Murray def. Cuevas 賽後訪問 - 美網 Tennis

A. MURRAY / P. Cuevas

6-2, 6-3, 6-0

THE MODERATORS: Questions.

Q. Must feel a lot better after that.
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, it was great. You know, it's quite hard to describe,
but when you don't play for such a long time, you know, at an acceptable
level, it's quite tough to stay positive. So, you know, although it was
the first round and against, you know, an opponent that a lot of people
won't know, that result meant, you know, so much to me -- more than a
lot of the results I had earlier in the year. So, yeah, I was really
happy to get through it and to play like that because, you know, it's
been a long time since I've been able to do that.

Q. Didn't really show any signs of nerves, but were there any before
the game?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I was nervous. You know, I don't normally get
nervous before matches, but I actually like it when I do. I think it's
a good thing. You know, it shows that you're up for the match. It shows
that you care about it. You know, I didn't know exactly how I was going
to play today. You know, a huge difference between playing well in
practice and then when you go out in front of the cameras, you know,
in front of the fans, you know, at a Grand Slam, it was difficult.
But, you know, I dealt with it pretty well. I played one sloppy game
at sort of 5-3 in the second set when I was serving for it. Missed a
few shots. But, you know, served pretty well today, managed to get
myself out of the tight situations.

Q. What pleased you most about your game?
ANDY MURRAY: The consistency. I wasn't making like too many mistakes.
Once I was in the rallies I was moving well. Forehand return after
the first set got much better. Hit a lot of winning returns. I was
playing more aggressive. And my serve on the big points, you know, I
was consistently serving 135 miles an hour. In the past I've been able
to do that, but that wasn't really my, you know, average first serve
speed. It would kind of go down to 120. You know, I wasn't keeping it
up. On the big points, when I needed to, I was always around that
mark. That's really important on these courts because, you know, they
are pretty fast.

Q. In the third game, there was one particular big forehand winner.
You looked particularly pleased with that for obvious reasons. Can
you remember what went through your mind when you hit that shot?
ANDY MURRAY: There was one point, I remember it was -- I think it
was 4-2, game point for me. I hit a running forehand passing shot.
He slipped a little bit. That's the first time I'd really, really
hit out on my forehand a hundred percent. You know, it's easy during
practice when the ball's straight to you. But when you're on the run,
it's a reaction, it's completely different. After that, I felt much
more confident hitting out on it. I still need to get the average
speed of my forehand up. It was a little bit slow today. But, yeah,
with each match, I'm going to get more confidence. There were some
shots in there that made me feel much more comfortable hitting out
on it.

Q. Have you come across Jonas much before?
ANDY MURRAY: I actually know him quite well. I chat to him a lot. He's
obviously been around for a long time. Never played him in a match.
Actually, I played him once in doubles in Indian Wells, but I haven't
really practiced with him that much. Obviously, never played against
him. But I've seen him play a lot of matches because he's been around
for a long time.

Q. We were all trying to find out who the chap in the sunglasses was
who Brad was chatting to. Is it right that it's the Italian guy,
the psychologist?
ANDY MURRAY: The guy in the sunglasses?

Q. The bald guy sitting next to Brad in the stands.
ANDY MURRAY: There was a bald guy, but I didn't see who he was sitting
next to (laughter).

Q. Is it the psychologist?
ANDY MURRAY: I don't know. I didn't see who he was sitting next to.
But the psychologist is bald, yeah.

Q. Is he here?
ANDY MURRAY: He's here, yeah. He arrived today, yup.

Q. You're coming back to the big stages, and Tim's retirement was
announced obviously at this tournament. I just wondered if you could
address how you feel the impact of Tim's retirement will be leaving
you sort of alone, as it were? I know you've had some practice being
under the microscope, but do you expect a big up tick in scrutiny and
pressure?
ANDY MURRAY: I guess around Wimbledon time, yeah. I think that was
always to be expected. You know, I knew that that was what was going
to happen. You know, in terms of the other tournaments, no, I don't
think, you know it's going to be much more pressure because I'm the
only Brit playing. You don't think about it that much really when
you're on the court. I'm not walking on the court thinking, you know,
Tim Henman's not playing, you know, there's much more pressure on me.
I'm just wanting to go out and play for myself. It's not really about
anyone else; it's about, you know, your own career and your own matches.
You know, you try not to worry about that sort of stuff.

