S.O. Miami - Interview de Rafa du 31.03.09
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March 31, 2009
R. NADAL
/S. Wawrinka
7-6, 7-6
An interview with:
RAFAEL NADAL
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. How would you describe that
match?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, important win for
me here. Very important. To be in quarterfinals is
always a good result. So after winning in Indian
Wells, being in quarterfinals is very good news.
Yeah, today was good match. Yeah. I
had a lot of breakpoints and I didn't convert not
one -- only one in the second set after a lot of
chances.
So maybe if I won a little bit more
breakpoints the match seems like I was playing
better, no? But I think, yeah, it was very important
win. Wasn't a bad match.
Q. Were you surprised by the level of
Wawrinka?
RAFAEL NADAL: No. Wawrinka is a very
good player.
Q. What about your level? Are you
where you expect to be right now, or are you
unhappy about your level? You feel good
about it?
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I played much
better today than yesterday. I am very happy
about my match today, yeah. I didn't practice my
best the last days, and yesterday I played terrible
match.
So I improved a lot today in the match. I
was very focused and I played two good
tiebreakers, so that's very good. No, I am really
happy right now. Sure, I can play better, yeah.
You can't play always at 100%, but today, yes, I
am happy.
Q. Does a match like yesterday's match
where you feel you played terrible help you get
your attention, and did it help you play better
today?
RAFAEL NADAL: No.
Q. You played bad and you turned it
around because you played bad?
RAFAEL NADAL: No.
Q. Nothing?
RAFAEL NADAL: Didn't help in nothing,
no? These kind of matches only help to lose
confidence, no? Don't help improve nothing.
Q. Did you feel you could raise your
level in the tiebreaks?
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. I think I
was there. I was there all the time and playing
very focused on the important points. He had
some mistakes, but I played aggressive and I go to
the net sometimes. Yeah, I'm happy.
Q. The tiebreakers, were you
disappointed? Frustrated? Because a lot of
times he was coming up with the big serve in
those situations. How did you feel you played
on the breakpoints overall?
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I can do nothing,
no? I have Love-40 in the 5-4, 0-40, and I didn't
have any chance. He played all the serves inside.
First serves, very hard first serves.
So I didn't have chances. Nothing. Just
wait and try to be focus all the time to have more
opportunities.
Q. There are almost the same players
in the quarterfinals as in Indian Wells and in
Melbourne.
RAFAEL NADAL: Exactly the same?
Q. Almost. What is your explanation?
Like the top 10 has set apart from the rest?
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I think that's good
for tennis, and I think we are in one moment of the
tennis history that the best players are winning
always, no?
For that reason, win titles, everything, be
there is almost very -- almost more difficult than
ever, no? Because all the time you have to play
there is almost very -- almost more difficult thanever, no? Because all the time you have to playagainst the best. You don't have -- if you are in
quarterfinals, you are going to play against the
best players of the world.
You're gonna have -- never is easy but you
don't of a normal match.
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