Tony Roche Quotations

He's playing Qatar (January 2-8) and he's thinking about what his build-up might be. He might come to Sydney for a while.

He can rally from the baseline, use the slice and drop shots and play the winning volley. I haven't seen such a complete player around for so long and I'd put him up there with Laver.

His second serve, it was pretty impressive at the U.S. Open (where he beat Andre Agassi in the final), but it can get a little bit better.

Steven's a good prospect. First of all he is a very good athlete and whenever you see someone who is a very good athlete, the eyes light up a little bit, because that's such an important part in today's game,

I think he needs to get back playing more and if he can stay healthy, while getting those matches under his belt, he's going to continue to be a top contender.

I think it's exciting times in Australian tennis right now,

The people looking after her just felt that she needs a bit of work on a few areas of her game.

I've always believed Mark is a wonderful player,

The big goal and what I would like to see him do is win the French. If he could achieve that then I would think he would be up there with the all-time greats.

I know he is a red-hot favorite but each day is different. You just hope that if he plays at his best, and obviously he is, that he will be very hard to beat.

He's such an all-round player, which is a little unusual in today's tennis. He sort of reminds me a lot of Rod Laver.