I was a little bit tired, as you might see, but I was I was having a game plan to try and give it all in the fifth, like I did in the first round match.
Q. Everybody's talking about Djokovic, but now with your serve, with Ivanovic and Jankovic, there are many Serbian players. How do you explain this?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: There is, I said it a lot, there is no explanation for the good players that we have from Serbia. Obviously the main popularity of the sport is coming from the two girls, Jelena and Ana and Novak.
A lot of people in Serbia don't understand that in sport, it's normal to have this positive jealousy of the players who are in front of you. And I also said it to myself a lot of times. If Novak can do it, why can't I do it? And maybe I'll never do it, but this is making me be better and improving my tennis.
You often see nations where when one guy starts the other guy starts and it's like a wave coming with young players. Now it's getting better, but, I mean, still I have to tell you the truth: We don't have one hard court in the country, so it's kind of difficult.
Q. You think Federer was nervous? After the break he started walking the wrong way.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I don't think he was nervous he was maybe like not completely focused, but obviously in some points of the match I was feeling that he was nervous, which is normal.
Q. Do you think this match is going to change your career?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Even if I came out as a loser from today's match I think I learned a lot. I hope I earned some respect from the players around the world. And of course this match is definitely going to help me in the season, so we'll see what happens.
Q. Even if it may sound novel at this question, if after four hours and 27 minutes you cannot read the serve of Federer, how many hours and how many matches do you think you need in order to be able to?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think that players who play him more than five times still cannot read his serve.
Q. So there is no hope?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: You have it's more like a tactic that you have, points of the match when it's important, where if you look at a percentage, where is he serving most.
But his toss is always the same. He turns around with his shoulder always the same. And then, I mean, serve is the only stroke in tennis which only depends on you. So if you hide it well, then it's extremely difficult to read it.
Q. You have a special shot on your backhand; am I wrong?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Yes.
Q. When you play with one hand on the side. Can you try and explain?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Well, obviously it wasn't working very well today. But, no, this is this is actually a shot when I cannot reach the ball, and the only way for me to reach it is to play maybe a highlow, which the opponent is normally smashing in the other direction. I try to surprise him, and sometimes it actually works.
Q. Does it hurt?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No, it doesn't hurt. But actually, if you play it good it is actually how you say, efficient? Because normally players from this side are expecting a highlow ball, like a low slice or something like that. But today was not really efficient.
Q. Is it true that you read a lot?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Yeah, I try. Normally tennis players have hard the life is, traveling all the time. We do have a lot of time, and I spend some of it reading, yes.
Q. What kind of books? What are you reading right now?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Right now I am rereading for the third time the book called Idiot from Dostojevski. Sounds funny, but
Q. Is it the tattoo?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: It's the tattoo I have on my left arm, yes.
記者会見も熱が入ったものだったようでかなり長めですね。敗因は重要なポイントでフェデラーが良かったから、、といたってシンプルですが、特にフェデラーのサーブが読めないことには手を焼いたようです。フェデラーのトスはいつも同じ場所にあげられ、肩の動かし方からはどこにサーブしようとしているのかまったく読めない、おそらく５度戦っても読めないだろうとコメントしています。
ちなみにフェデラーをここまで追いつめることができたのは以下のような点であったと言ってます。素人テニスにも参考になります。
１）気持ちは”攻め”に徹したこと。
２）ポイントを取られる場面になっても簡単にとらせず一苦労させたこと。
３）新コーチ・Jose Perlas（スペイン）との練習がうまくいったこと（フェデラーとのベースラインからの打ち合いにまったく遜色なかったのは、コーチのアドバイスによって膝を十分に曲げてかつ足を良く動かすことができた）こと。
４）相手がフェデラーだからあるいは満場のスタジアムだからといって感情的にすぎないようつとめ”集中”状態を保つことができたこと。昨シーズンまではこの集中状態をゲーム中に安定して保つことがとても難しかったが、今回は策定したゲームプランに集中できた。またポイントをとれるチャンスがあるからといってものすごく早いストレートのパッシングショットのようなスーパーショットを打つ必要はない。格上選手でも人間なのでミスする可能性あると考えたことが今回は出来た。
５）格上相手なんだからといってただ良い試合をしようと思わわずに、馬鹿げていると思えるくらい「フェデラーに勝てる」と強く思い切るようつとめたこと。
６）同郷のジョコビッチからも対フェデラー戦のアドバイスをもらえたこと（内容は秘密だそうですが）。
それにしてもジョコビッチといいセルビアの選手は英語できちんと意思を伝えることができるのが素晴らしい。
Q. You were so close to causing a huge upset. How does it feel?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Surprisingly, I'm not feeling that bad today. Normally, when I play a tough match and I have some chances to win, especially this tough and against a player like Roger, I'm feeling bad the day after.
So today like I got a lot of positive vibes also from the players in the locker room, my family, my coach. But, well, I think I'm going to be more disappointed tomorrow than I am today.
Q. You obviously had a prematch plan.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The only my opinion, still, against Roger, and not too many players have beaten him in the last couple of years the only way to beat him is to be aggressive. And he needs to he doesn't need to know what's coming to him. Because if you're playing just a onesided game he's ending up as a winner pretty fast and really easy.
So my plan was to be aggressive, and then on the other side, try to make him work for the points that he's winning.
Q. The coach, in the media guide you have a coach; in the notes you have another coach. Who is your coach? How many do you have?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: It's my mistake, because I didn't change it with the ATP. Since this season I started actually, since the end of last season, on the preparation period in December, I started working with Jose Perlas, a Spanish coach, and the preparation was really good, really successful.
I started off kind of on the wrong foot getting sick in Doha; had to retire the second round. But I picked it up. We were working pretty hard here in Australia for a week before the tournament started.
Well, I can say the hard work paid off, because I was really close in beating the No. 1 seed.
Q. The feeling in the stadium, did that help you?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Of course it did. I still think that the stadium likes to see a competitor fighting and trying to beat the seeded player, especially somebody like Roger Federer. But I was trying not to get too emotional. I was trying to be focused. I was not, as you maybe saw, I was not cheering for myself too loud. Just trying to stay focused.
But in the end, I mean, against Roger it's so hard, because he's playing every point like point for point. And even when you're up like 40Love, the game is far, far from over.
Q. You held serve eight times in the fifth. During one of those changeovers were you thinking to yourself, This time I've got him?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Actually, no. The only deal which I was feeling really comfortable on court today, but the only thing which was causing me a lot of trouble is to try and read his serve.
So at the end of the match I ended up guessing on the side where he's going to serve, because the shoulder rotation that he has makes it extremely difficult to see where is he going to serve according to go toss.
So this was the only thing which I was feeling uncomfortable with. The rest I was feeling pretty good on court.
Q. It's been said that in order to compete with Roger you have to delude yourself into thinking you can compete with Roger. How do you handle the issue of belief in a match like this, selfbelief?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: My opinion about this is that you you have to believe that you're going to beat Roger Federer when you go on court, as stupid as it might sound, as I said before the match.
If you go out there thinking I'm going to play a good match, make him sweat for his money or something like that, it's not going to work. Because then when the chances are given to you, and even Roger Federer is giving chances, you're not going to use them because you're going to be too afraid from victory.
So I went on court with the idea that I can win. I was close. I lost because he was better in the important moments of the match.
Q. Novak said he said something to you before the match.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was speaking with Novak, because obviously he played him, like, more times than I did. He gave me some tips, and I used them properly. It just it could have gone my way or his way. It was I mean 97 in the fifth was it 97 in the fifth? 108, sorry. I forgot, sorry.
Q. Do you care to share any of that advice?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Sorry?
Q. That advice that Novak gave you.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I don't want to go too much into techniques. Sorry, it's like I don't want to you know what I mean?
Q. Even if you were not afraid to play against Roger, were you surprised yourself to stay during almost all the five sets at his level and to keep your level?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The one thing I can say proud about myself, because I was known during the years that in parts of the match I'm playing really good, but then my focus goes down and then for like three games I'm not on the court. I make a lot of unforced errors and my focus is going on the completely other way.
So I am satisfied that I fixed this. I'm satisfied that even when I was losing, I was not losing because I was making force or making some stupid mistakes. I was losing because the other guy was outplaying me at the moment.
Q. I've often heard you say you and the other Serbian players have created what you have out of mud. I wondered if there's ever a moment if a match, or in this match specifically, where you just thought, How did I get here? This is amazing.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No. Actually, no. I'm thinking about this normally when we're sitting having a drink and thinking how we start it all. But on the match, if you get too emotional about this, I don't think it's helping you, like, tacticwise and helps you stay focused in thinking about your game plan against players.
Q. We are used to hearing that the one who wins has made the most important point. But today you had three break points, and you made three breaks. He had 21 break points, he made only 5. That doesn't mean anything to you?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Also, people need to understand that also Roger Federer is human and that he's beatable, and also that he's feeling the pressure on a certain point of a match. It's extremely, extremely difficult for the guys on top, and I've said this during the years.
That every guy who goes on court and believes that he can beat like a top 5, top 10 player, is, as I like to say, releasing his hand and playing his best tennis. These guys have to keep it up, year after year, you know.
But also, you have to understand that every time when you have a chance, you don't have to play something extreme like, I don't know, like fast backhand down the line or something like that.
I was lucky that in these points I was focused and thinking that he's also human and he can make mistakes. Not trying to overplay.
Q. Another thing is he made the 96 winners versus your 52. But 39 were aces, and then there were at least 20 first serves that you couldn't read well, as you said before. So that means from the baseline when you start playing after the first serve you compete even better than him?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think that I was feeling more comfortable tonight or today, whatever, from the baseline than Roger did. I was handling his slice pretty well. I was using my legs, bending down as I should, as my coach told me.
But I wasn't serving that bad. The only problem was that I was not able to read his serve. And if we had more rallies from the baseline, maybe it will go my way.
Q. He actually said that you will play him from the baseline. Was there a point in the fourth set that you started thinking about the fifth one and just let it go?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was I was a little bit physically down, because I was working really hard for five, six weeks during the preseason. But being sick for a week is like it's decreasing your fitness a little bit. And, also, a week before a Grand Slam I was practicing hard, but I couldn't stay longer than oneandahalf hours on the court, you know, trying to be fresh for the when the week starts.
So I was a little bit tired, as you might see, but I was I was having a game plan to try and give it all in the fifth, like I did in the first round match.
