James Blake Week Quotations

I look forward to playing a guy like (Haas). He is someone who really has been at the top of the game and whether or not his ranking states it, he is one of the top players in the world, ... Beating guys like the way I have the last two days makes me think I can hopefully do some good things the rest of the week here and the next two weeks at the U.S. Open.

He was trying hard to get out of it, but we put so much pressure on him last week that he had to do it.

Just to keep me calm, ... I might have been a little too hyper if I was going out there in front of those crowds this week ...

It hurts to lose right now but when I look back on this week I'll be satisfied that I played some good tennis,

I was very excited to be out there. I kind of knew what to expect with what I've been going through the last week and a half, with my friends and family coming out, and I don't think Igor quite did. It hit him pretty quickly and they were pretty vocal. That's just a lot of fun.

It doesn't get better than this, ... If every week were like this I would never retire.

Even though individually I didn't have the best of weekends, I consider this week a 100 percent total and complete success.

Beating guys like that the way I have the past two days makes me think I can do hopefully some really good things the rest of the week here and the next two weeks at the Open,

Andy plays at a different level than the other guys I played this week but I know it's not impossible to beat him, ... I was going for too much (on my serve) because I didn't want him to get my second serves and sometimes that backfires.

Dean is doing a great job. He's extremely laid-back and an extremely knowledgeable coach, which I think fits great with our team. He's there to help if we need it. He also knows not to probably go overboard; we all have our own coaches, we all know kind of what we're working on in our games, and he just is there to help keep our focus there this week and keep our spirits high, I guess.

I have said it before, that if every week was like this, I would never retire,