Murray 速勝 賽後訪問 - 美網 Tennis

An interview with: ANDY MURRAY


THE MODERATOR: First question, please.

Q. I think it's fair to say that was quite comfortable, wasn't it?

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I played well today. You know, I wanted to beat him after
I lost pretty badly against him last time we played. So I wanted to go out
there and play a good match. Didn't really do anything wrong. I played maybe
one bad game in the third set. I think it was 30 Love up on his serve when he
held maybe.
But apart from that, it was a pretty good match.

Q. What did he do to you last time? It was quite a decisive score.

ANDY MURRAY: Well, you know, I think I was 17 at the time. I was playing on
clay in my third or fourth challenger main draw, and I think he was 29 years
old or 28 years old at that time, and a lot more experienced than me.
So, you know, it's amazing how much difference a year makes.

Q. Was it just before the Davis Cup in Israel or just after it?

ANDY MURRAY: Before.

Q. A result like that, doesn't it just confirm in your own mind how far
you've come and now what weapons you possess to do that to somebody like
him?

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, well, I think I've always had the weapons. It's just
when you're young you don't really know how to use them. Physically, I
wasn't that great at the start of last year. You know, it takes you a
little while when, you know, I have quite a lot of variety of shot. So
when you are young and you're playing against guys that have a lot of
experience and play as consistently as he does, it's difficult to know
what to do with the ball all the time.
Once I start to play more and more matches against better players, I
started to work out what I was doing right and what I was doing right.
Although it has been a fast rise, it wasn't like my game wasn't there;
it just takes a little while to kind of get into your mind how you should
be playing every match.

Q. It's not going to be a Davis Cup tie, but I should think outside
Americans, Chileans seem to come out on these courts many any other race.
Do you think the match against Gonzalez is going to be slightly intimidating?

ANDY MURRAY: Depends how the match goes. If I don't give them anything to
shout about, then it won't be as good an atmosphere.
He always gets great support. I mean, he's huge in Chile, him and Massu,
having won gold in the Olympics. I think it was their first medal they'd
ever got in the Olympics. He always gets great support everywhere. They're
pretty noisy, which makes it fun. You know, the crowd's always been pretty
loud in all of my matches whoever I've been playing against. I like playing
in that sort of atmosphere.

Q. You've had a good, good summer, Andy, but he has, as well. Going to be
a tough match?

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, he's had a really, really good summer. He made semis in
LA, semis in Toronto, semis in Cincinnati, and he's won his first two
matches comfortably here. It's not a match that I'm expected to win. It's
just supposed to be a close match.
He's the higher ranked player; he has more experience. First time I've been
in the third round of a Slam outside Wimbledon. He comes into the match
with not more confidence but experience. I'm feeling pretty good about my
game. If I play like I did today, I've got a shot at winning.

Q. I know you didn't think you played particularly well in Basel when he
beat you. How much have you improved since then?

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, Basel was a bit different because I'd had a really,
really long year and I was starting to get a bit tired. He, you know,
obviously went on to win the tournament. I still did okay against him.
It's just, I mean, he aced me four times in one game. He was hitting
winners from all over the court. But then he made some just weird mistakes
in the second set.
So, you know, I think I've obviously improved. This is my favorite court.
I think, well, he's proved that he plays really well in these courts, as
well. So it's going to be a really interesting match. I hope that I can
play like I did today. If I do, I'm sure it's going to be a good match for
everyone to watch.

Q. Do you think the fact that it's best of five will help? He can be a bit
up and down, like Kendrick.

ANDY MURRAY: I don't know really. It depends because, you know, he's much
more consistent than Kendrick and, you know, he's got much more experience.
He can play some really bad sets but, you know, he normally plays, you know
he sustains it for much longer.
It's not that he's inconsistent; he just doesn't give you any rhythm. Like
some points he's gonna hit his forehand, you know, as hard as he can, and
then next point he'll hit some sliced backhands and play slowly. You know,
he just does different things on the court. It's difficult to get a rhythm.
But it's not like he's that inconsistent. If he was inconsistent, he wouldn't
have made semis in two Masters Series back to back and a semifinals in LA.
So it's gonna be a different match to the one against Kendrick.