Q. Everybody's talking about Djokovic, but now with your serve, with Ivanovic and Jankovic, there are many Serbian players. How do you explain this?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: There is, I said it a lot, there is no explanation for the good players that we have from Serbia. Obviously the main popularity of the sport is coming from the two girls, Jelena and Ana and Novak.
A lot of people in Serbia don't understand that in sport, it's normal to have this positive jealousy of the players who are in front of you. And I also said it to myself a lot of times. If Novak can do it, why can't I do it? And maybe I'll never do it, but this is making me be better and improving my tennis.
You often see nations where when one guy starts the other guy starts and it's like a wave coming with young players. Now it's getting better, but, I mean, still I have to tell you the truth: We don't have one hard court in the country, so it's kind of difficult.
Q. You think Federer was nervous? After the break he started walking the wrong way.
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I don't think he was nervous he was maybe like not completely focused, but obviously in some points of the match I was feeling that he was nervous, which is normal.
Q. Do you think this match is going to change your career?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Even if I came out as a loser from today's match I think I learned a lot. I hope I earned some respect from the players around the world. And of course this match is definitely going to help me in the season, so we'll see what happens.
Q. Even if it may sound novel at this question, if after four hours and 27 minutes you cannot read the serve of Federer, how many hours and how many matches do you think you need in order to be able to?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think that players who play him more than five times still cannot read his serve.
Q. So there is no hope?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: You have it's more like a tactic that you have, points of the match when it's important, where if you look at a percentage, where is he serving most.
But his toss is always the same. He turns around with his shoulder always the same. And then, I mean, serve is the only stroke in tennis which only depends on you. So if you hide it well, then it's extremely difficult to read it.
Q. You have a special shot on your backhand; am I wrong?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Yes.
Q. When you play with one hand on the side. Can you try and explain?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Well, obviously it wasn't working very well today. But, no, this is this is actually a shot when I cannot reach the ball, and the only way for me to reach it is to play maybe a highlow, which the opponent is normally smashing in the other direction. I try to surprise him, and sometimes it actually works.
Q. Does it hurt?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No, it doesn't hurt. But actually, if you play it good it is actually how you say, efficient? Because normally players from this side are expecting a highlow ball, like a low slice or something like that. But today was not really efficient.
Q. Is it true that you read a lot?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Yeah, I try. Normally tennis players have hard the life is, traveling all the time. We do have a lot of time, and I spend some of it reading, yes.
Q. What kind of books? What are you reading right now?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Right now I am rereading for the third time the book called Idiot from Dostojevski. Sounds funny, but
Q. Is it the tattoo?
JANKO TIPSAREVIC: It's the tattoo I have on my left arm, yes.
2008年01月21日
マルコス・バグダティス（全豪08）
Marcos Baghdatis 20.01.08
元気印のバグダティス。ヒューイットに6-4、5-7、5-7、7-6、3-6で惜敗しました。観客にも人気が高く、記者会見もいたってフレンドリーな様子。負けても良いプレーが出来たので今年も春から縁起がいいわい！というわけで、一年間をポジティブに始めたい気持ちが伝わってきます。試合の流れがヒューイットにあるなかでも、結果を忘れ笑顔を心がけリラックス・モードに入るよう心がけ、ドロップショットなども繰り出してヒューイットのリズムを崩すよう試みたと言ってますから、やはり大器です。インタビューは彼の英語の問題もあって詳細に語られるものではありませんでしたが、しかめっ面で深刻そうにプレーするより楽しく自分を盛り上げる気持ちの持っていきかたは参考になると思います。
Sunday, 20 January, 2008
Q. How tough is that to swallow?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: It is tough, but it's a positive thing. I love the game. It's another time that I went out there, I had I lost the match, but I came out with so many good emotions. I had really so much fun, and the crowd was great.
I'm really happy. I mean, the way I'm playing, the way I deal with things, and that's all I have to say. It's tough losing a match. I'm a bit disappointed, that's for sure. But I worked hard with my coaches and it's nice to come out and, I mean, have so many good emotions like today.
I'm just really happy the way I'm playing, and I'm ready for the season. That's a positive thing, for sure. I'm disappointed. I don't know what to say. It's tough to swallow, but that's life. Life is hard to have to accept it and try to follow.
Q. What about that turn? I mean, 51. You were going for all the money. What happened? Did you just sort of go for broke?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: No, I just, you know, I start smiling, I start to forget the result. I was a bit stressed out even from the beginning of the match. It was a bit tough, and I just tried to deal with things, and just tried to find a solution to win, even, by relaxing, by trying to change the rhythm of Lleyton, just playing drop shot. I start changing everything. And it worked.
The fifth set I got a bit tired. I had my chances to break him first. I didn't, and he did. I mean, he deserves to win. He was better than me today, and that's all I have to say. He played better than me in the important points.
Q. You must be exhausted. Can he recover?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: Oh, for sure. We're exhausted at the match, but I think we work hard. I mean, he works out, also. And I was if I was in his place I would recover, so I think he would.
Q. Your fans again tonight, it's 5:00 in the morning and they were still cheering as loud as ever.
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: I want to thank them a lot for the support. It's really great to have them around. Not really just my fans, also my country. They were really supportive the last couple of days. And I want to thank them very much.
Q. You leave Melbourne with some great memories again?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: Of course. I love Melbourne. I love the tournament. I'm very happy to be here. Like I said before, that's why I live, for matches like this. That's why I work hard. That's why I dream: For matches like this. And it's a pleasure to even losing it. That's not the most important thing, you know.
It's just a game, and I'm just very, very happy that I'm playing this way and having so many good emotions.
Q. Congratulations.
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: Thanks, mate.
Q. Were you affected at all by the ankle injury?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: No, just in the beginning, I had pain, but they gave me four painkillers, so I guess I guess that made the job. No, I mean, at the end I was a bit tired, but not because of the ankle, because of all the stress I had, and that's all.
And I'm, like I said before, I'm happy the way I'm playing. I'm ready for the year, and I guess I'll just go back, have some holidays, and just focus on the rest of the year.
元気印のバグダティス。ヒューイットに6-4、5-7、5-7、7-6、3-6で惜敗しました。観客にも人気が高く、記者会見もいたってフレンドリーな様子。負けても良いプレーが出来たので今年も春から縁起がいいわい！というわけで、一年間をポジティブに始めたい気持ちが伝わってきます。試合の流れがヒューイットにあるなかでも、結果を忘れ笑顔を心がけリラックス・モードに入るよう心がけ、ドロップショットなども繰り出してヒューイットのリズムを崩すよう試みたと言ってますから、やはり大器です。インタビューは彼の英語の問題もあって詳細に語られるものではありませんでしたが、しかめっ面で深刻そうにプレーするより楽しく自分を盛り上げる気持ちの持っていきかたは参考になると思います。
Sunday, 20 January, 2008
Q. How tough is that to swallow?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: It is tough, but it's a positive thing. I love the game. It's another time that I went out there, I had I lost the match, but I came out with so many good emotions. I had really so much fun, and the crowd was great.
I'm really happy. I mean, the way I'm playing, the way I deal with things, and that's all I have to say. It's tough losing a match. I'm a bit disappointed, that's for sure. But I worked hard with my coaches and it's nice to come out and, I mean, have so many good emotions like today.
I'm just really happy the way I'm playing, and I'm ready for the season. That's a positive thing, for sure. I'm disappointed. I don't know what to say. It's tough to swallow, but that's life. Life is hard to have to accept it and try to follow.
Q. What about that turn? I mean, 51. You were going for all the money. What happened? Did you just sort of go for broke?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: No, I just, you know, I start smiling, I start to forget the result. I was a bit stressed out even from the beginning of the match. It was a bit tough, and I just tried to deal with things, and just tried to find a solution to win, even, by relaxing, by trying to change the rhythm of Lleyton, just playing drop shot. I start changing everything. And it worked.
The fifth set I got a bit tired. I had my chances to break him first. I didn't, and he did. I mean, he deserves to win. He was better than me today, and that's all I have to say. He played better than me in the important points.
Q. You must be exhausted. Can he recover?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: Oh, for sure. We're exhausted at the match, but I think we work hard. I mean, he works out, also. And I was if I was in his place I would recover, so I think he would.
Q. Your fans again tonight, it's 5:00 in the morning and they were still cheering as loud as ever.
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: I want to thank them a lot for the support. It's really great to have them around. Not really just my fans, also my country. They were really supportive the last couple of days. And I want to thank them very much.
Q. You leave Melbourne with some great memories again?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: Of course. I love Melbourne. I love the tournament. I'm very happy to be here. Like I said before, that's why I live, for matches like this. That's why I work hard. That's why I dream: For matches like this. And it's a pleasure to even losing it. That's not the most important thing, you know.
It's just a game, and I'm just very, very happy that I'm playing this way and having so many good emotions.
Q. Congratulations.
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: Thanks, mate.
Q. Were you affected at all by the ankle injury?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: No, just in the beginning, I had pain, but they gave me four painkillers, so I guess I guess that made the job. No, I mean, at the end I was a bit tired, but not because of the ankle, because of all the stress I had, and that's all.
And I'm, like I said before, I'm happy the way I'm playing. I'm ready for the year, and I guess I'll just go back, have some holidays, and just focus on the rest of the year.
2008年01月19日
アンディ・ロディック（全豪08）
Friday, 18 January, 2008
アンディ・ロディックがフィリップ・コールシュライバーにフルセットで敗退。言い訳も敗因分析もほとんど無く、記者との緊張したやりとりが繰り広げられた様子が伺えます。コールシュライバーは格下ながら今夜の試合は上出来だったこと、特にスライス・サーブ、セカンドサーブの処理、さらにバックハンドから繰り出されるショットがすごかったとコメント。ファイナルセットにいたってはあらゆる努力をしたつもりだが、結果としてゲームを支配されていたことも認めています。審判との厳しいやりとりもあり、メンタルにもきつい場面があったことも説明しています。昨年のデビスカップでの素晴らしい勝利から一転して全豪での無惨な敗退まで、プロスポーツ選手なら当然味わうジェットコースターだと割り切るあたり、いつものように強がっているロディック節でした。
コナーズの記者会見もやって欲しかった。
Interview
Q. Tough one, Andy. Talk about how you're feeling.
ANDY RODDICK: No, yeah, it's rough. You know, you play a match that long, you come out the wrong end, it doesn't feel good.
You know, I'm trying to think of a new and exciting way to say that. But, I don't know, it's not good. It's not fun.
Q. His level was pretty high, though. Except for the second set, especially on his own service games, pretty good.
ANDY RODDICK: "Pretty good" is an understatement. I don't know that I've ever seen him play like that before, especially serving-wise. You know, it's unfortunate.
