The court was playing pretty fast, it almost felt like playing tennis with golf balls out there. But I am feeling fine physically. I think need a few more matches before I can start competing better.
At this point in my career I have to be extremely selective about the amount of matches that I play in preparation of the US Open,
There's no matches you get through unless you're playing sensibly. You have to,
He's lost three matches all year, ... He's probably won, what, 70 (actually 71)? Yeah, he's definitely beatable (laughter). I just don't like those odds.
You can't always hope for matches to go that uneventfully.
It's always a bit sad when somebody you spent so much time with over the years, played so many matches against, decides it's time for them to move on. But I'm sure he'll embrace this next stage of his life with the same standards he's shown out there for all these years.
I certainly didn't have enough today. Three five-set matches didn't help.