Q. Bearing in mind the quality of Gonzalez, would you have preferred to
have a harder match today, or do you always feel you'd always like to win
every match as easily as possible?

ANDY MURRAY: Well, I think it's better to go into a match like that being
well rested. It's not like I haven't had any tough matches the last few
weeks. I'm pretty match tight. I've beaten some guys that have been on
really good form and playing well, so I wasn't too bothered that I dropped
two games today.

Q. Do you sense that you got a kind of growing fan base here, that kids
really warm to you? It seems as though when you walk around after matches,
in the parks here, kids are kind of running around you and want to be, you
know, saying, You're my hero, that kind of stuff. Is that quite interesting,
an interesting development in your career?

ANDY MURRAY: I think I'm probably more popular this year here because, you
know, partly because of Brad. You know, everybody loved Brad's commentating
on TV. He's got you know, he's pretty big over here. I'm sure that's probably
helped.
But, you know, at the same time, you know, I think I'm probably one of the
few players that, you know, at the end of the match I try to, you know, sign
as many autographs as possible. On my days off, I do it as much as possible.
The kids come here, you know, a lot of the kids will come back to the tennis,
you know, two or three days here. If you sign their autograph, the tennis
ball, if you sign it for them, it makes them happy. You know, once you
probably they probably want you to win if they see you play.
If they stick it in your face and you just walk past them or you tell them
to get out of the way, you know, you're not gonna like someone as much.
Maybe because I do that, they like me. But my style of play, I think the
Americans like, as well.

Q. Forgive me if you have been asked this before. There was a little
controversy after your win against Federer. A television reporter claimed
that Federer basically tanked the match. Have you been asked about that
match and about that take on the match before? I don't know. If not, could
you please address it?

ANDY MURRAY: I didn't actually get asked about it but, you know, I mean,
someone's tanking, you know, they don't fire balls out of a stadium. You
know, I don't think he would have broken me seven times if he wasn't wanting
to win the match. I think when you lose five, six matches a year, I think
it's fair to say you don't tank very often.
Federer's lost one match in straight sets since 2004. So the matches that
he has lost, he obviously hasn't given up in. You know, she can say whatever
she wants, but I'm sure Federer wasn't too happy hearing that a guy that has
won eight Grand Slams and loses as little as he does getting told that he
tanked.

Q. Everything you've done here so far, do you feel you're now playing the
best tennis of your career, and also physically do you feel fitter now than
you've ever been?

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I feel like I'm playing the best tennis of my career. I
think that's shown in my results. It's my favorite part of the year, the
American hard court stretch. You know, I knew well, I was looking to play my
best here. I have done so far.
Physically, I haven't had any problems so far. I played in some hot
conditions in Washington and in Cincinnati. You know, I've won a lot of
matches. You know, maybe my stamina needs to get better, but I think I've
showed that I can play a lot of matches on back to back days and come back
and keep winning.
You know, Federer even said he was tired after, you know, he won in Toronto
and then came to Cincinnati. You know, I managed to play I got to the finals
in Washington, I made semis and then quarters, so I think physically I am
in good shape, I just need to mature a little bit more physically. Maybe my
muscles aren't as strong as they should be. I need to work harder at that.
But I'm definitely gonna do that in the winter. That's one thing that I want
to get absolutely perfect going into next year. I don't want to have any
matches where I come off the court having cramped 'cause it's embarrassing.
I don't like it. I don't like people saying that I don't work hard. I don't
like it when people question my, you know, dedication to tennis. I can't
handle that at all. I don't think it's fair, you know.
So at the end of this year, I'm gonna work harder than I've ever worked
before, and I won't cramp again for the rest of my life, I hope, after this
year.