Q. Have you ever played that well and lost?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah.
Q. The various things that annoyed you during the match, was that emotion that you were able to feed off or do you think it took away from what you were trying to do?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't think it had anything to do with it. I came out and served aces after I got mad at his little section. If anything, I needed something to get inside of me. It was a long time between me talking to the umpire and when the match actually finished.
I think it was pretty insignificant.
Q. It was quite a bit steamier in there than it's been for other matches. Was it tough to stay alert, a hundred percent? You looked like you were sweating buckets.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I was. I have like a sweating problem. It's been a real problem in my personal life.
But, I mean, it's what I do. I don't know how to prevent that really. You know, it's tough to keep fluids in you. But, you know, so be it. Thanks, dad.
Q. Did 2003 go through your mind at all?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I thought about it.
Q. When did you think about it? In the fifth?
ANDY RODDICK: About 3-2 in the first set.
Q. Can you give a view on what happened when he first had a match point and called the challenge.
ANDY RODDICK: I thought he played a shot and then maybe searched around and then challenged. I thought he played a shot. You know, his shot was obviously going out. So I was just trying to get my point across that he had played a shot.
I said, It's irrelevant whether he hit one more shot, you know, if I felt like he was going to miss that one.
I could have been right or I could have been wrong. Would have been an idiot at least to not put that seed in the umpire's mind at that point, right?
Q. You tried a lot of ways to get into his service games. Especially the last set, seemed like you were climbing uphill the whole time trying to get the ball back in play, and then he was dictating pretty quickly.
ANDY RODDICK: Is that a question or are you having like a monologue here?
Q. No. I don't need to monologue. I'm just asking how you approach.
ANDY RODDICK: I agree with what you said. I don't know -- I guess that's the best way for me to answer that. Yeah, you're right.
Q. Was he that hard to read service-wise? He was hitting lines.
ANDY RODDICK: You show me what serve he wasn't hitting tonight, what serve he was favoring. He wasn't really favoring a serve. He was going flat out wide, on the deuce, on the ad side. He was hitting his slice serves around pretty well. He moving his second serves around pretty well.
I promise you, if there had been a pattern, four hours later, I would have gotten to it somehow - at least I'd like to think so.
Q. Hindsight is always 20/20, but anything you would have done different if you had it to do all over?
ANDY RODDICK: You know, I don't really know. You can say, you know, you want to try to step in a little more to control the points. But when he's kind of swinging from the hips on the first ball, I don't know if I had two feet set all night.
You know, so I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I'd probably have to think about it more. But right now, you know, if you look at the stats of the match, and you look at first-serve percentages, 42 aces, three double-faults, 79 winners, 24 errors, you know.
Q. 104 winners.
ANDY RODDICK: I was talking about me, not him. And he had 33 errors also. I'm aware of that.
I guess there's something you could always think that you would do differently, or maybe I'll just make something up to make myself feel better.
Bottom line is it was pretty high tennis from both of us, I think.
Q. Do you feel a little on a rollercoaster after this fantastic Davis Cup win and now this one?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I mean, but that's sports, man. You know, if you don't want like an emotional rollercoaster, if you want to be serene and kind of chilled out all day, then get a job serving Margaritas at the beach or something.
When you decide to be a pro athlete you're going to have ups, you're going to have downs, you're going to have extreme highs and extreme lows. That's just the nature of the beast.
Q. Will you defend the title in the first round in Austria?
ANDY RODDICK: Will I defend the title? Are you asking for a prediction of the tie? Are you asking if I'm going to show up?
Q. Yes.
ANDY RODDICK: Yes, of course I'm going to show up.
Q. Where does that backhand fit in in the hierarchy of backhands in tennis, his shot?
ANDY RODDICK: Hierarchy? Let's call a spade a spade. Let's not put him in the hierarchy of tennis yet.
Q. His backhand.
ANDY RODDICK: Let's let him get into the quarterfinal of a slam before we put him in the hierarchy of tennis. No disrespect, but I mean...
Q. Well, let's go tonight.
ANDY RODDICK: Tonight he was great. There's no doubt about it. Tonight he was, you know -- I took his best stuff for five sets and I thought I was going to get him to break or to fold. I thought if I kept it on him long enough that that would happen.
Tonight he played like a great, great player. There's no doubt about that. And tonight his backhand was extremely impressive.
Q. Is the disappointment more in the loss, or that you had kind of an up-and-comer just zone on you for that long?
ANDY RODDICK: I think we're the same age, but he's an up-and-comer (laughter).
It's tough because, you know, I think there's definite disappointment in the loss. And I guess if you're given a choice to play well in a loss or play, like, terrible in a loss, you want to choose to play well.
But, you know, that makes it pretty disheartening also. Being pissed off is a lot easier than being disappointed.
Q. Now that you're out, any thoughts about the court? The speed slower than the past? Not quite as advantageous to your game?
ANDY RODDICK: You know, it's a court. I don't know if it's so much the court. I think, you know, the way the balls react to it. When you play with new balls it's like a different surface. Then all of a sudden seven, eight games later, it's just a lot different.
You know, but I guess that's the process that it takes to kind of get the surface you want. I don't know if you're going to get it perfect the first time out. But it is what it is, man. I don't mind the surface. I don't mind the effect that it has. It's just different.
アンディ・ロディックがフィリップ・コールシュライバーにフルセットで敗退。言い訳も敗因分析もほとんど無く、記者との緊張したやりとりが繰り広げられた様子が伺えます。コールシュライバーは格下ながら今夜の試合は上出来だったこと、特にスライス・サーブ、セカンドサーブの処理、さらにバックハンドから繰り出されるショットがすごかったとコメント。ファイナルセットにいたってはあらゆる努力をしたつもりだが、結果としてゲームを支配されていたことも認めています。審判との厳しいやりとりもあり、メンタルにもきつい場面があったことも説明しています。昨年のデビスカップでの素晴らしい勝利から一転して全豪での無惨な敗退まで、プロスポーツ選手なら当然味わうジェットコースターだと割り切るあたり、いつものように強がっているロディック節でした。
コナーズの記者会見もやって欲しかった。
Interview
Q. Tough one, Andy. Talk about how you're feeling.
ANDY RODDICK: No, yeah, it's rough. You know, you play a match that long, you come out the wrong end, it doesn't feel good.
You know, I'm trying to think of a new and exciting way to say that. But, I don't know, it's not good. It's not fun.
Q. His level was pretty high, though. Except for the second set, especially on his own service games, pretty good.
ANDY RODDICK: "Pretty good" is an understatement. I don't know that I've ever seen him play like that before, especially serving-wise. You know, it's unfortunate.
Q. Have you ever played that well and lost?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah.
Q. The various things that annoyed you during the match, was that emotion that you were able to feed off or do you think it took away from what you were trying to do?
ANDY RODDICK: I don't think it had anything to do with it. I came out and served aces after I got mad at his little section. If anything, I needed something to get inside of me. It was a long time between me talking to the umpire and when the match actually finished.
I think it was pretty insignificant.
Q. It was quite a bit steamier in there than it's been for other matches. Was it tough to stay alert, a hundred percent? You looked like you were sweating buckets.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I was. I have like a sweating problem. It's been a real problem in my personal life.
But, I mean, it's what I do. I don't know how to prevent that really. You know, it's tough to keep fluids in you. But, you know, so be it. Thanks, dad.
Q. Did 2003 go through your mind at all?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I thought about it.
Q. When did you think about it? In the fifth?
ANDY RODDICK: About 3-2 in the first set.
Q. Can you give a view on what happened when he first had a match point and called the challenge.
ANDY RODDICK: I thought he played a shot and then maybe searched around and then challenged. I thought he played a shot. You know, his shot was obviously going out. So I was just trying to get my point across that he had played a shot.
I said, It's irrelevant whether he hit one more shot, you know, if I felt like he was going to miss that one.
I could have been right or I could have been wrong. Would have been an idiot at least to not put that seed in the umpire's mind at that point, right?
Q. You tried a lot of ways to get into his service games. Especially the last set, seemed like you were climbing uphill the whole time trying to get the ball back in play, and then he was dictating pretty quickly.
ANDY RODDICK: Is that a question or are you having like a monologue here?
Q. No. I don't need to monologue. I'm just asking how you approach.
ANDY RODDICK: I agree with what you said. I don't know -- I guess that's the best way for me to answer that. Yeah, you're right.
Q. Was he that hard to read service-wise? He was hitting lines.
ANDY RODDICK: You show me what serve he wasn't hitting tonight, what serve he was favoring. He wasn't really favoring a serve. He was going flat out wide, on the deuce, on the ad side. He was hitting his slice serves around pretty well. He moving his second serves around pretty well.
I promise you, if there had been a pattern, four hours later, I would have gotten to it somehow - at least I'd like to think so.
Q. Hindsight is always 20/20, but anything you would have done different if you had it to do all over?
ANDY RODDICK: You know, I don't really know. You can say, you know, you want to try to step in a little more to control the points. But when he's kind of swinging from the hips on the first ball, I don't know if I had two feet set all night.
You know, so I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I'd probably have to think about it more. But right now, you know, if you look at the stats of the match, and you look at first-serve percentages, 42 aces, three double-faults, 79 winners, 24 errors, you know.
Q. 104 winners.
ANDY RODDICK: I was talking about me, not him. And he had 33 errors also. I'm aware of that.
I guess there's something you could always think that you would do differently, or maybe I'll just make something up to make myself feel better.
Bottom line is it was pretty high tennis from both of us, I think.
Q. Do you feel a little on a rollercoaster after this fantastic Davis Cup win and now this one?
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, I mean, but that's sports, man. You know, if you don't want like an emotional rollercoaster, if you want to be serene and kind of chilled out all day, then get a job serving Margaritas at the beach or something.
When you decide to be a pro athlete you're going to have ups, you're going to have downs, you're going to have extreme highs and extreme lows. That's just the nature of the beast.
Q. Will you defend the title in the first round in Austria?
ANDY RODDICK: Will I defend the title? Are you asking for a prediction of the tie? Are you asking if I'm going to show up?
Q. Yes.
ANDY RODDICK: Yes, of course I'm going to show up.
Q. Where does that backhand fit in in the hierarchy of backhands in tennis, his shot?
ANDY RODDICK: Hierarchy? Let's call a spade a spade. Let's not put him in the hierarchy of tennis yet.
Q. His backhand.
ANDY RODDICK: Let's let him get into the quarterfinal of a slam before we put him in the hierarchy of tennis. No disrespect, but I mean...
