VERERK第一輪訪問
Q. First, congratulations. You want to tell us what happened? From your point
of view, what happened at the end?
MARTIN VERKERK: He cramped and I won the fourth set, I don't know how much it
was, but something like 7?6. I don't know the tiebreak anymore.
Q. 11-9.
MARTIN VERKERK: 11-9. I saw him already at 4?all in the fourth that he was
tired, but I couldn't get my level that much up to hurt him
in the fourth. So it was more fighting than playing well.
But, yeah, in the tiebreak he put all his energy in it, and
then he lost the tiebreak, and then he went to the toilet and
I saw that it was 15?30. I hit, yeah, a ball actually through
the middle with my forehand and he didn't work.
I felt okay, I have a break now. At least I have the break.
It will be tough for him mentally and physically. I hit a
return at 30-40 just in the court and he fall down. So it was
a real bad cramp. Everything, his back, his legs, shoulder,
everything.
Q. Did it scare you? Were you frightened by what you saw out there?
MARTIN VERKERK: No. I mean, it's cramp. It's terrible cramp. But the first
thing that I was, was happy, because I thought that he would
stand up again, and, I mean, recover of it.
So I was not thinking, "How bad is he?" Then he laid there.
I walk to him. I saw his back was cramping. It was not like
?? because sometimes players have that, they cramp but they
can go on. So the first thing I thought was, "Okay, stay
focused and finish the job." But then after five minutes, he
was still laying there. His eyes were all over the place.
Then you think, "Hopefully, it's not that bad."
But it was cramp, and you get over cramp. I mean, it's not
like an injury or a heart or whatever. It's always scary
because he was looking really bad. But, yeah, that happens.
Q. Now, you say you saw him look tired in the fourth set. But before that,
how do you feel you were playing and he was playing?
MARTIN VERKERK: Yeah, I was playing not so good. But it's tough for me.
Of course, I made finals of Roland Garros, and since then
everybody wants to beat you. Yeah, it's tough for me. A lot of
?? I mean you're No. 16 seeded. The pressure is on you all the
time. That's a new thing you have to learn.
The one thing I had again was the competing part, that I'm
always had. But the last couple of weeks it was a little bit
like I wanted to play good, show everybody that I was 16 in
the world, or 15, whatever. Yeah, not competing so well.
And now I feel that my level can go up a little. But at least
I fight for it. That's where I'm ?? that's what my game is,
good serve, good backhand, and fight like hell. That's what I
do. That's why I won this match.
Q. Did you ask the umpire about time, how long he was taking?
MARTIN VERKERK: When he was cramping?
Q. Yeah.
MARTIN VERKERK: No, no, no. The coach came on the court, from the guy. I find
that strange because it's the same when my coach jumps on the
court when I want to hit a serve. It's strange. I don't think
that's the rule.
I mean, of course I saw how bad he was. Then you think, "Okay,
let him go," because I saw that he's never gonna play again.
So if his whole family comes on the court, I'm okay also with
that (laughter).
In the beginning, you're like, "I mean, that's not the rule.
I want to win." I fought for to win the fourth set. Yeah,
your first reaction is, of course, it's bad, but your first
reaction is, "Okay, I killed him, actually." Then you see him
laying there. Then it's bad. Then you think of his health. But
the first thing you think is, "Okay, I won the match because
I'm fit."
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