[訪問]Gaston Gaudio 2004/05/31
Day 8 - Gaston Gaudio interview
Monday, May 31, 2004
Q. You've had a couple of close matches with Lleyton Hewitt in the past. How
do you see the quarterfinal going?
GASTON GAUDIO: Well, it's gonna be like the other one. It's gonna be tough,
for sure. I never played against him with five sets, but in a quarterfinals
of a Grand Slam, sure it's gonna be tough.
Q. Have you followed his progress here? He's probably in the best clay court
form he's been in his career. Will he be more dangerous here than he's been
in previous years?
GASTON GAUDIO: Yeah, I think so. He never reached the quarterfinals I guess.
Q. Once before.
GASTON GAUDIO: Once? Yeah, I played last week in Dusseldorf. Yeah, he was
playing pretty good. It's gonna be, like I told you, it's gonna be tough.
Q. Would you have predicted that four Argentines would make it to the
quarterfinals? Are you surprised? What can you say about that?
GASTON GAUDIO: Well, it's great. I never thought this could happen. To be
four Argentines in the quarterfinals is like pretty good. Maybe we can reach
the semifinals, I don't know. We'll see. I hope so.
THE MODERATOR: Spanish questions, please.
Q. What does it mean for you having come to the quarterfinals, especially in
Roland Garros? What did you feel today coming in to the quarterfinals?
GASTON GAUDIO: This is the tournament that I most like. I hope to go on. I'm
very happy. I was close to winning two years ago and then I let it go, so I
was a bit disappointed.
But I hope to take advantage of the fact that it's always been a dream of
mine to play well here. I am very happy, and I hope that this dream will come
true that I had as a boy.
Q. You were more enthusiastic during the game. You were talking to David and
to Fernando and to your trainer. How are you feeling in order to face what is
still ahead of you?
GASTON GAUDIO: I am very happy. I'm well, I'm playing well. Perhaps I was a
bit tense today, more than before. But I think overall well.
I was trying to analyze the games as I usually do, not more than usual. And
whatever is to come now, I may be a bit more nervous because I'm coming into
quarterfinals. The other players are also a bit more tense.
There's a greater degree of nervousness around than in previous games, for
the quarterfinals.
Q. Did playing Hewitt in Dusseldorf help you in preparing for Roland Garros?
GASTON GAUDIO: Yeah, that helps. The possibility of hanging on against a
player like this, it gives you greater confidence. It allowed me to come here
in greater preparation.
Q. How were you training before coming here? Did you change anything in your
preparation or training?
GASTON GAUDIO: No, I had been playing as I've always done. I was training to
come here and there's nothing that I had changed. I was playing well.
Q. Are you playing match by match, or are you having greater expectations
because of the quarterfinals for the end?
GASTON GAUDIO: Yes, of course. When you reach the quarterfinals, there are
only eight players left and all of them wish to win. So you're in a position
where everybody's out to get the same thing, has the same goal.
It's just a question of playing the next match against Hewitt.
Q. You said that you have to take advantage of this because this may be one
of your last Roland Garros. At what point in your career do you think that
you are? Are you in the final phase?
GASTON GAUDIO: No, not in the final phase. It's just that I played here for
the first time in '96, and I don't really know if I'll be playing when I am
over 30 years of age, so there's not that much time left. You have to take
advantage of each time you come here.
Q. But in the case of Nalbandian and Coria, they received support from the
federation, but Canas and some of the other players had to train for tennis
on their own. How much does that cost? What is the total tally for all the
sacrifices you had to make in order to train for tennis?
GASTON GAUDIO: You always think when things go well at this point in the game,
so many years have gone by, that I think that Guillermo and the others who
were helped can't really remember that they were helped. I don't think this
changes anything.
We knew that many sacrifices had to be made even when we were youngsters. So
of course it makes us conscious of what has happened.
Q. What were your aspirations when you were young?
GASTON GAUDIO: The same aspirations as any youngster - being able to win the
different matches and coming out ahead, as I am here. There are only two more
matches to be played, for instance, at this time.
Q. How did you begin to play tennis? You played rugby before?
GASTON GAUDIO: No, when I was in school I played soccer, but I began to play
tennis because of my brother. He was a player so I just followed in his
footsteps.
Q. What is your brother's name?
GASTON GAUDIO: Diego.
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