[俄熊] Interview : Mikhail Youzhny 20.01.08
Q. Pretty good start of the season. How do you assess your
game since the beginning of the year?
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: Yeah, it's a good start, but season just
started. I have some good matches, but now is tough to say
what I'm doing because I'm still in tournament, still in
quarterfinal, and we can talk about the start of the season
after the Australian Open because you always more what you
do.
Q. Nikolay said he was very upset by your slice. Do you
think it's one of the keys of the match?
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: I played good today almost everything.
That's why I don't want to tell now what I have to do to
beat Nikolay, because we are not last time to play against
each other. And also I don't like to play -- tell everybody
what kind of tactic I prefer against players. That's why --
it's good today. I beat Nikolay, but, you know, if you play
tomorrow, it could happen everything. That's why today,
it's good match for me.
Q. People talk about this as being the most relaxed Grand
Slam, that people are relaxed and confident and happy. Is
that the same for you? Do you feel very relaxed here?
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: No, Grand Slam is Grand Slam for all
players. No, I cannot say here is relaxed. No, okay, for
me, just four Grand Slams in a year a year. It's main
tournaments I think for all players. I didn't think any
relax or any difference between French Open, Wimbledon or
US Open.
Q. But sometimes at the start of the year, a surprise
player does well here. It's had a history of someone... .
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: Yeah, it may be true, but it is now tough
to say something about the year. It's beginning of the
year, and beginning of the year everything could happen.
But if you see last tournaments in the year, also
everything could happen.
But now it's very tough statistically. But everybody know
is first Grand Slam starting in January. That's why
everybody try to be ready.
Q. You looked very confident on the court, your style of
play and right from the start, you looked very pumped.
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: No, I really enjoy to play here and I
really want to play. That's why I enjoy, like I say, every
point in the game.
Now, I like this astrosphere, and that's why maybe looks
from outside, it's something happens with me. But when you
good shape or if you have some discomfort or injury or
something, when you mind not on court, outside on court,
it's very tough to show, you know, good game, good... .
Q. Nikolay is your Davis Cup teammate. Has it been
difficult to watch what's been happening away from the
court with him with the investigation?
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: You know, it's very tough I think for all
players, not only because he's from Russia. Because
actually I don't have full information about this one. And
I know for sure it's really bad for tennis, it's really bad
for players. Now we start to talk about all players, like I
said, about all players, the investigation affect the
matches or something. I think is it not true. And, first of
all, it's bad for us, it's bad for tennis.
Q. What do you know about Jo-Wilfried Tsonga?
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: I know him long time already. I remember
him when he play like two, three years ago. After I think
he had some injury.
But he improve a lot. Last year he play very well in Bercy,
I think. He was in fourth round or third round, I don't
remember. And here he play really well. He beat good, very
good players. You know, first round he beat Murray. Today
he beat Gasquet. He played very well, what I saw by TV.
Q. What do you fear in his game?
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY: You know, I have to into court and try to
show hundred percent what I can do from my game. And after
we'll see if it will be enough to beat Tsonga, as well. If
not...
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