Wimbledon day 2 賽後訪問 - 俄網 Tennis

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M. SAFIN bt N. Djokovic 6-4, 7-6, 6-2

An interview with: MARAT SAFIN

THE MODERATOR: Questions for Marat.

Q. Did you start to become a grass court player suddenly?

MARAT SAFIN: By winning one match?

Q. An important match.

MARAT SAFIN: For me it was important, but also I took advantage that he was
under a lot of pressure because he's fighting for No. 1. So I need to take
advantage of that.

Q. How did you play?

MARAT SAFIN: I played well because I think the courts, they has been getting
slower and slower throughout the years. So it's not any more like they used
to be like eight years ago. It was really fast, and now you can play from the
baseline and nobody even getting close to the net.

Q. So you're not surprised by yourself?

MARAT SAFIN: Well, I just had to do what I had to do: serve well and try to
stay with him. And also he didn't impress me with his game today. I could
read his serve. I could return. I could stay with him from the baseline, and
that's it.

Q. How would you rate your game today on a scale of 1 to 10?

MARAT SAFIN: I mean, it's tough. I didn't play great for a long time. I don't
remember how does it feel.

I would say I played solid.

Q. Is it a 5 or 8?

MARAT SAFIN: I hope I can play better than that.

Q. When was the last time you played that well?

MARAT SAFIN: Long time ago. I don't even remember. Long time ago.

Q. Novak said it was a case of him playing badly rather than you playing
well. Would you agree with that?

MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, well, he's a nice guy, a great answerer and great for you
guys. I think he scored some points over there by saying that, yeah, he
played well and everything.

But he had small chances. He didn't take them. Whenever I had a chance I went
for it, and I just played, like I said, solid, took my chances.

Q. When you walked off, the BBC man asked you about your next opponent. You
implied you didn't expect to get past Djokovic, and you didn't know who you
were going to play next. Is that right?

MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, true. But if you have a second round against Djokovic, the
guy won the Australian Open, semifinals of French Open, winning the
tournaments left and right. You play against him, and the last time I won two
matches in a row was I don't remember when. So what do you expect? Of course
that you are not really in a position to look anything after the second round.

Q. What do you remember of the things you've said about Wimbledon last year
and in the recent past, and how do you feel about Wimbledon now?

MARAT SAFIN: What did I say? The strawberries are too expensive. It's true.
They don't have enough for dessert. It's true. Only the coach is allowed to
come in the locker room is also true. Because some physios, they cannot come
inside the locker room. I'm not complaining about that.

I was right I think in what I said. I didn't make any lies, so I think I was
right there.

Q. What do you like the most about Wimbledon, and what do you dislike the
most about Wimbledon?

MARAT SAFIN: Thanks for the people to make the courts slower.

Q. Novak said when you played in Australia 2005...

MARAT SAFIN: He still remembers that?

Q. Yes. He said he had great respect for you because he practiced with you as
a junior. He said today it might have been a factor in this match that he had
too much respect for you.

MARAT SAFIN: That's good to know. Thank you.

Q. Do you think?

MARAT SAFIN: I hope so. I'm still older than him. I hope it will stay the
same way and he'll have the same respect to me as he had three years ago. It
works for me.

(這一段看得非常難過，卻也很感動。Safin你真的長大了... T^T )

Q. You looked very fit today. Do you think was this the key to play at this
level?

MARAT SAFIN: I'm fit since November last year, but it doesn't really help me
to make any results earlier in this year. So just I came out actually in the
middle of the year, which is surprisingly -- I'm surprisingly happy that
finally I came, because I started to get a little bit desperate because I've
been working really hard week after week, practicing and putting myself
together.

The results are not coming, not coming. You need to be really strong mentally
to continue to play this game.


(這一段很好笑 XDDDD Safin就是很可愛)

Q. You expected to be back in Russia tonight?

MARAT SAFIN: Yeah. There is a flight at 8:30 leaving every evening, so I was
almost there.

Q. Have you booked another flight, or not till a week on Monday?

MARAT SAFIN: There is a flight every day. 8:30, arrive at 4:00 in the morning
in Moscow. Everything is under control.

Q. You had a ticket for this flight?

MARAT SAFIN: It's one phone call.

Q. We see Russia is doing well in the football at the moment at the European
Championships. What does it say for Russia?

MARAT SAFIN: I try to keep up. The guys are surprising me in soccer. I never
expect them to play such a great soccer, aggressive, playing unbelievable
game. Now we're the favorites to win the European Championship. With the game
they're playing right now, they should. They deserve to win.

Q. How have you managed to keep faith in yourself? You're working hard, going
out, playing matches, wins aren't coming, month after month. You get on court
today against arguably has been the best player of the year and showed some
pretty good stuff.

MARAT SAFIN: Well, but just you need to have a little bit of commitment with
yourself, you know, try to set some goals. You cannot just drop it in the
middle of the year. After three months if the results are not coming, I think
you should give yourself a chance, you know, and try more.

Because also it's a little bit sad to see other people winning and working
only the half part of the time that I'm doing, that I've been spending on the
court lately. I've been working unbelievably hard, unbelievable pre-season.
Even though the results are not coming the beginning of the season, I was
losing left and right.

Still I'm going to the gym and still doing my things. I think it's time for
results to come. And I think just it's -- of course, it's tough. Of course
it's tough to push yourself day after day when you are losing and you are
losing and you are losing, get back on the court, get back in the gym and do
your routine.

(Q___________________Q Safin~~~~~)



Q. I was expecting you to be at Roland Garros for your sister's final.

MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, she didn't send me the charter. That's why I didn't come.
(竟然這樣就不去看妹妹比賽 ~________~ 媽媽都去了!!!!!)


Q. Is this the kind of result that would keep you on the tour? Is this the
sort of victory you need?

MARAT SAFIN: Well, of course, these victories are always welcome because
you've been working really hard for that. Results, especially when you are
not really in the best shape and this result is coming to you, you need to
take advantage of it, take the most of it, enjoy it, and use the advantage
that other people, they saw the match and they started to respect you.

You are full of confidence by playing well. It's not like you played terrible
tennis. You did your stuff, you're serving well, and you just look forward
and just go for it as far as we can and take advantage of the confidence that
you got from this match.

Q. If you play on the Centre Court like today, it's like the place you feel
you belong to?

MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, but you need to go through the stages. I played on Court
11, which is almost in another club. But still you need to go through these
kind of matches to be able to play on the Centre Court. I think my ranking
drop, so where you expect me to play? I'm 75 in the world and I'm playing
against the Italian guy. Actually, not many people they care about this
match. Actually, I was surprised it was a full stadium on Court 11.

So these matches you need to get through. Even though they're tough,
everybody's nervous, the other guy is playing well. You don't have any
challenges there, the Hawk-Eye. The chair umpire may be half sleeping, but
you need to get through these matches to be able to perform well and have a
chance on the Centre Court.

Q. Against Seppi, next match, you have to play on a small court. What do you
think about your opponent?

MARAT SAFIN: Well, I don't mind to play the third round on a smaller court,
you know. I don't think we're gonna be playing on Aorangi, I hope. This for
me is not the worst case. I think I played all over the places. I played in
really terrible places, so it doesn't really matter.

It's the third round. Still playing great tennis. I played really well, and
I'm looking forward to get through the third round even though he's winning
his matches also.


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