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I’m timid. But not on the court, at least, I try not to be.
It’s good in tennis that you don’t have to be big or a tall guy to be good. Otherwise I had no chance to get in the top 20.
It’s tough to control the ball on the clay.
Winning my second title feels just as good as the first one.
The key for me will be to play as long as I can and hopefully to be physically like Roger when I’m 36.
We love to play on clay.
Sometimes you try different things when you play the best ones many times and you lost a few times, so you have to change sometimes.
If there is a kiss cam on the screen, of course I’m going to watch it.
It is never easy for sure against Roger.
Sometimes when I need to relax, I just watch in the stands how people are enjoying the tennis or what they are eating.
We all know how good Roger is on grass.
You have to fight for each point.
I let the coach do his job.
Rafa is the toughest opponent to start a campaign against.
Hard courts are faster and the bounce is lower indoors. Rafa cannot slide on this surface. He’s more comfortable on clay, where he can play higher, he can play deeper.
I try to win every match, and then we see at the end.
To come back from injury to qualify my country for the Davis Cup final and then to win my third trophy, it means a lot.
I played Roger so many times and it’s always a tough match.
Even if sometimes I’m not happy with the way I’m playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.
Even if I’m not a big guy, I have good footwork, I’m fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.
As players, we are traveling all around the world and in a lot of airports.
Against Novak and Rafa, you have balls to hit, but they are so physically really tough. And Roger, he just takes position in the court. He tries to go forward all the time, go for the winners. Then you just don’t play tennis against him.
I knew that I had some qualities, physically and ‘tennistically.’ But my goal was to be top 100.
I have a small training program, and I have some equipment at home to do exercise.
When you’re young, you might not be ready to deal with the frustration of playing the big guys and dealing with their power. But we move better, we see the ball earlier, we can play faster. That’s why you see smaller guys able to compete. We use the power of our opponent.
Since I was little, I’ve watched Roger play on TV. To me, he plays almost perfect tennis. His technique is perfect. I also like him at the human level; he’s a very good person on and off the court.
When you start the game with an ace, it’s always better.
Rafa and Roger, they have completely different games.
Sometimes you’re not feeling great, sometimes you’re feeling well, so it depends. But for the moment, it’s always better to go onto the court with some confidence.
We have been playing every summer on clay since I was five years old, so it is an easy surface for us in Belgium.
