Safin第一輪賽後訪問
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M. SAFIN/R. Sluiter
6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
MODERATOR: Questions for Marat.
Q. How was that out there today?
MARAT SAFIN: Tough. First match, you know, big tournament,
third match of the year, so you're kind of nervous and you
try to win in straight sets. You have a tough opponent. The
guy can play great tennis. He beat Hewitt in Stockholm.
But was okay, you know. Just I lost a little bit my
concentration on second set, that's why I lost. But I knew
what I have to do, and I came back. I think I played great
third and fourth set - good enough to win.
Q. How do you feel with your shoulder? Do you feel it's
going to come through okay?
MARAT SAFIN: I'm taking care of it. I'm taking some
antiinflammatories, Vioxx. But it's okay. The pain is going
away. It's much better, much better. Like next match I think
will be perfect then.
Q. Have you thought anything about last year?
MARAT SAFIN: Last year is the history already. It was one
year ago. The time is running. Is another chance, another
year, another tournament. Just I would like to do the same
thing. It's difficult because another year. You are not
playing the same tennis. The other people are not playing
the same tennis. The situation is difficult.
But I'll be there. I'm still in the draw. I think I still
have a great potential to do well here, and we'll see if I
will be able to make it. Because other people, they also
know how to play tennis.
But I want to do well here, definitely. I will give all my
best. I will try my best. It doesn't matter if I will play
my great tennis, if I will play bad, but I will be there,
I will be tough and I will give trouble to everybody, that's
for sure. Then if I will win or I will lose, then it's just
we'll see on the court.
Q. What was the biggest celebration or most enjoyable
celebration after winning the Davis Cup?
MARAT SAFIN: It's tough. It's tough to celebrate straightaway
because even we went out to the club, and from 12:00 that we
got into the club until I think 3:00, I was signing autographs,
so I didn't have any chance to celebrate at all. I was making
pictures, I was doing everything, but definitely not taking
care of myself.
Q. Were you signing autographs for pretty girls?
MARAT SAFIN: No, pretty boys I was signing.
Q. The court is supposed to be faster this year. Firstly, do
you agree? Secondly, how much does that help you in winning
the title?
MARAT SAFIN: It is definitely faster. Of course, the bounce
is a little bit lower. It's good for my game. It's good for
me. I'm really far from winning this tournament still. First
I have to pass the first week. First it's difficult to pass
the first round. Then you have to pass to the second week.
Then, of course, is a matter of luck, just if you get your
game, if you get your best shape, and then you can see.
I will tell you if I have opportunity to win the tournament
in the second week if I get there. Then I will see my chances,
see if I'm playing great tennis or not, see how the other
players are playing.
But I'm sure I can do well. I'm sure. I hope also. I hope so.
But it's good. It's good. The courts are -- I think for my
game, they're really good.
Q. Are you surprised that Larsson is giving Hewitt a lot of
problems?
MARAT SAFIN: He beat me last year, Larsson -- sorry, two years
ago. He's a great player. He's I think one of the most talented
players on tour. He's from old generation. He beat Sampras in
Masters -- not the Masters, in Grand Slam Cup, in Munich there
was a tournament, in the finals. It means he's a great player.
He can give some trouble. He can be dangerous.
Again, he have a good serve, good forehand, he can also play
backhand, great volley. But for some reasons he didn't do well,
didn't give his best to the tennis. I felt for me he was one of
the best players on the world, definitely. He could be, I think,
easily No. 1, but for some reasons he couldn't make it.
Q. Do you think Yevgeny, who said he was going to retire, you get
upset, you try so hard to win the Davis Cup for him, then he says,
"I'm going to keep playing"?
MARAT SAFIN: That is the question is everybody asking me, even the
players. I think, my opinion, he just said that he wants to retire,
but then he realized that what he's going to do after he will
retired. For example, he's not playing any more tennis. What he
has to do in Moscow, Russia, whatever country he is living in?
It's difficult to find this new job or new thing, you know, to
discover a new thing in your life because you have to change your
life completely. You've been playing tennis since you are six, and
suddenly you just want to change something. You need to prepare
yourself. You need to see what you like, what you don't like, what
you want to do, what you feel like doing. And then, of course,
slowly you can leave tennis.
But he has nothing to do. You know, the guy has been playing for
tennis and he didn't prepare himself for the life after tennis. Of
course, he found himself just he doesn't know what to do. So is the
best thing to play tennis and try to prepare yourself for next life.
I think he still can play few years, two years for sure. He's 29.
Let's see how he's doing.
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