Verkerk第二輪賽後訪問
Q. Can you just go through the match. The first two sets were kind of shaky,
then you came back.
MARTIN VERKERK: First two sets probably one of the two worst sets of my life.
I didn't feel the ball at all. I moved really slow; I don't
know why. I wasn't tense. Wasn't nervous or anything.
Sometimes once in a while you have the kind of days. Then you
can say, "Okay, I don't hit the ball." You can say, "Well done
in three sets."
I played bad, but I tried everything to get into the match.
Third one, the third set was better - actually pretty good.
Fourth one was a really good set. You losing for four sets.
Actually, I played at the end just a pretty good match. Only
in the first two sets were terrible.
Q. How has your life changed since the French Open, on and off the court?
MARTIN VERKERK: Yeah, I explain that I think already 1,000 times.
But, I mean, it's changed everything. I mean, people want to
beat you now because you are a seeded player. There's more
pressure to win. But it was not the pressure why I play the two
sets like that.
Yeah, outside the court, I'm famous in Holland. That's it.
Q. How famous are you? Can you give examples of... Has your life-style changed?
Are people showering you with gifts?
MARTIN VERKERK: No, it's not that bad. You get fan mail and all that stuff.
It's normal. What changed, actually, they know Krajicek,
Schalken, they know Raemon Sluiter from Davis Cup. I was also
Top 100. People, they know you, but they're not really like --
they don't recognize you everywhere. Now they recognize you
almost everywhere, in restaurants, wherever you walk on the
roads. When I go to a fuel station. Everywhere.
I mean, I thought it was gonna be less, but maybe when I'm back
now after the States, it will be a little less, but I don't
think so.
Q. You said you feel pressure now that you've been on the big stage and been in
a final of a Grand Slam. Can you just talk about how disappointing the
summer's been for you?
MARTIN VERKERK: I had the best year of my life tennis-wise already, so I'm
pretty happy. The only thing is after Roland Garros, you
wanted to continue what you did. But that's difficult because,
first of all, the grass came up. I never hit a ball on grass,
so the result was normal.
Then, yeah, then we had some tournaments in Holland, in
Amersfoort. I had a shoulder injury, pretty bad. Then I win a
challenger actually. So that was unbelievably good level I
play there. It was good actually. Then you come to the States
and you play two times second round and one time first round.
So, yeah, it's not so disappointed. I mean, I wish I could
win every tournament, but it will come again. You have to
play four, five tournaments a year real good, what I did this
year. Then you say -- then you can be Top 20.
It will always be like that with my tennis game. I will have
my ups and downs. I cannot do anything about it. I try it. But
only thing I can do is fight for every match, whatever happens.
Then I will get my good matches, too. Because if you see my
game, if I feel the ball or if I'm in form, you can say "What
is form?" But if you feel that, in Roland Garros, you saw I
felt every ball good, I hit every ball good. When I miss a ball,
it was once in a while. That kind of tournaments you have
sometimes.
They will come again. Maybe they will come -- now it's Davis Cup
coming, but maybe they will have -- maybe I win Shanghai, maybe
I will lose first round. You never know with me.
Q. Can I ask one question about Todd Martin. Can you talk about his game. He's
kind of the older generation of player.
MARTIN VERKERK: I think he played really well. The first set not; he played bad.
But I played even worse, so, it was pretty good actually.
And, yeah, he's a great player. I have a lot of respect for
him, what he did in his career. I think he's still a good
player, especially on the hard courts and especially in the
States of course. He was focused. He played well. He double
-fault sometimes. He made his mistakes. But on the important
points he played good.
Yeah, what I say, I knew it, I said it also to the Dutch press,
I knew already two days ago that it would be really tough to
play against Todd Martin because I am the favorite. But if
you just look at the record from him and the record of mine,
of course I'm younger, but Todd Martin is a great player. Yeah,
it's not a bad thing to lose against Todd Martin.
(This is a partial transcript)
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