I think that's a big key, at least knowing that they have to do something with the ball and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.
I can't be angry about it, because the right call was made. I'm sure there are going to be times when it's going to be the situation reversed, and I think you're OK with it as long as you know the correct call is being made.
I'd heard his name before but I'd never seen him play. I said, 'I've seen that serve before, it looks familiar.'
Now I feel I can be a contender and when I'm looking into the grand slams it feels like I can compete all the way into the second Sunday.
I'm looking forward to playing Tommy. He's been playing great. I feel like I'm playing well, I've turned the corner and this will be a great test. He's in form and on a surface he likes. I want to play well against an elite player.
I didn't play well and he took his chances,
I didn't play that badly - plus eight in winners to errors - I looked and I won more total points. I think I would have beaten most people today, but credit where it's due - he played a very good match.
I woke up this morning and felt OK. But as soon as I started moving, it really stiffened up. After a couple of games, I didn't feel so good about my chances.
Fernando came out playing lights-out in the first couple of sets, and I just stuck around and found a way. It was that one game when I broke in the second set. I made a couple good shots and it turned into a riot.
I haven't had an amazing serving day against him, ... I've played well against Roger from the baseline before, but I haven't had that monster serving day. That's what I'm looking for.
If it looked like it was easy, that's because I played really well today. It was certainly one of my best matches this season.
You can say whatever you want, but they came out, they took care of business. They beat us. It's as simple as that.
I want everyone to look back and think that I was awesome.
When you make the schedule, you're not planning on playing deep into every single week, or at least I haven't in the past. I'm not physically or mentally ready to pick up my bags and go to Monte Carlo. I definitely have to look at what's best for my chances at (at the French Open).
My aggression out there is my weapon, ... ... I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.
Gael looked like he was a bit overawed before the match,
It's never hard to get up for Davis Cup, but I'm looking forward to getting out there and proving myself again.
Bottom line, he stepped up and took the points and I didn't.
I thought he played great, let's get that out there right now. He really took it to me so I was playing reactive instead of active.
I'm doing OK I hope. I only felt it at about 5-all in the second set. He was already kicking my butt before that. I'm going to get it looked at and hopefully it will be ready for New York.