Q. A tough match in an electrifying atmosphere. Can you put into words what
your thoughts were after that.
CARLOS MOYA: It was a great match. As you said, the atmosphere was great.
Crowd was enjoying. I cannot say that I was enjoying too much. But still is
great to play these kind of matches. Then if you win them, you have a great
feeling. But today I had the other side of this game, I lost. Is kind of
disappointing. But I can understand that the people enjoyed.
Q. He had never won a match at the US Open.
CARLOS MOYA: Who?
Q. Your opponent.
CARLOS MOYA: He never won?
Q. No. Tremendous run. You've been in that position before. Can you get the
sense of the excitement for him?
CARLOS MOYA: Yeah, I guess that he must be very happy right now. It's a great
win. He's been doing very well this tournament so far. I think he played a very
good match. So I can understand how his feelings are. I would like to be in
his position, but that's not the situation.
Q. What did he do so well and what did you struggle with?
CARLOS MOYA: He played very complete match. To be honest, I think he deserved
to win today. I was break up in each set, so if you have that advantage, you
get to 5-All in the fifth, that means that something is wrong. I hope I will
learn from this loss because I can take many things to improve. But, as I said,
he deserved to win today.
Q. He's 5'5", the shortest player in the draw. Is there any variable? He comes
up to your neck basically.
CARLOS MOYA: I mean, he's 5'5", and he's Top 70, Top 80 player. Means that he's
very complete. He's doing everything okay. So he play very well today. He moved
me very well. Still I had many chances to win this match, but I didn't make
them. So tennis right now is very close. I mean, any player can beat one of
the top players. So if I have so many chances and I don't make them, it will
happen what happened today.
Q. With the match even at a set apiece, you won the first eight points of the
third set. Did you expect at that point you would be able to cruise on to
victory?
CARLOS MOYA: I felt I was going to win this match, even when I lost the second
set and was a break up in the third. It didn't come to my mind that I could
lose. I was playing okay. Second set I also had chances. I was break up, and
didn't make it. Third, okay, break up again. I lost that set. When I lose the
third set, I realize it was going to be tough to beat him. Then, again, fourth
set, 4-1 up, he comes back. We get to the tiebreak, anything can happen. Even
when I won that set, I knew was going to be still a tough fifth set, as it was.
Again, break up in the fifth. I had so many chances. I mean, if I didn't win
it, it's because I didn't deserve it.
Q. Did he play so much differently compared to your match at the Olympics?
CARLOS MOYA: Not really. I think in the Olympics the ball was faster. I could
get many more points with my serve. Also my forehand was bouncing much higher
than here. So it's something better for me that today didn't have the ball,
gets very big here. I couldn't use that. But still I think I played better in
the Olympics than today.
Q. How disappointing a loss is this?
CARLOS MOYA: It's very disappointing. I was in the third round. So that means
that I won two matches already. So I was in the tournament, I was playing
better every day, feeling confident, practicing very well. So it's
disappointing, very disappointing.
Q. Does it make it tougher to have a match end like that, a double-fault?
Difficult to swallow?
CARLOS MOYA: Yeah, it's difficult to upset when you lose 7-5 in the fifth set.
I wasn't serving very well, although I hit many aces. I wasn't feeling
comfortable with my serve. No, probably I was shaking a little bit in that
point and I double-faulted. I cannot do anything now. I mean, I would change
many things from that match, but right now the situation is that I lost and
there's not much I can do.
Q. You say you'll change many things from that match. What will those things be?
CARLOS MOYA: To be more concentrated when I was break up in each set. I think
it never happened before that I was break up in all the sets and I ended losing
that, the match. So maybe kind of relaxed a little bit. I thought that maybe it
was over when it wasn't. Like I said, I think I can learn few things from this
match. Not right now, because that's not the moment now. But to be more focused
and concentrated when I'm leading the match, I think that's what I would change.
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