Q. Well, let's go tonight.
ANDY RODDICK: Tonight he was great. There's no doubt about it. Tonight he was, you know -- I took his best stuff for five sets and I thought I was going to get him to break or to fold. I thought if I kept it on him long enough that that would happen.
Tonight he played like a great, great player. There's no doubt about that. And tonight his backhand was extremely impressive.
Q. Is the disappointment more in the loss, or that you had kind of an up-and-comer just zone on you for that long?
ANDY RODDICK: I think we're the same age, but he's an up-and-comer (laughter).
It's tough because, you know, I think there's definite disappointment in the loss. And I guess if you're given a choice to play well in a loss or play, like, terrible in a loss, you want to choose to play well.
But, you know, that makes it pretty disheartening also. Being pissed off is a lot easier than being disappointed.
Q. Now that you're out, any thoughts about the court? The speed slower than the past? Not quite as advantageous to your game?
ANDY RODDICK: You know, it's a court. I don't know if it's so much the court. I think, you know, the way the balls react to it. When you play with new balls it's like a different surface. Then all of a sudden seven, eight games later, it's just a lot different.
You know, but I guess that's the process that it takes to kind of get the surface you want. I don't know if you're going to get it perfect the first time out. But it is what it is, man. I don't mind the surface. I don't mind the effect that it has. It's just different.
2008年01月18日
ファブリス・サントロ（全豪08）
Thursday, 17 January, 2008
魔術師サントロの敗戦記者会見。フェデラーを賞賛するほかなかったようです。どこに打っても仕掛けても取られてしまうので、コートの外にでも打つしかないよ、、と上手い表現です。サントロ本人は前哨戦からずっと好調をキープ。今日の試合についていえば後悔するような点はなにも無いと自信もってコメントしています。今日のスコアをみて現実は厳しいとしながらも、他の若手トッププレイヤーとは十分競合している点もアピールしている点はさすが。最後に後輩のガスケについては、ジュニアの時からフランスの期待を背負っているから大変だと同情している様子。
Q. How was that for you? Looked like a bit of fun.
FABRICE SANTORO: Yeah, a little too fast. Too fast (smiling).
Q. Pardon me?
FABRICE SANTORO: Too fast. Too quick.
Q. I guess as the game went on, there were some amusing moments prompted by yourself. What was your thinking behind that?
FABRICE SANTORO: It was a tough match for me, as you saw probably. So regarding the score, it was not easy to have fun, but I tried to have some.
Q. Pointing to the scoreboard at the end.
FABRICE SANTORO: Because the reality was pretty bad for me, yeah. It's okay (smiling).
Q. You're retiring at the end of the year?
FABRICE SANTORO: I don't know yet. I can't answer a hundred percent now.
Q. You're not a hundred percent?
FABRICE SANTORO: No, I can't be sure.
Q. What did you think of the reaction of the crowd today?
FABRICE SANTORO: It was great. I mean, it was great. They're maybe thinking it was my last match on this court, and this court is very special for me. I played three Grand Slam finals on this court. I played my only quarterfinal on this court. I played a Davis Cup final on this court. I beat the record today on this court, too.
So after 20 years on the tour, if I take my top 10 matches, there are at least five or six on this court.
Q. So it would be quite tough to say goodbye then?
FABRICE SANTORO: I may be back (smiling).
Q. You've seen Roger through almost a decade now. How does his game this year compare with other times you've seen him?
FABRICE SANTORO: He's still working hard. He's still improving. It's tough to say, because he was a tremendous player the past four years, and I think he's a better player today. He's a better athlete, too. He's moving unbelievably well.
Everything looks easy to him. There is no space to play. There is no space to hit some aces because he's returning everything. He has time when he's attacking. He has time when he's on the defense, too. He has always time to play. He's never in a rush or anything. When he's coming to the net, there is no space to pass him.
Q. As somebody who appreciates tennis history, is there any part of you that just enjoys the chance to play him, even if it is so difficult to beat him?
FABRICE SANTORO: I'd love to play him once again. I'd love to.
Q. Because why, in particular?
FABRICE SANTORO: Because it's so beautiful, what he's doing. I mean, you can't imagine. I hit sometimes the best shot. I mean, in the past three weeks, I played very well.
I mean, I beat some good guys. I beat very tall guys, the American Isner, two days ago in straight sets, and I was playing very well. Last week I beat three guys. One was James Blake, which is one of the best players in the world.
In November I beat Roddick. I beat Djokovic. I mean, I'm able to play some good tennis against the top guys.
But today I feel like he's coming from somewhere else. I mean, I tried a few things. I mean, you can say that maybe I could hit stronger, maybe I can... But when you look a little bit at the stats, I missed four balls, four unforced errors in the match I did. He did 58 winners in 58 minutes almost (laughter).
So I served quite good. I was moving well. I was fit physically. I was hitting the ball well. And I won three games, so it's not much (smiling).
Q. Is this a frustrating feeling or is it just like, Just two or three guys can beat him?
FABRICE SANTORO: On hard court, indoor or grass, not many guys can do that bad with me. Not many guys. Maybe the only one, I think.
But I don't feel like I missed my match. I don't feel like I should have done this or this better. I tried to attack. But when you attack, he pass well. Forehand, backhand. Even when you have the first volley, the volley is turning so much, so it's tough to volley.
And when he was changing side, doesn't matter to him with the wind or against the wind. Doesn't matter. Maybe he doesn't know it was windy (smiling).
Q. When you play him, you said it's a nice feeling, besides the score. But isn't it better than to watch him?
FABRICE SANTORO: It's good. I mean, sure, I mean, I'd love to win a set, win the match, to win more games. But it was good to be out there. I mean, to be against him for the record.
And at my age, you can be able to play your match and appreciate your opponent, too. And I think I did both today. I was trying many things. I did quite a lot of I mean, some forehand, topspin forehand a few times. It didn't help.
I served quite good. Didn't help. And when I hit some unbelievable passing shots, there was no space. The only space was out of the court, but I'm not allowed to (laughter).
Everything is perfect. Everything, I mean.
Q. Do you think Richard Gasquet might be the same artist as you have been for so many years?
FABRICE SANTORO: Richard is already better than I've ever been in my career. He's 8 in the world, which is better than my best. I don't think he will play 62 Grand Slams. I mean, cross my fingers for him. Maybe he will do it, but it's going to be tough.
But I watched his match last night. He was playing unbelievable. Unbelievable. So now he's in the third round. He's very fit physically. He hits the ball well. He has a tough opponent tomorrow. But who knows?
Q. In terms of style, he's going to walk in your footsteps?
FABRICE SANTORO: We have a different game. He has one of the best backhands in the world. He's very important in France as a tennis player since he's 10 or 12 years old. He has a lot of pressure on his shoulders since more than 10 years already. And he's improving every year, every year.
But everybody's expecting him to win a Grand Slam, so it's pretty tough. It's a lot of expectation because only two guys are winning the Grand Slam at the moment.
魔術師サントロの敗戦記者会見。フェデラーを賞賛するほかなかったようです。どこに打っても仕掛けても取られてしまうので、コートの外にでも打つしかないよ、、と上手い表現です。サントロ本人は前哨戦からずっと好調をキープ。今日の試合についていえば後悔するような点はなにも無いと自信もってコメントしています。今日のスコアをみて現実は厳しいとしながらも、他の若手トッププレイヤーとは十分競合している点もアピールしている点はさすが。最後に後輩のガスケについては、ジュニアの時からフランスの期待を背負っているから大変だと同情している様子。
Q. How was that for you? Looked like a bit of fun.
FABRICE SANTORO: Yeah, a little too fast. Too fast (smiling).
Q. Pardon me?
FABRICE SANTORO: Too fast. Too quick.
Q. I guess as the game went on, there were some amusing moments prompted by yourself. What was your thinking behind that?
FABRICE SANTORO: It was a tough match for me, as you saw probably. So regarding the score, it was not easy to have fun, but I tried to have some.
Q. Pointing to the scoreboard at the end.
FABRICE SANTORO: Because the reality was pretty bad for me, yeah. It's okay (smiling).
Q. You're retiring at the end of the year?
FABRICE SANTORO: I don't know yet. I can't answer a hundred percent now.
Q. You're not a hundred percent?
FABRICE SANTORO: No, I can't be sure.
Q. What did you think of the reaction of the crowd today?
FABRICE SANTORO: It was great. I mean, it was great. They're maybe thinking it was my last match on this court, and this court is very special for me. I played three Grand Slam finals on this court. I played my only quarterfinal on this court. I played a Davis Cup final on this court. I beat the record today on this court, too.
So after 20 years on the tour, if I take my top 10 matches, there are at least five or six on this court.
Q. So it would be quite tough to say goodbye then?
FABRICE SANTORO: I may be back (smiling).
Q. You've seen Roger through almost a decade now. How does his game this year compare with other times you've seen him?
FABRICE SANTORO: He's still working hard. He's still improving. It's tough to say, because he was a tremendous player the past four years, and I think he's a better player today. He's a better athlete, too. He's moving unbelievably well.
Everything looks easy to him. There is no space to play. There is no space to hit some aces because he's returning everything. He has time when he's attacking. He has time when he's on the defense, too. He has always time to play. He's never in a rush or anything. When he's coming to the net, there is no space to pass him.
Q. As somebody who appreciates tennis history, is there any part of you that just enjoys the chance to play him, even if it is so difficult to beat him?
FABRICE SANTORO: I'd love to play him once again. I'd love to.
Q. Because why, in particular?
FABRICE SANTORO: Because it's so beautiful, what he's doing. I mean, you can't imagine. I hit sometimes the best shot. I mean, in the past three weeks, I played very well.
I mean, I beat some good guys. I beat very tall guys, the American Isner, two days ago in straight sets, and I was playing very well. Last week I beat three guys. One was James Blake, which is one of the best players in the world.
In November I beat Roddick. I beat Djokovic. I mean, I'm able to play some good tennis against the top guys.
But today I feel like he's coming from somewhere else. I mean, I tried a few things. I mean, you can say that maybe I could hit stronger, maybe I can... But when you look a little bit at the stats, I missed four balls, four unforced errors in the match I did. He did 58 winners in 58 minutes almost (laughter).
So I served quite good. I was moving well. I was fit physically. I was hitting the ball well. And I won three games, so it's not much (smiling).
Q. Is this a frustrating feeling or is it just like, Just two or three guys can beat him?
FABRICE SANTORO: On hard court, indoor or grass, not many guys can do that bad with me. Not many guys. Maybe the only one, I think.
