Monday, June 30, 2003
T. HENMAN/D. Nalbandian 6-2, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3
THE MODERATOR: Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. David Nalbandian.
First question, please.
Q. How hard is that defeat to take for you?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Was very tough. Was very tough play out there
without serve. I have a problem in the abdominal, so was very
difficult for make a good service.
I think my fast serve was hundred miles or something like that.
So I think that's very difficult to me to play. I think Tim did
play very good. He put me very, very much pression on my game,
on my serve.
And I think he play really good. Q. Tell us more about the injury.
When did it happen? Did it get worse during the game?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: No, with Kucera two days ago.Q. Did it get worse
today, the longer you played?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah.Q. Were you in a lot of pain?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Excuse me? Q. Were you in a lot of pain?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: (Nodding.)Q. Did you consider withdrawing?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: No. He had to play good to beat me. Q. What did
you think were the strengths of his game today?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: I don't know. Was tough. He play really good.
I know wasn't my hundred percent, but I do all my best, what I
can do? Didn't was enough. Q. What do you think of Tim's chances
this year, having just played him?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: You never know.
Q. Can he get to the final and win it, do you think?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: You never know. He have to play good. He don't
play good, difficult.
Q. Was it hard to come up against that Centre Court crowd? You
probably never experienced anything like that before. How did
that affect you?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Why I no have experience like that?
Q. You wouldn't have played on Centre Court against a British
player before.
DAVID NALBANDIAN: I don't care about that.
Q. Didn't bother you at all?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: (Nodding.)
Q. But obviously helped him?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: And...? Normal, no?
Q. You obviously learned a lot about playing on grass last
year. What more have you learned this year that will help
you in the future?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, I think -- I think too much I play
really good. I think I like to play on grass. The Centre
Court didn't was so good. I think well, not so good. Well,
I like to play on grass and I think it's gonna be better in
the future.
Q. After reaching the final last year, how disappointing is
it to fall in the fourth round this year?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: I don't know if is big disappointment because
I cannot play all my best. That's impossible to me today.
But I don't know. That's the rules of the games, you know? You
may get injure, and you have to decide if you play, if you don't.
Q. You were saying that Tim would have to play good to reach the
final. Do you mean he would have to play better than he played
today, or the same or...?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: If he can play better, he's best. I don't know.
Is difficult. He have to play minimum like today.
Q. In what way did the injury restrict you today? What particular
things did it make more difficult to do?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: For the serve. I cannot serve.
Q. Just the serve?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah. Sometimes forehand or backhand, but for
the serve.
Q. To pick up the point about the way you learned from last year
to help you this year, have you learned things this year about
playing on grass and at Wimbledon that will make you even stronger
next year?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Could be.
Q. Such as?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: No, I hope yes. I think if you will play many
times on grass, you get more confidence. So I think I like play
on grass. I play good last year, I think I play very good this
year, so I like it. I think every year is gonna be better.
Q. And one year it will take you to the title maybe?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Maybe.
Q. Do you have the belief within you that one day you will win
this title?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: I wish.
Q. You believe?
DAVID NALBANDIAN: Of course.
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