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M. Safin - Day 1
Monday, June 20, 2005
Q. Is this the new tennis? Instead of four hours on clay, long rallies?
M: I wish I could have these kind of matches every day. I wish
I could play the same level of tennis every day.
Q. Maybe you can.
M: I'm trying. But it took me only six months from the last
time I played such good tennis until now.
Q. Are you still the president of the "I hate grass" club?
M: I'm still there. I'm still there. But I've been working on it
actually for a long time. With Peter, he try to improve my
volleys and try to make me play more aggressive. Well, the
tournament in Halle, I made final. That helped me a lot to get
the confidence because it's really important to get into the
grass and to Wimbledon with something on your back, some good
results. Because without the confidence, really difficult to
play good tennis and be comfortable on it.
Q. You looked very comfortable. Did you feel that way?
M: Yeah, I felt really comfortable actually. Very confident. Like I
said, two weeks ago I made the final in Halle, so it helped me a
lot actually.
Q. There's a chance you might have Philippoussis next up if he gets
through his match. That's going to be a bigger test on grass.
M: Yeah, but first of all, I think he has a really big match coming
that he's playing right now. I don't know what is the score, but
it's a really difficult match for him actually. I'm not sure. I'm
not a hundred percent sure he going to pass through. Because Beck,
he warm up with me today, and he's really good on grass. We'll see.
He will give him a hard time.
Q. If Mark did get through, on this surface, would that be a tough test?
M: Well, of course, if you get through the first round, I think you
have a little bit more confidence because you going to beat a very
good player and he's going to be tough for second round, that's for
sure. But we'll see (smiling).
Q. After Halle and before this match, what were your expectations for today?
M: Well, I had to be really serious and I tried to focus on every single
point from the first point until the last one, because the first match
is always tough on no matter what surface, but actually especially on
grass. It's a tough one. And you need to really find your movement on
the court because the courts are a little bit different from two weeks
ago. And last week, for example, the guys coming from Nottingham, it's
a completely different court. You need to get used to it and it takes a
little bit of time.
Of course, the pressure of the first round, you also playing against
the guy who is a very good player, made some great results on grass.
Two years ago he beat Agassi. Last year I think he made final in
Rosmalen. He knows how to play on it. So I was focused from the first
point, playing great tennis and felt confident.
Q. How much more do you enjoy playing on the grass? In Australia you were
still considering playing here at all.
M: Well, if I would have ?? if I would have felt not comfortable at all
at Halle and if I wouldn't make anything great in Halle, for example,
like I would play for sure last week also, try to get used to the grass,
if I would have felt not really confident and comfortable on the grass,
I would not play.
But since Halle, I make some good results. Like in Halle I make good
results, so why not try?
Q. How hard is it to break a racquet on grass?
M: You break the court faster than you break the racquet, that's for sure.
Q. You say it's six months since you played like this, so you mean the
Australian Open. Were there ever times if you wondered if you'd ever
play this well again?
M: No, I will. Now I have the confidence. Now it's very difficult ??
now it's more actually I need to hold it. I need to hold these feelings
and I need to hold it for a long time, as long as I can. Because now it
looks like I found my game, I found the confidence that I was missing
for past six months. Finally I have it. I'll try not to lose it again.
Q. Are you a bit worried with the break you have to take for your knee that
you could lose it a bit?
M: Unfortunately I have to do this if I want to do very well in the second
part of the year, which is on the hard court season. Actually, it's the
worst surface for the knees, for the ankles ? not only for me, it's like
for all the players. If I don't take care of it right now after Wimbledon,
then I might not be even to finish the year.
So I prefer to take one month off and try to take good care of it and
try to prepare for two weeks before Montreal, try to be serious. I'm not
young any more (smiling).
Q. Have you made any changes to the people you have with you from the
Australian Open to here or has that been settled?
M: Yeah, same people. No changes, yeah.
Q. Where did your confidence go? You say it went, then it comes back, you
found it.
M: No, because I couldn't pass through the third round even in any of the
tournaments. I had my opportunities, and I was missing by a little bit.
Had some very close matches. And if I would pass them, I would be playing
good tennis. But I couldn't make it. I couldn't make for some reason. Was
a little bit unlucky. Was a little bit not aggressive enough on some
matches, and in other matches I was too much under pressure, and many
other things that they were bothering me and I couldn't pass through with
that.
It's difficult. When you don't have the confidence, it's difficult to
perform well, it's difficult to play good tennis and it's difficult to
win matches. The more matches you lose, the more difficult it is to come
back. Unfortunately, is this way. It's very difficult to get the confidence,
but it's very easy to lose it.
Q. You got it back in Halle?
M: Yeah.
Q. Did you decide that grass wasn't so bad or that you felt better on it?
M: Well, I felt ?? I really felt really comfortable for some reason.
And Peter, he was supporting me and he was giving me advices. He was
just trying ?? he was trying to make me feel comfortable. You know, he
gave me the support that I needed. For past six months, it was really
difficult time for me.
And everybody, of course, they were expecting me to do miracles after
Australian Open. They were not coming. The results were not coming. So
he was there for me and he was just trying to calm me down and just he
was trying to explain to me that I will have my opportunity and I will
be playing well again sooner or later.
Q. What kind of adjustments did you make to your own game?
M: You know, to be more aggressive. You can't just ?? I lost my game like
in Monte?Carlo. Against Ferrero, I think it was a key match. I started
to be a little more defensive. That's how I lost it completely. In Rome,
I was playing a terrible match against Almagro. I was just playing
completely not my game. It was pushing me to ?? even to lose, but at
least to play my game, which is coming in, playing aggressive, putting
pressure and trying to get to the net. If I start to run on the baseline,
I'm not as good as when I'm playing aggressive.
Q. For a guy who didn't like grass that much...
M: Jesus, how much you going to do?
Q. Some people think Wimbledon should change to a hard court. Do you think
that would be a bad thing?
M: Whatever. For two weeks, it doesn't really matter, I think.
Q. Does that mean you'd like grass to stay?
M: I'm not talking only about myself. I'm also thinking about other players.
And I think they don't mind to play on grass for two weeks. So I support
them.
Q. What about the tradition, history?
M: Also this, of course. How we can forget this (smiling)?
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