But I don't feel like I missed my match. I don't feel like I should have done this or this better. I tried to attack. But when you attack, he pass well. Forehand, backhand. Even when you have the first volley, the volley is turning so much, so it's tough to volley.
And when he was changing side, doesn't matter to him with the wind or against the wind. Doesn't matter. Maybe he doesn't know it was windy (smiling).
Q. When you play him, you said it's a nice feeling, besides the score. But isn't it better than to watch him?
FABRICE SANTORO: It's good. I mean, sure, I mean, I'd love to win a set, win the match, to win more games. But it was good to be out there. I mean, to be against him for the record.
And at my age, you can be able to play your match and appreciate your opponent, too. And I think I did both today. I was trying many things. I did quite a lot of I mean, some forehand, topspin forehand a few times. It didn't help.
I served quite good. Didn't help. And when I hit some unbelievable passing shots, there was no space. The only space was out of the court, but I'm not allowed to (laughter).
Everything is perfect. Everything, I mean.
Q. Do you think Richard Gasquet might be the same artist as you have been for so many years?
FABRICE SANTORO: Richard is already better than I've ever been in my career. He's 8 in the world, which is better than my best. I don't think he will play 62 Grand Slams. I mean, cross my fingers for him. Maybe he will do it, but it's going to be tough.
But I watched his match last night. He was playing unbelievable. Unbelievable. So now he's in the third round. He's very fit physically. He hits the ball well. He has a tough opponent tomorrow. But who knows?
Q. In terms of style, he's going to walk in your footsteps?
FABRICE SANTORO: We have a different game. He has one of the best backhands in the world. He's very important in France as a tennis player since he's 10 or 12 years old. He has a lot of pressure on his shoulders since more than 10 years already. And he's improving every year, every year.
But everybody's expecting him to win a Grand Slam, so it's pretty tough. It's a lot of expectation because only two guys are winning the Grand Slam at the moment.
2008年01月17日
アリシア・モリク（豪）
アリシア・モリク（豪）。ニコル・ヴァイディソワ（チェコ）に2-6、3-6で完敗。
特にセカンド・サーブが不調でした。トスも低すぎてそのためにサービス全体の動きがいつもより早いタイミングになってしまったし、対戦相手のリターンが好調だったこともあります。レベルの高い相手と対戦するには不用意なミスを重ねる余裕はないものです。いくつもの残念なポイントがあり、まったく満足できません。でも、こういう風に感じることこそがテニスの本質だろうと思います。今はがっかりはしているけるど、この状況を乗り越えることは十分できると思うし、改良すべき点についてはすぐにも練習しようと思っています。
Alicia Molik 16.01.08
Wednesday, 16 January, 2008
Q. How do you feel about that?
ALICIA MOLIK: Oh, not too happy, but Nicole played great. She served out of a tree today, not just first serves but second serves as well. I guess that's the best serve I've played against in the last six to nine months out of all the tournaments I've played.
She got a lot of free points off of herself, a lot of aces, as well. I was playing catchup basically from the first set. I felt like I got myself nicely into the second set. She's a quality opponent, so you give someone a good scoreline to run away with, and she's too good not to. She took advantage that have.
I feel ready to half redeem myself in the doubles in about an hour.
Q. Are you happy with your own serve?
ALICIA MOLIK: No, that was a letdown for me today, definitely. I think there was one game where I served two or three double faults on game point. So, yeah, I definitely wasn't feeling as good about it as the other night.
Nicole returns very well, so I definitely felt pressure from her. But in saying that, you know, I have a good enough serve for it to be above today's standard. But obviously I did struggle with it today. And second serve particularly I don't think I was getting much bounce off the court.
Q. Could you be optimistic about the rest of the year, just on one performance, bad performance?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, I think I can, because I think I'm very good at getting over things and moving forward, yeah.
Q. You said something about your second serve. You've got a big kick serve. Is that something you've noticed the entire summer?
ALICIA MOLIK: No, just today. I think it was a bit breezier. The conditions were slightly cooler, so obviously things conditions obviously don't assist my height off the court and a lot of bounce.
But generally I'm very good at getting movement off my serve, but I think my ball toss was a little low today. Obviously she's a great returner, so I just think my motion was a little bit quicker than normal.
Q. Where do you think your game's at overall? What does this match tell you about where your game is at?
ALICIA MOLIK: Well, against an opponent like Nicole Vaidisova today it was up to scratch. There was points from my last match that I thought I'd improved on a lot I guess from four, five, six months ago. Although that's difficult to say, but obviously not good enough today.
Q. Where are you percentagewise compared to where you were three years ago? 75 percent? 80 percent?
ALICIA MOLIK: That's a tough thing to ask, as well. Three, four things ago, if that's what you're equating it to, I made quarters here last year. This year it's second round. I don't know how you equate a percentage to that.
I've answered this question many times before, and I guess my matches are very up and down. My sets are very up and down. Certainly played some great tennis and then some loose points and double faults. That's something that I'm trying to, I guess, get out of my game a little bit. Because against an opponent like Nicole you don't have a chance to play some loose points, you don't have the chance to double fault.
Yeah, the girls are too good now, and certainly she's too much of a quality opponent for me to be able to get away with that.
Q. The crowd behind you is dominating the headlines again. Is that hurting the Open's reputation internationally, and do you think against the tennis community?
ALICIA MOLIK: Absolutely not. No, I don't think so. I think we have some of the best supporters in the Australian Open. Everyone comes out in their respective country's colors. I had a great support crew there at my match today. That's why we love the Australian Open, because it attracts, I think, a varied group from around the world. That's why it's so interesting and exciting.
Q. Are you proud of your Polish roots?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, of course.
Q. You talk about how good the girls are. Do you feel the time you were off the tour they've leapt ahead and you're kind of trying to play catch up?
ALICIA MOLIK: I don't think so. I'm not quite sure the game's leapt ahead that much in the last three or four years. But certainly one thing I notice is many of the girls now, the younger generation coming through, particularly from the Eastern Bloc and the Russians, they all play a very similar game style.
So, you know, they're hard hitters, aggressive players, and a lot of them hit the same flat balls, same trajectory of balls. You're not seeing a varying style of tennis, but they're all becoming increasingly good at that one game style, that aggressive baseline tennis.
Q. Does that in some way make it easier, learning how to play one or how to play all?
ALICIA MOLIK: They're not all like that, but I'd say the majority are. But when you play a lot of the top girls you know exactly what you're coming up against, unless you play someone like a Mauresmo or Henin that can vary the ball and vary the spin. Kuznetsova also you'd have to throw in that mix.
But generally I think a lot of the girls hit quite a similar ball.
Q. What are your thoughts on Nicole Pratt's retirement announcement?
ALICIA MOLIK: Oh, well, she's probably had one of the most decorated careers I think out of anyone. I don't think purely because of results, but I think because of the work and the dedication, the hours, her professionalism. Everything Nicole has ever done was I guess for the betterment of her tennis.
I actually went out and watched her match yesterday. Sat out in the stands. And although she didn't win, she said thanks for watching, but I just said it was a pleasure. She's a great friend of mine, and she's got every ounce of I think talent out of herself which I think is really commendable.
So she can look back I guess on her career and know she's done everything in her power to be very successful at this game of tennis. I think her life and tennis for Pratty is a bit of a movie script if you look at where she came from, how she had to find practice partners growing up.
Obviously we share a lot of stories at Fed Cup trips, and it's quite amazing how I guess she's reached the pinnacle of a professional sport like tennis. I think it's a credit and testament to her as a character.
Q. Did you have an inkling she was finishing up? Is that why you went out?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, yeah, I had an inkling. And obviously we're good friends so we chat and discuss things. So I knew for a while now that Nicole has been contemplating I guess the future, but I just didn't know at what point in time she'd be thinking about a different career.
Q. Is this one of the most disappointing losses for a long time? You set yourself for a big summer and just to go out so early.
ALICIA MOLIK: No, I've had a lot of disappointing losses. It's the nature of sport. It is disappointing. I'm not happy with my performance today. I lost, but like I said, it's sport, it's tennis.
I think I'm good enough to get over it, good enough to get through it, and good enough to I guess want to get out on the practice court and want to work on the areas that I still need to work on. As simple as that. Anyone else?
Q. Do you feel like it's a doordie year for you?
ALICIA MOLIK: No, my career has never been do or die in the past, so I don't feel that way about it now. Absolutely not.
Q. So you definitely would be looking to continue for as long as you feel your tennis is at this level?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, absolutely. I thought I'd, you know, push into the 40s no, I'm just joking. (laughter.)
Look, of course. I don't know how to answer your question, but, yeah, I guess I'm always looking to get I think the most out of myself and the best out of myself.
I'm always looking for new challenges. So despite today I guess being disappointing, I look forward to the next time that I play Vaidisova. Hopefully I can improve on today's performance or today's scoreline.
特にセカンド・サーブが不調でした。トスも低すぎてそのためにサービス全体の動きがいつもより早いタイミングになってしまったし、対戦相手のリターンが好調だったこともあります。レベルの高い相手と対戦するには不用意なミスを重ねる余裕はないものです。いくつもの残念なポイントがあり、まったく満足できません。でも、こういう風に感じることこそがテニスの本質だろうと思います。今はがっかりはしているけるど、この状況を乗り越えることは十分できると思うし、改良すべき点についてはすぐにも練習しようと思っています。
Alicia Molik 16.01.08
Wednesday, 16 January, 2008
Q. How do you feel about that?
ALICIA MOLIK: Oh, not too happy, but Nicole played great. She served out of a tree today, not just first serves but second serves as well. I guess that's the best serve I've played against in the last six to nine months out of all the tournaments I've played.
She got a lot of free points off of herself, a lot of aces, as well. I was playing catchup basically from the first set. I felt like I got myself nicely into the second set. She's a quality opponent, so you give someone a good scoreline to run away with, and she's too good not to. She took advantage that have.
I feel ready to half redeem myself in the doubles in about an hour.
Q. Are you happy with your own serve?
ALICIA MOLIK: No, that was a letdown for me today, definitely. I think there was one game where I served two or three double faults on game point. So, yeah, I definitely wasn't feeling as good about it as the other night.
Nicole returns very well, so I definitely felt pressure from her. But in saying that, you know, I have a good enough serve for it to be above today's standard. But obviously I did struggle with it today. And second serve particularly I don't think I was getting much bounce off the court.
Q. Could you be optimistic about the rest of the year, just on one performance, bad performance?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, I think I can, because I think I'm very good at getting over things and moving forward, yeah.
