WIMBLEDON

June 23, 2005

Radek Stepanek

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

RADEK STEPANEK: You know, I knew what his game is and I was getting on about my game, not in his game. Today wasn't my day today.

RADEK STEPANEK: You saw what happened. But, you know, in the game I didn't felt comfortable today and I didn't felt that I have my rhythm on the court, and that was the reason why I made so many unforced errors. And I didn't serve that well as I'm used to. As I said, it wasn't my day, and I will forget about this day very quickly. Life goes on.

RADEK STEPANEK: Me? I have to laugh. I had already nothing to lose. He was the one to close out the match. On his match point, I played one let cord which I was lucky. So I just said "thank you" to the tape which helped me at the time. That was it. He played today too good. He beat me. I wish him good luck for rest of the tournament and today won the better player. I have absolutely no problem. I just have to applaud for his performance today.

RADEK STEPANEK: You know what, every match is different. He's going to have another tough opponent here because in this tournament there is no -- I think there is no good draw because all of the players which are in the main draw are very good prepared. I don't know if he can go. I don't know what the expectations of the people are on him. If he's going to play the way he's playing now, he's returning well, he's getting a good first serve, so if it's going to work everything for him, we will see what he's going to show here.