First Time Winner Spotlight: Pablo Cuevas - 網球 Tennis

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by ATP Staff | 13.07.2014

How does it feel to win your first ATP World Tour title?
Very happy, I've been working a lot and dreaming of winning an ATP
tournament. After the injury, I always had in my mind that I could come back
to win a tournament and I'm happy for it.

Did you think you'd win your first title at age 28?
As a kid you always dream big. I thought I was going to win before, but after
nearly two years without playing, a long time without competition and without
the chance of winning something, I'm glad to achieve it now.

You're the first Uruguayan to win an ATP World Tour title since Marcelo
Filippini in 1997. How does it feel?
In Uruguay there are very few people and few players, and our references were
Diego Perez and Marcelo Filippini. Filippini also won this tournament in
Bastad. I'm glad to be another Uruguayan that has won an ATP tournament.

烏拉圭的網球選手並不多，有名的只有Diego Perez和Filippini，Cuevas和Filippini的
首冠都是Bastad(2014與1988)。

It was your first final in singles. How did you approach the match?
Once I entered the court I was very calm, and after the second or third game
I realised what I had to do. I tried to keep my focus only on the tactics and
I could do it throughout the game. I'm happy I stayed focused and didn't
think about other things.

How do you analyse your week with victories over tough rivals such as Jeremy
Chardy and Fernando Verdasco?
It started as a very difficult week. Chardy is a great player with a very
dangerous game. That match and today were the best I played. I had a tough
match in the second round (vs. Christian Lindell) because I knew it was the
last tournament [before entry for] the US Open and had to earn it. With
(Renzo) Olivo I had the responsibility and I knew him more. With Verdasco, I
played a very long and close match at Roland Garros and I could take revenge
for that [defeat]. Today I was very calm and almost perfect.

這禮拜因為是美網會內資格的最後一個禮拜，所以第二輪特別拼命。

Did you do anything different this week to win five matches for this title?
I didn't do anything different. I tried to do the same as in other
tournaments. Except for the second game, the rest [of the final] I was very
calm, not thinking I would win the tournament. Every game was giving me
confidence.

How did you get through after being sidelined almost two years?
It was almost two very difficult years, where I had two knee surgeries. I was
lucky to get into good hands and everything went well. I had a long recovery,
very slow. Luckily the knee isn't giving me problems and I’m glad I kept a
strong head after being out for so long, especially because at some point I
thought maybe I would not be able to play anymore.

從2011法網後到2012一整年，加上2013也休息半季，期間動了兩次膝蓋手術，他覺得
能回到場上很幸運。

You will be back at Top 100 on the Emirates ATP Ranking. Was it in your plans
earlier this year?
I'm very happy this week for the tournament, and also because I'll get near
the Top 70. It's a major [hurdle] and it changes a little bit my calendar for
the rest of the year. I dreamed of this but knew it would be difficult
because when the year started I was not sure about my physical condition. But
every week I'm playing I feel good physically and that helped me to believe
in myself and I feel very comfortable with my game.

In October 2009 you had your best ranking of No. 45. How do you compare that
moment with now?
I was playing my best tennis and I felt great. That motivated me to continue
despite the injury. I knew I had more to give. It was the biggest motivation
I had to be back where I am today.

Who were your idols as a child?
I didn't have only one. I always admired players with one-handed backhand
such as Guga (Gustavo) Kuerten, (Gaston) Gaudio, and I also really liked
(Mark) Philippoussis.

最欣賞單手反拍選手是Guga和Gaudio，另外就是Philippoussis。

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