Q. Do you think, therefore, you might be a little peeved when you see that
Baghdatis in the fifth set against Agassi yesterday cramped and his reaction
was, Come on, fight? Perhaps if it were you, it would have been a slightly
more negative reaction to cramping?

ANDY MURRAY: Well, it happens to everybody. You know, pretty much every
player when they're young cramps. You know, I've only cramped once in a
three set match. But, I mean, I think my condition going into that wasn't
great, in Monte Carlo. And apart from that, it's only happened to me in the
fifth set of matches. So for four sets, I've always been good, but then I
just need to work that little bit harder so for the last half hour, 45
minutes the matches I'll be okay.
I just think people need to understand that it happens to young players.
People get tired sometimes. And the way that I play is quite physical. I
do a lot of running. I run for every single ball. I don't give up on points.
You know, it's something that I want to get, and you know, I want to get in
perfect condition so next year I can go on court and if somebody beats me
it's because they played a better match than me, not because physically I
was struggling.
But, you know, I've won two five set matches. I proved I can win over five
sets. I just need to have maybe a little bit more stamina and work that
little bit harder, and that's going to get me into the top 10 hopefully.

Q. Have you noticed a difference in the way that your opponents handle you?
Do you notice sort of a growing respect over the last few weeks and months
as you continue to shoot up the rankings? Is there a difference around the
championships, on the court, in the practice areas?

ANDY MURRAY: Well, here it's a little bit annoying because I'm ranked,
seeded 17, and until you're seeded 16, you have to play four on a court.
Here, the practice has been not as good as I would have liked because I'm
one place away from getting a full court to myself.
But the players, I mean, all the players, I practice with a lot of the good
players now. You know, I speak to all the players. I don't really have any
problems with any of the guys, you know. So, yeah, I think I do have a bit
more respect from the players. I think it's normal with most sports people
that, you know, when you do win against big players or you beat a big team
or you win a big championship that you are gonna get more respect.

Q. What specifically can you point to in your game that has changed or
improved since Brad's come on? I talked to you in Toronto. That was only
two weeks after Brad came on. Now it's been four. What's changed? What's
helped you?

ANDY MURRAY: I haven't changed too much in my game. I mean, I said from
the first week that I haven't worked on anything technically. We haven't
changed any of my strokes. I've been in the middle of tournaments pretty
much the whole time. You know, tactically, it's the best part. Just having
him there, he's so positive. He scouts my opponents. He knows how pretty
much all the guys play. He's watched so much tennis that, you know, he
knows when there's gonna be a momentum swing in the match, you know. He
knows that you can't let guys off the hook at, you know, even 6 Love, 6 1
and 2 1. You know, he's made me just maybe a little bit more professional
all around.

Q. How so?

ANDY MURRAY: Well, just with like things like that, you know. When I'm 6
Love, 6 1 up and 2 1 and a break, I don't want to let a guy break me and
get to 2 All. I want to win as quickly as possible. You know, mentally on
the court, I'm not really getting frustrated like I used to. I'm just a
little bit more level headed. I still get fired up sometimes and I don't
let my emotions get the better of me in my matches.

Q. Did you read "Winning ugly"?

ANDY MURRAY: I didn't, no. I actually had it, but I never read it.

Q. Is this the first Slam that you've come into thinking actually you can
beat anybody in this tournament? I'm not saying to win it, but you could
beat anybody that's in this tournament? Is this the first time you've
genuinely gone in thinking you can do that?

ANDY MURRAY: I probably thought I could beat everybody except Federer before,
probably. But until you win against a guy like that, there's always a bit
of doubt in the back of your mind whether you can win against him, you know.
Although I always believed I could, until you actually do it, you never know
if it's quite possible.
So, yeah, I mean, probably now I feel like I can win against the best players
in the world consistently. You know, it's just a matter of keeping up for two
weeks. I've never had to do it in a Grand Slam before, how to manage my off
days here and get myself in the best shape for my matches. I do feel like I
can win against most of the players, but whether I can do it for two weeks
is a different story.

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