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February 25th, 2006 04:21 pm
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I felt like I was pretty much in control. I had 0-40 on his serve and he came up
with – he went for a ridiculous second serve and made it, and then hit two huge
serves and played a couple of good points and then from there he kind of got a
rush of blood. The game that he broke me in the second set, I made four out of
five first serves and I don’t know if I missed a ball. He was pretty much going
for broke and didn’t miss. It’s a good combination for him.
I couldn’t put three balls in, if I’m being honest with you. It’s a little
frustrating right now because I felt like tonight, I hit the ball better than I
have over the last two weeks. I came off the court not really thinking I did a
whole lot wrong. I mean the guy was pretty much ripping winners from all angles
and under full run - it was frustrating. I didn’t once, you know, until I was
down a good bit in the tie breaker, feel like I was on my way to losing that
match. It’s just frustrating. But I guess it’s just cyclical you know – just
stick with it and keep plugging and that’s all you can do.
Like I said, it’s a little – I don’t know the feeling – it’s just…I’m not mad.
I’m just a little disappointed. I keep reading all these transcripts from other
people and you know, if it’s Murray last week saying it’s the best match he’s
played so far, or if it’s Arthur’s the other night saying it’s the best match
he’s played so far…if this guy says it’s not his best match, he’s lying. It’s
just you know, or Baghdatis all of a sudden. I mean it’s just kind of one after
the other right now and this is the first time I’ve taken my lumps kind of back
to back. I’m not feeling like I’m struggling hitting the ball, so it’s a little
frustrating but I guess it goes in cycles. So like I said, I came off the court
kind of needing verification that I played pretty well. For my part, I was like
I didn’t feel as though I played badly, you know, am I doing something wrong?
It’s just a little frustrating.