R. Nadal - 4 July Wednesday, 4 July, 2007 Rafael Nadal beat Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5-8), 4-6, 7-5 Q. How does it feel to finish the marathon? RAFAEL NADAL: Very happy. Very happy of the victory. Very happy about finish the match. That's the most important thing today. Q. Typical worst conditions at Wimbledon. RAFAEL NADAL: Never like this. I was here for maybe five years. I didn't remember something like this. The toughest match maybe my career. Q. How tough was it to deal with? RAFAEL NADAL: Unbelievable, no? Because the stops always was tougher for me than for him because I was winning. Well, I stop with 7 All in the tiebreak. Worst possible. I stop when I was beating him, playing well, set and break. Yeah, in the third I stop another time with 2 0, 30 All. That's always very, very difficult moment for me, no? The last stop was not the worst for me, with the 4 All. Well, I have all the game for play with my serve. For the other stops, you know, the other can play without much pression because I serve every time the first point. That's very tough for me. Q. Final match points were nail biting moments. How was your confidence before you won 7-5? RAFAEL NADAL: I went to the court, and when I'm going to the court today I know I can lose, I can win, and I accept that. Just try to be there with the best attitude, try my best. I know anything can happen. Q. You had a match point on Monday. You went to sleep on Monday night knowing you had a match point. You went to sleep last night knowing you had a match point. Was that a very difficult thing to do, having to come back another day and play? RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, it's tough. It's difficult because the match point was out like this. I was playing fine the point. Yeah, I just forgot that, think about continuing playing. Yeah, was very, very tough because he was playing better and better. For me was tough because I have to defend the advantage. Q. What did you do in between playing? RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I am in the locker room for eight hours, nine hours every day. Q. How do you think Soderling played during the game? How did he conduct himself? RAFAEL NADAL: Really, the true, maybe worst possible because I was... (speaking in Spanish). THE MODERATOR: I fell like close to the net, and he never even go to the net to say sorry or helping or something. RAFAEL NADAL: And after, when he's touching the net and the ball go to other place, no one time say to me sorry. When I finish the match, the hand just a like this, just a little bit (looking away). After four days, that's not normal, no? In the locker room, for the other players, is not the best guy in the locker room. Q. What was it like in the locker room? RAFAEL NADAL: Nothing, no, nothing. Q. Were you angry when he made fun of you, when he touched his pants and everyone laughed? RAFAEL NADAL: For me, I just think about the victory and about the match. I can't and I don't want to be involved in something like this, no? I don't think about that. The true is, is not nice, not for him. But everyone have whatever you want. In the end, we will see what's happening in the end of the life, no? Q. Yesterday they put you on second. You never really got going. Did that upset you, that you did not go on first yesterday to finish the match? RAFAEL NADAL: I understand because the day before, for all the day, I was playing the match. I understand the organization in this time because they put one match later. But after I didn't understand some things, no? I didn't understand why we didn't play on Sunday. The weather was okay, so much better than yesterday, Monday and today, too. I didn't understand why they cancel yesterday when at 8:10 the sunshine is here for one hour so we can play one hour. I didn't understand when we are going to the court for play 15 minutes and they know because they have the meteo. That's very tough for the players, no? They don't think very much about the players here maybe. Q. Your next opponent is Mikhail Youzhny. Are you ready to start a new marathon? RAFAEL NADAL: Mikhail is a great player. He's having a very good season. Going to be very tough match for me, no? I lost against him two times on hard. Last year in quarterfinals of US Open, this year in Dubai. Last time I beat him in Rome. Was playing very good match for me. And I know he's very tough match. But I feel confident after this win. But for sure am a little bit tired today because is a lot of tension every day, every hour. Just try to have the best preparation, little bit practice this afternoon, and after tomorrow try my best. But anything can happen. Q. How damaging is it to your campaign at Wimbledon this experience over the last few days, where Roger Federer had good luck in the way it worked out for him? Do you think you can overcome these problems? Do you feel confident? Despite all the problems you've had, do you think you can come through, or do you think your chances have been damaged by the last few days? RAFAEL NADAL: My opinion, the chances of the down draw is less than the up draw, no? Anyway, if I am playing or if I win tomorrow, if I lose, for the others is a little bit less because we have to play lot of days in a row. Well, for the other draw, Roger was playing he's having holidays for the last week. Q. Do you still believe you can win? RAFAEL NADAL: I believe I have tomorrow a difficult match and just try my best tomorrow. Q. How much do you still love Wimbledon with the rain, playing on grass, the waiting? Do you still love the tournament? RAFAEL NADAL: After the tournament, I don't know. Right now a little bit less than when I come (smiling). Anyway, is unbelievable tournament. Q. When you're coming on and off, on and off so frequently, do you have any mental processes you go through to keep yourself sharp when you're coming on? RAFAEL NADAL: No, I try to the (indiscernible) the first times is tough. But when you have five times, that just is a joke, no? Just go on court, I am tired, very tired. Have walk to the locker room, walk to Centre Court every time. Q. As the rain went on and on, the match went on and on, did you ever think, Maybe we should do this on a computer game or throw a coin, some different way to get it finished? RAFAEL NADAL: I don't think so. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 好心疼喔 看到Nadal一直说他很累> < 还有记者问到大会在昨天没把他跟Soderling的比赛排在第一场,而是先排 Jankovic vs Bartoli这场女单,Nadal会不会觉得很干 Nadal说不会,他能理解大会是考量到他跟Soderling被雨搞的前几天都有比赛 所以让他们第二场出来,真是善解人意的好孩子T.T （Nadal觉得干的应该是这两位小姐还不客气的打满三盘？？开玩笑的XXD） 不过我还是要说 大会没良心啦!! 星期天不排比赛 Nadal也直言大会这样不太为选 手着想了。他觉得这样对下半签继续赢的选手是一种伤害。 中间有一点抱怨Soderling的部分,在此不作评述。 最後记者倒是问了个很白目的问题。XD 不过显然Nadal已经没心情跟记者搞笑拉ㄌㄟ 。 XD Nadal加油。T.T -- http://blog.pixnet.net/Gronkjaer http://www.pixnet.net/Gronkjaer --

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