Q. You said something about your second serve. You've got a big kick serve. Is that something you've noticed the entire summer?
ALICIA MOLIK: No, just today. I think it was a bit breezier. The conditions were slightly cooler, so obviously things conditions obviously don't assist my height off the court and a lot of bounce.
But generally I'm very good at getting movement off my serve, but I think my ball toss was a little low today. Obviously she's a great returner, so I just think my motion was a little bit quicker than normal.
Q. Where do you think your game's at overall? What does this match tell you about where your game is at?
ALICIA MOLIK: Well, against an opponent like Nicole Vaidisova today it was up to scratch. There was points from my last match that I thought I'd improved on a lot I guess from four, five, six months ago. Although that's difficult to say, but obviously not good enough today.
Q. Where are you percentagewise compared to where you were three years ago? 75 percent? 80 percent?
ALICIA MOLIK: That's a tough thing to ask, as well. Three, four things ago, if that's what you're equating it to, I made quarters here last year. This year it's second round. I don't know how you equate a percentage to that.
I've answered this question many times before, and I guess my matches are very up and down. My sets are very up and down. Certainly played some great tennis and then some loose points and double faults. That's something that I'm trying to, I guess, get out of my game a little bit. Because against an opponent like Nicole you don't have a chance to play some loose points, you don't have the chance to double fault.
Yeah, the girls are too good now, and certainly she's too much of a quality opponent for me to be able to get away with that.
Q. The crowd behind you is dominating the headlines again. Is that hurting the Open's reputation internationally, and do you think against the tennis community?
ALICIA MOLIK: Absolutely not. No, I don't think so. I think we have some of the best supporters in the Australian Open. Everyone comes out in their respective country's colors. I had a great support crew there at my match today. That's why we love the Australian Open, because it attracts, I think, a varied group from around the world. That's why it's so interesting and exciting.
Q. Are you proud of your Polish roots?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, of course.
Q. You talk about how good the girls are. Do you feel the time you were off the tour they've leapt ahead and you're kind of trying to play catch up?
ALICIA MOLIK: I don't think so. I'm not quite sure the game's leapt ahead that much in the last three or four years. But certainly one thing I notice is many of the girls now, the younger generation coming through, particularly from the Eastern Bloc and the Russians, they all play a very similar game style.
So, you know, they're hard hitters, aggressive players, and a lot of them hit the same flat balls, same trajectory of balls. You're not seeing a varying style of tennis, but they're all becoming increasingly good at that one game style, that aggressive baseline tennis.
Q. Does that in some way make it easier, learning how to play one or how to play all?
ALICIA MOLIK: They're not all like that, but I'd say the majority are. But when you play a lot of the top girls you know exactly what you're coming up against, unless you play someone like a Mauresmo or Henin that can vary the ball and vary the spin. Kuznetsova also you'd have to throw in that mix.
But generally I think a lot of the girls hit quite a similar ball.
Q. What are your thoughts on Nicole Pratt's retirement announcement?
ALICIA MOLIK: Oh, well, she's probably had one of the most decorated careers I think out of anyone. I don't think purely because of results, but I think because of the work and the dedication, the hours, her professionalism. Everything Nicole has ever done was I guess for the betterment of her tennis.
I actually went out and watched her match yesterday. Sat out in the stands. And although she didn't win, she said thanks for watching, but I just said it was a pleasure. She's a great friend of mine, and she's got every ounce of I think talent out of herself which I think is really commendable.
So she can look back I guess on her career and know she's done everything in her power to be very successful at this game of tennis. I think her life and tennis for Pratty is a bit of a movie script if you look at where she came from, how she had to find practice partners growing up.
Obviously we share a lot of stories at Fed Cup trips, and it's quite amazing how I guess she's reached the pinnacle of a professional sport like tennis. I think it's a credit and testament to her as a character.
Q. Did you have an inkling she was finishing up? Is that why you went out?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, yeah, I had an inkling. And obviously we're good friends so we chat and discuss things. So I knew for a while now that Nicole has been contemplating I guess the future, but I just didn't know at what point in time she'd be thinking about a different career.
Q. Is this one of the most disappointing losses for a long time? You set yourself for a big summer and just to go out so early.
ALICIA MOLIK: No, I've had a lot of disappointing losses. It's the nature of sport. It is disappointing. I'm not happy with my performance today. I lost, but like I said, it's sport, it's tennis.
I think I'm good enough to get over it, good enough to get through it, and good enough to I guess want to get out on the practice court and want to work on the areas that I still need to work on. As simple as that. Anyone else?
Q. Do you feel like it's a doordie year for you?
ALICIA MOLIK: No, my career has never been do or die in the past, so I don't feel that way about it now. Absolutely not.
Q. So you definitely would be looking to continue for as long as you feel your tennis is at this level?
ALICIA MOLIK: Yeah, absolutely. I thought I'd, you know, push into the 40s no, I'm just joking. (laughter.)
Look, of course. I don't know how to answer your question, but, yeah, I guess I'm always looking to get I think the most out of myself and the best out of myself.
I'm always looking for new challenges. So despite today I guess being disappointing, I look forward to the next time that I play Vaidisova. Hopefully I can improve on today's performance or today's scoreline.
2008年01月16日
クリス・グシオネ（全豪08）
好調クリス・グシオネ（豪）がリー・ヒュンタク（韓国）に6-7、3-6、4-6で初戦敗退。
前哨戦でヒューイットに勝つなど好調さを伝えられていたクリス・グシオネでしたが、好不調の波を無くすのはプロでも大変なんですね。言い訳としては１）機会をものにできなかったこと（相手のサービスゲームで30オールまでいったことも多かったんだけれど）、２）ゲームプランを実行できず（それでも第１セットは悪くなかったんだけれど）。そして３）特に相手にサービスを読まれていた（第二、第三セットの最初のサービスゲームをキープできなかったのはつまずく元凶でした）等々言ってます。言い訳というよりは率直に答えているという印象ですが。
Chris Guccione 15.01.08
Tuesday, 15 January, 2008
Q. Just looking on, it seemed that if things might have gone differently in that firstset tiebreak might have gone a bit differently for the rest of the match.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, it's tough to know. But, you know, I was definitely playing a little bit better in the first set than the rest of the match. I had a lot of 30All points where I didn't take my opportunities there. I think it was about three or four games in a row I had 30All on his serve. Didn't get one breakpoint. Disappointing. Then also three set points, it makes it tough.
But, yeah, a little bit disappointed with the way I played in the second and third.
Q. Did you have a feeling in your mind when the net cord bounced on your side of the net that that was a significant moment?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: No, not really. I played the volley quite well. It just clipped the tape, as you said. You know, from there I was still well in the match. It was only 6All in the tiebreak, my serve. You know, I was still feeling confident from there.
Q. How are you feeling physically today?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: I felt fine. Yeah, I felt good.
Q. Consistency in your game probably the next thing you have to improve on?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, for sure. You know, for me it's always going to be tough. But, yeah, it's one thing we always work on, along with other things.
But, you know, I mean, that's one of the main things we're focusing on at the moment.
Q. After the great ride in Sydney, what is the overriding feeling now?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Obviously pretty disappointed. You know, it's a home Grand Slam. You know, I've lost the first round the last few years now.
You know, get ready for doubles this week and then get ready for the next round of tournaments over in the States.
Q. Had you set yourself to go past that first round this time around?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Are you serious? What do you think I'm doing?
Q. Given the way Sydney went so well.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Of course I'm trying to get through the first round. It's my first goal coming into a tournament.
Q. Some people might think after the emotions last week you might be feeling a bit flat. You said physically you feel fine. How was it emotionally trying to lift yourself again this week?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: No, it's not too hard at all. I mean, coming off a good week it's easy to get up for a Grand Slam especially. It felt physically fine, mentally felt good. Just didn't execute the game plan today.
Q. As the match wore on, your first two service games went to love, he seemed to get an increasingly better read on your serve. In the second set you served over 80%, but he still broke you.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, you know, I lost my first service game in the second and third set, which is you know, one thing that I try to focus on is to try to get off to good starts in sets.
I missed a couple volleys early in the second. Yeah, as you said, he did get a bit of a read on my serve. He was standing quite far back, so it gives him a lot more time to hit the return. He returned well today.
Q. Is it a fair criticism that if your serve gets tamed there's not enough there for you to fall back upon at this level?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: My serve's a big part of my game. But, you know, I think I'm especially in Sydney I was winning a decent percentage on second serves and obviously breaking the guys in the second and third rounds. You know, I mean, it's tough to know. But, I mean, hopefully I'll serve well a lot of the matches I'll play.
Q. It looked as though the crowd was doing everything humanly possible, aside from jumping out there to pick up a racquet. Pretty amazing.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, they were great. Last couple years I've played on Vodafone. You know, come out to Margaret Court, the crowd support was amazing. All the chanting and cheering, it was a great atmosphere.
Q. Coming into this game on such good form, did you feel more expectation, more nervous compared to past Australian Opens you've played in?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Always nervous going into matches, especially here at the Australian Open, being hometown.
But, you know, nerves sort of go away after the first few games. Once you get into the match you stop thinking about it and you're just focusing on trying to beat your opponent.
Yeah, I mean, definitely nerves before the match. But, I mean, they went away after a while.
Q. Do you do anything to try to calm your nerves?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: No. I mean, I think nerves are good. They're a good part of the game. They help you, I think.
Q. Did Lee do some things that surprised you today that you didn't expect him to do as well on certain shots? Was there something about his game that surprised you?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Not really. He's a very talented player. He's good off both wings. Yeah, I mean, after the first set he definitely picked up his return game, which I knew he could return well, and he wasn't in the first set.
You know, I mean, full credit to him in the second and third sets to return the way he did.
前哨戦でヒューイットに勝つなど好調さを伝えられていたクリス・グシオネでしたが、好不調の波を無くすのはプロでも大変なんですね。言い訳としては１）機会をものにできなかったこと（相手のサービスゲームで30オールまでいったことも多かったんだけれど）、２）ゲームプランを実行できず（それでも第１セットは悪くなかったんだけれど）。そして３）特に相手にサービスを読まれていた（第二、第三セットの最初のサービスゲームをキープできなかったのはつまずく元凶でした）等々言ってます。言い訳というよりは率直に答えているという印象ですが。
Chris Guccione 15.01.08
Tuesday, 15 January, 2008
Q. Just looking on, it seemed that if things might have gone differently in that firstset tiebreak might have gone a bit differently for the rest of the match.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, it's tough to know. But, you know, I was definitely playing a little bit better in the first set than the rest of the match. I had a lot of 30All points where I didn't take my opportunities there. I think it was about three or four games in a row I had 30All on his serve. Didn't get one breakpoint. Disappointing. Then also three set points, it makes it tough.
