There's always stuff to work on. Obviously, the whole goal is to play well at the Open, ... You kind of try to find your game and find your comfort level and really try to hit your stride. I've always played a pretty heavy schedule in the summer.
It's almost like you work so hard and almost try too hard. Before I'd come out almost unprepared and sort of wing it. I'm trying to find a happy medium. Hopefully, things will go up from here.
He comes to work every day with the right attitude, ... You know he's going to make you fight for every point.
I haven't played much since Wimbledon. I've been staying in shape, though, and putting in a lot of work on fitness,
I've been pretty good about keeping my nose to the grindstone. I feel like I won a lot of matches from hard work and persistence, even maybe when I had better options as far as shot-making.
It wasn't a whole lot of fun out there, ... I tried to at least hit a volley, make him work a little bit. And that started to work a little. His percentage dropped later, so I was getting a look at his second serve.
I feel like I have put more work in mentally and physically, in every which way and I've never cared so much as I do now,
I put in the work and wanted it so badly but this guy is the best for a reason. He is such a complete player ... maybe I'll just punch him or something, I don't know.