Q. You did seem very in control and at ease with yourself on the court
today.
ANDY MURRAY: Really (smiling)?

Q. That's how it looked. Anything to do with the psychologist, work
you've done with him, or is it a concentrated effort to internalize
stuff?
ANDY MURRAY: I think I sort of learned to appreciate playing tennis
again. I was getting angry on court about things that weren't really
necessary. I was playing great tennis this year and still wasn't really
that happy when I was playing. I think the biggest thing for me was,
you know, if you go and look at videos of my matches, you know, at
Wimbledon 2005, when I played here in 2005, my attitude and my body
language was excellent.

You know and then the last sort of year it's not been as good. I've
been showing more negative signs than I have positive.

You know, I learnt just to enjoy playing again because I missed such
a big chunk of this year. I can play great tennis, and I should enjoy
it more. So, yeah, that was probably the reason why I was a bit more
relaxed or looked calmer.

Q. Is that something you thought about consciously, Andy, during the
summer while you haven't been playing much?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah. I wanted to -- you know, not at the start. Sort
of wasn't particularly enjoying myself in Cincinnati and Montreal
because it was I just wasn't really playing my tennis. I wasn't able
to dictate points. I wasn't able to do the things I normally can on the
court. You know, it's not that much fun. But, you know, now that I can
do that again, you know, I'm just happy to be able to play like that
because I think the way that I play should be fun for people to watch
and for myself playing because it's a bit different. I use different
shots than a lot of the players. I try to mix things up. You know,
it's good fun. I think the way I play, I should be trying to annoy
my opponents by the way I play rather than getting annoyed with the
way I'm playing myself. That's what I tried to do today. You know,
he got pretty frustrated in the end.

Q. Do you think in that context it will be a fascinating test against
someone like Bjorkman, making you play different shots, quicker shots
as well? Interesting contrast.
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I guess so, yeah. But, you know, a couple of the
best parts of my game are my return and my passing shot. It will be
interesting to see how he tries to play against me. I'm guessing he's
not going to want to do too much running because he's getting on a bit
(smiling). You know, he still plays really well. He's got a lot of
experience, so he's going to have a game plan going into the match.
I'm going to have to try and play really well if I want to beat him.

Q. Why do you think you lost that enjoyment temporarily?
ANDY MURRAY: I don't know. I don't know. It was just -- you know, I
kind of got to a stage where, you know, I was almost trying to play
too well, like I was getting annoyed when I was beating Chela in
Australia when I was two sets and a break up, then the year before I
was losing to that guy in straight sets. I've had to look at myself
and say, What's the point? I'm playing great. I don't know exactly
why I wasn't enjoying it. But I think that's one of the reasons: I
was just trying to play too well, expecting too much of myself. Even
when I was playing great I still wasn't happy. I didn't play my best
match today, but I enjoyed myself on court. You feel so much better.
I just wasn't enjoying winning as much as I used to either. You know,
it's not that much fun playing a sport if you're not really enjoying
winning too much, because that's the reason why you train and why you
go out there. I think it's pretty important for me to have got that
back.

Q. You had trouble physically in March at Indian Wells, then Miami,
then the wrist problem. Djokovic has taken that jump ahead of you.
You might have been considered to be about the same when you got hurt.
Is't frustrating to see him go up like that, thinking that could have
been you?
ANDY MURRAY: No, not really. You know, he's played great this year and
deserves to be No. 3 in the world. No, it doesn't frustrate me. I've
known him for a long time. We've been good friends. You know, I don't
see why there's any point in being jealous towards someone that was doing
great and is very good for the sport.

I've got on with him ever since I met him. It's not frustrating because,
you know, I haven't really been able to push on myself. If I was playing
the whole time, felt like I wasn't improving and he was getting much
better, then, yeah, it would be disappointing. But I haven't been able
to play. I haven't been able to work on things and play a lot of
tournaments. So, no, it's not frustrating.

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