But, yeah, a little bit disappointed with the way I played in the second and third.
Q. Did you have a feeling in your mind when the net cord bounced on your side of the net that that was a significant moment?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: No, not really. I played the volley quite well. It just clipped the tape, as you said. You know, from there I was still well in the match. It was only 6All in the tiebreak, my serve. You know, I was still feeling confident from there.
Q. How are you feeling physically today?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: I felt fine. Yeah, I felt good.
Q. Consistency in your game probably the next thing you have to improve on?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, for sure. You know, for me it's always going to be tough. But, yeah, it's one thing we always work on, along with other things.
But, you know, I mean, that's one of the main things we're focusing on at the moment.
Q. After the great ride in Sydney, what is the overriding feeling now?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Obviously pretty disappointed. You know, it's a home Grand Slam. You know, I've lost the first round the last few years now.
You know, get ready for doubles this week and then get ready for the next round of tournaments over in the States.
Q. Had you set yourself to go past that first round this time around?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Are you serious? What do you think I'm doing?
Q. Given the way Sydney went so well.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Of course I'm trying to get through the first round. It's my first goal coming into a tournament.
Q. Some people might think after the emotions last week you might be feeling a bit flat. You said physically you feel fine. How was it emotionally trying to lift yourself again this week?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: No, it's not too hard at all. I mean, coming off a good week it's easy to get up for a Grand Slam especially. It felt physically fine, mentally felt good. Just didn't execute the game plan today.
Q. As the match wore on, your first two service games went to love, he seemed to get an increasingly better read on your serve. In the second set you served over 80%, but he still broke you.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, you know, I lost my first service game in the second and third set, which is you know, one thing that I try to focus on is to try to get off to good starts in sets.
I missed a couple volleys early in the second. Yeah, as you said, he did get a bit of a read on my serve. He was standing quite far back, so it gives him a lot more time to hit the return. He returned well today.
Q. Is it a fair criticism that if your serve gets tamed there's not enough there for you to fall back upon at this level?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: My serve's a big part of my game. But, you know, I think I'm especially in Sydney I was winning a decent percentage on second serves and obviously breaking the guys in the second and third rounds. You know, I mean, it's tough to know. But, I mean, hopefully I'll serve well a lot of the matches I'll play.
Q. It looked as though the crowd was doing everything humanly possible, aside from jumping out there to pick up a racquet. Pretty amazing.
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Yeah, they were great. Last couple years I've played on Vodafone. You know, come out to Margaret Court, the crowd support was amazing. All the chanting and cheering, it was a great atmosphere.
Q. Coming into this game on such good form, did you feel more expectation, more nervous compared to past Australian Opens you've played in?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Always nervous going into matches, especially here at the Australian Open, being hometown.
But, you know, nerves sort of go away after the first few games. Once you get into the match you stop thinking about it and you're just focusing on trying to beat your opponent.
Yeah, I mean, definitely nerves before the match. But, I mean, they went away after a while.
Q. Do you do anything to try to calm your nerves?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: No. I mean, I think nerves are good. They're a good part of the game. They help you, I think.
Q. Did Lee do some things that surprised you today that you didn't expect him to do as well on certain shots? Was there something about his game that surprised you?
CHRIS GUCCIONE: Not really. He's a very talented player. He's good off both wings. Yeah, I mean, after the first set he definitely picked up his return game, which I knew he could return well, and he wasn't in the first set.
You know, I mean, full credit to him in the second and third sets to return the way he did.
2008年01月15日
アンディ・マリー（全豪08）
アンディ・マリー（第9シード。英国）がジョー・ウルフィールド・ツオンガ（仏）に5-7、4-6、6-0、6-7で初戦敗退！
負けた言い訳としては、１）ネットを先にとられてプレッシャーをかけられた、２）それに比べて自分の遅い立ち上がり、３）判断ミスの数々。「いろいろやったけど上手くいかないときもあるのがスポーツ」とか、「現地前哨戦には出なかったけど、一週間前の現地入り練習でも仕上がりは上々だった」とか、、うーん。ありがち。ブラッド・ギルバードとのコンビ解消の影響が早速出たのでしょうか？
Andy Murray 14.01.08
Monday, 14 January, 2008
Interview
Q. What do you make of it all?
ANDY MURRAY: Didn't start off great. He dictated a lot of points early in the match, and then I managed to get myself back into it.
I think he got a little bit nervous serving for the first set. Then I played a really bad game to drop my serve at 5All. Got a little bit unlucky with the first point off the tape, then didn't start the second set well. Got behind straightaway.
But, again, had some chances to get back into it. Hit a couple of silly shots.
Then obviously in the third, felt like I started to play much better, started to have a lot of the chances. Obviously won that set easily. I don't know if he was getting tired or not.
And then at 6Love, 1Love, breakpoint for me, hit a good passing shot, hits a reflex volley onto the tape and over.
It was a pretty big point in the match. I think if I'd managed to break him there, I could have, you know, gone ahead. That would have been eight games in a row, and I was feeling good on my serve. So that was a pretty big point.
But, you know, I had a lot of chances in the fourth set. I think I played the better tennis in the fourth set and should have won it. But I made a few mistakes there I shouldn't have made. Found it quite difficult at the end.
I don't know if he was seemed like he was cramping at 54. And then he came out and hit a 210 serve, ran six, seven balls down, was hitting jump smashes and chasing every dropshot down. I don't know how bad his cramp was or whatever was wrong with him.
You know, I definitely felt like I deserved to win the fourth set and felt physically I was probably in better shape than him going into the fifth.
Q. Normally you make very good decisions on court all the time. Today you seemed to not make the right decisions all the time. Was there any reason for that?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I think at the start of the match, he put a lot of pressure on me, rushed me quite a lot. Came in and was running around, hitting his forehand really well to my backhand, coming to the net, put a lot of pressure on me.
Then I started, because he was dictating all the points, I was trying to, you know, dictate some of the points myself. Made some mistakes that way.
But I don't you know, a couple of silly shots here and there. You know, there was the dropshot I hit early in the second set when I had breakpoint that I should not have hit.
But, I mean, I thought I started to pick my game up after the first two sets. But I don't think it was just down to decision making. I think, you know, I got myself back into the match. You know, it's just a few points here or there. You know, he got a couple of net cords, which didn't happen. I don't think it was only down to decision making why I lost.
Q. In the first set he won 20 of 37 points at the net. You won 6 of 14. Did you allow him to take the initiative in terms of aggression? Did you stay back too much?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I mean, at the start of most matches, I like to try to get into a bit of a rhythm. You know, the return's normally the best part of my game, and I didn't return that well in the first set. I was leaving a lot of them short.
You know, his game is to run around, hit forehands, rush the net. He did that really well. I didn't pass well at all, you know, really the whole match. I didn't really hit any winning passing shots and I wasn't getting much angle on them. I was pretty much hitting them straight up the middle to him.
But, yeah, I mean, I started to play better at the net towards the end of the second set and the third set. But the start of the match, he definitely was dictating most of the points.
Q. One of quite a long line of players that won Qatar, then crashed out here early. Are you satisfied that coming down here sort of six, seven days before is early enough?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, well, I think did Federer not win Qatar a couple years ago and then win here? I don't know. Then before that, did he not win and then make the final?
I mean, I don't think there's too many guys that you know, Ljubicic obviously lost in the first round last year, but I don't think that it's anything to do with not getting to Australia early enough. I mean, six, seven days of preparation. You know, trained in the hot conditions. It's not like I've been stuck indoors, you know, for a long, long period of time, then coming out into this heat. That wasn't really a problem.
I mean, I played three practice matches and was playing decent in the practice matches, and then over here when I was hitting balls I felt good. I don't think that it's anything to do with winning I don't think winning a tournament is going to affect your preparation for a slam.
Q. So you felt physically great out there today?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I thought I was much fresher than him at the end of the fourth set. Like I said, you know, before, I worked really hard on my fitness.
But, yeah, it was nothing to do with the physical thing why I lost the match. You know, it was just a few points here or there, I think a couple of bad decisions, you know, a couple of net cords here and there, that was the end of it.
Q. What did you feel about your serve today? He was hitting a lot of big returns, wasn't he?
ANDY MURRAY: At the start he was, yeah. Then at the end, you know, he started to miss a little bit more.
It wasn't the best I served, but I've definitely served much, much worse than that. I don't know what my percentage was. But, you know, I served a few aces, not too many doubles. I got, you know, the doublefault I hit at 4All in the tiebreaker was an ace if it had gone over, and it just hit the tape.
So, no, I mean, he returned well at the start, but I don't think it was, again, down to my serve why I lost the match. It was down to, you know, a couple of bad decisions and some bad passing shots that cost me.
Q. Is there anything you can take out of this match that will help you in the future?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, of course. You learn from these are the matches that I think you come back from, you know, the best. You learn a lot from them. You know, there's some things that I'll do differently, you know, the next time I'm playing a slam or the next time I'm playing against him.
But, you know, again, I don't think it's the end of the world. I mean, worse things could have happened to me out there. You know, again, it wasn't I feel I got completely outplayed at the match. I didn't feel physically I was the worse player.
You know, that sometimes happens in sport. You know, you play a fairly decent match and you don't come through. And that's what happened.
Q. Is sort of the sense of disappointment magnified because everything had started so well, the season, you had such a good training session in America, feeling good about yourself? Does that sort of heighten your disappointment?
ANDY MURRAY: No. You know, I felt worse a couple of years ago when I lost in the first round here and got absolutely smoked and physically was in bad shape and stuff.
So, no, I did all the right preparation, you know, worked very hard on my game, you know, and I've improved a lot of my shots. I'm obviously disappointed that I didn't win the match. I would have wanted to win more than anything. I gave it my best effort out there. But, you know, you can come away from matches feeling less disappointed if you've, you know, given it everything you've got, you've prepared properly, you know, and you feel that you've improved as a tennis player.
But I'm obviously disappointed, but it's not the worst I've felt after a defeat.
Q. Where would you like to be in 12 months' time ranked?
ANDY MURRAY: I want to stay in the top 10. That's something that is obviously tough to do, and at my age is a really good effort, you know, if you can stay there. Be among one of the best players in the world. Again, I want to make sure I'm physically fitter than I was this year. I want to make sure that my game is better. Apart from that, there's not much else I can do.
I think I've showed, you know, by winning four tournaments in the last few years that I've got the potential to challenge for Grand Slams in the future, but, you know, still a little bit of inexperience, you know, in that match showed today. The more Slams I play and the more big matches I play, I'll learn from them and won't make the mistakes that I did today.
Q. How much is that streakiness hard to play against?
ANDY MURRAY: He's been like that since the juniors. The most important thing is to get his serve back. He's obviously got a very good serve. You know, I didn't make enough returns at the start of the match to then, you know, have a chance of really breaking him.
But obviously when you're serving, it's difficult because he'll run around and try and smack some forehands. Some of them will miss by a few meters and some of them will be clean winners. There's not much you can do about it.
But I didn't put enough returns in court with enough depth to sort of let his inconsistency be a problem at the start of the match. It was only till the end when I started to do that.
Q. What do you think of Jamie's qualification here and he got a set off Karlovic in terms of Davis Cup coming up?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, it's obviously great to qualify for a Grand Slam. You know, it's not an easy thing to do. Jamie's one of the hardest workers that I know. So obviously he deserves it. I didn't see any of the match today, but I think Karlovic is a decent draw for him, you know, a guy that you got a good chance of winning against.
Yeah, he obviously played him close. But it's a whole different ballgame playing against Argentina on clay in the Davis Cup. It obviously is going to be good for his confidence and stuff, but it's going to be a completely different match when or if he plays against someone like Nalbandian on clay.
Q. It's obviously early days to reflect. What do you think you'll do now, between now and Buenos Aires?
ANDY MURRAY: Go home, take a few days off to relax, see some of my friends, and then start training. You know, I don't know when I'll go out to Buenos Aires or not. I'm going to have a lot of travelling to do the next few months. I'll spend a fair amount of time back in the UK and then after I feel fresh and ready to start practicing and working hard again, then I'll do that. Whether that's in three or four days or a week and a half, two weeks, I don't know.
負けた言い訳としては、１）ネットを先にとられてプレッシャーをかけられた、２）それに比べて自分の遅い立ち上がり、３）判断ミスの数々。「いろいろやったけど上手くいかないときもあるのがスポーツ」とか、「現地前哨戦には出なかったけど、一週間前の現地入り練習でも仕上がりは上々だった」とか、、うーん。ありがち。ブラッド・ギルバードとのコンビ解消の影響が早速出たのでしょうか？
Andy Murray 14.01.08
Monday, 14 January, 2008
Interview
Q. What do you make of it all?
ANDY MURRAY: Didn't start off great. He dictated a lot of points early in the match, and then I managed to get myself back into it.
I think he got a little bit nervous serving for the first set. Then I played a really bad game to drop my serve at 5All. Got a little bit unlucky with the first point off the tape, then didn't start the second set well. Got behind straightaway.
But, again, had some chances to get back into it. Hit a couple of silly shots.
Then obviously in the third, felt like I started to play much better, started to have a lot of the chances. Obviously won that set easily. I don't know if he was getting tired or not.
And then at 6Love, 1Love, breakpoint for me, hit a good passing shot, hits a reflex volley onto the tape and over.
It was a pretty big point in the match. I think if I'd managed to break him there, I could have, you know, gone ahead. That would have been eight games in a row, and I was feeling good on my serve. So that was a pretty big point.
But, you know, I had a lot of chances in the fourth set. I think I played the better tennis in the fourth set and should have won it. But I made a few mistakes there I shouldn't have made. Found it quite difficult at the end.
I don't know if he was seemed like he was cramping at 54. And then he came out and hit a 210 serve, ran six, seven balls down, was hitting jump smashes and chasing every dropshot down. I don't know how bad his cramp was or whatever was wrong with him.
You know, I definitely felt like I deserved to win the fourth set and felt physically I was probably in better shape than him going into the fifth.
Q. Normally you make very good decisions on court all the time. Today you seemed to not make the right decisions all the time. Was there any reason for that?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I think at the start of the match, he put a lot of pressure on me, rushed me quite a lot. Came in and was running around, hitting his forehand really well to my backhand, coming to the net, put a lot of pressure on me.
Then I started, because he was dictating all the points, I was trying to, you know, dictate some of the points myself. Made some mistakes that way.
But I don't you know, a couple of silly shots here and there. You know, there was the dropshot I hit early in the second set when I had breakpoint that I should not have hit.
But, I mean, I thought I started to pick my game up after the first two sets. But I don't think it was just down to decision making. I think, you know, I got myself back into the match. You know, it's just a few points here or there. You know, he got a couple of net cords, which didn't happen. I don't think it was only down to decision making why I lost.
Q. In the first set he won 20 of 37 points at the net. You won 6 of 14. Did you allow him to take the initiative in terms of aggression? Did you stay back too much?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I mean, at the start of most matches, I like to try to get into a bit of a rhythm. You know, the return's normally the best part of my game, and I didn't return that well in the first set. I was leaving a lot of them short.
You know, his game is to run around, hit forehands, rush the net. He did that really well. I didn't pass well at all, you know, really the whole match. I didn't really hit any winning passing shots and I wasn't getting much angle on them. I was pretty much hitting them straight up the middle to him.
But, yeah, I mean, I started to play better at the net towards the end of the second set and the third set. But the start of the match, he definitely was dictating most of the points.
Q. One of quite a long line of players that won Qatar, then crashed out here early. Are you satisfied that coming down here sort of six, seven days before is early enough?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, well, I think did Federer not win Qatar a couple years ago and then win here? I don't know. Then before that, did he not win and then make the final?
I mean, I don't think there's too many guys that you know, Ljubicic obviously lost in the first round last year, but I don't think that it's anything to do with not getting to Australia early enough. I mean, six, seven days of preparation. You know, trained in the hot conditions. It's not like I've been stuck indoors, you know, for a long, long period of time, then coming out into this heat. That wasn't really a problem.
I mean, I played three practice matches and was playing decent in the practice matches, and then over here when I was hitting balls I felt good. I don't think that it's anything to do with winning I don't think winning a tournament is going to affect your preparation for a slam.
Q. So you felt physically great out there today?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I thought I was much fresher than him at the end of the fourth set. Like I said, you know, before, I worked really hard on my fitness.
But, yeah, it was nothing to do with the physical thing why I lost the match. You know, it was just a few points here or there, I think a couple of bad decisions, you know, a couple of net cords here and there, that was the end of it.
Q. What did you feel about your serve today? He was hitting a lot of big returns, wasn't he?
ANDY MURRAY: At the start he was, yeah. Then at the end, you know, he started to miss a little bit more.
It wasn't the best I served, but I've definitely served much, much worse than that. I don't know what my percentage was. But, you know, I served a few aces, not too many doubles. I got, you know, the doublefault I hit at 4All in the tiebreaker was an ace if it had gone over, and it just hit the tape.
So, no, I mean, he returned well at the start, but I don't think it was, again, down to my serve why I lost the match. It was down to, you know, a couple of bad decisions and some bad passing shots that cost me.
Q. Is there anything you can take out of this match that will help you in the future?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, of course. You learn from these are the matches that I think you come back from, you know, the best. You learn a lot from them. You know, there's some things that I'll do differently, you know, the next time I'm playing a slam or the next time I'm playing against him.
But, you know, again, I don't think it's the end of the world. I mean, worse things could have happened to me out there. You know, again, it wasn't I feel I got completely outplayed at the match. I didn't feel physically I was the worse player.
You know, that sometimes happens in sport. You know, you play a fairly decent match and you don't come through. And that's what happened.
Q. Is sort of the sense of disappointment magnified because everything had started so well, the season, you had such a good training session in America, feeling good about yourself? Does that sort of heighten your disappointment?
ANDY MURRAY: No. You know, I felt worse a couple of years ago when I lost in the first round here and got absolutely smoked and physically was in bad shape and stuff.
So, no, I did all the right preparation, you know, worked very hard on my game, you know, and I've improved a lot of my shots. I'm obviously disappointed that I didn't win the match. I would have wanted to win more than anything. I gave it my best effort out there. But, you know, you can come away from matches feeling less disappointed if you've, you know, given it everything you've got, you've prepared properly, you know, and you feel that you've improved as a tennis player.
But I'm obviously disappointed, but it's not the worst I've felt after a defeat.
Q. Where would you like to be in 12 months' time ranked?
ANDY MURRAY: I want to stay in the top 10. That's something that is obviously tough to do, and at my age is a really good effort, you know, if you can stay there. Be among one of the best players in the world. Again, I want to make sure I'm physically fitter than I was this year. I want to make sure that my game is better. Apart from that, there's not much else I can do.
I think I've showed, you know, by winning four tournaments in the last few years that I've got the potential to challenge for Grand Slams in the future, but, you know, still a little bit of inexperience, you know, in that match showed today. The more Slams I play and the more big matches I play, I'll learn from them and won't make the mistakes that I did today.
Q. How much is that streakiness hard to play against?
ANDY MURRAY: He's been like that since the juniors. The most important thing is to get his serve back. He's obviously got a very good serve. You know, I didn't make enough returns at the start of the match to then, you know, have a chance of really breaking him.
But obviously when you're serving, it's difficult because he'll run around and try and smack some forehands. Some of them will miss by a few meters and some of them will be clean winners. There's not much you can do about it.
But I didn't put enough returns in court with enough depth to sort of let his inconsistency be a problem at the start of the match. It was only till the end when I started to do that.
Q. What do you think of Jamie's qualification here and he got a set off Karlovic in terms of Davis Cup coming up?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, it's obviously great to qualify for a Grand Slam. You know, it's not an easy thing to do. Jamie's one of the hardest workers that I know. So obviously he deserves it. I didn't see any of the match today, but I think Karlovic is a decent draw for him, you know, a guy that you got a good chance of winning against.
Yeah, he obviously played him close. But it's a whole different ballgame playing against Argentina on clay in the Davis Cup. It obviously is going to be good for his confidence and stuff, but it's going to be a completely different match when or if he plays against someone like Nalbandian on clay.
Q. It's obviously early days to reflect. What do you think you'll do now, between now and Buenos Aires?
ANDY MURRAY: Go home, take a few days off to relax, see some of my friends, and then start training. You know, I don't know when I'll go out to Buenos Aires or not. I'm going to have a lot of travelling to do the next few months. I'll spend a fair amount of time back in the UK and then after I feel fresh and ready to start practicing and working hard again, then I'll do that. Whether that's in three or four days or a week and a half, two weeks, I don't know.