|
|||
|
|||
|
 |
|
|
MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERSApril 17, 2013Edouard Roger-VasselinMONTE CARLO, MONACO A. MURRAY/E. Roger‑Vasselin THE MODERATOR: Questions in French. Q. You had several opportunities to break back. Overall it was a good match. EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: That's the point. It was opportunities to come back, but not to be ahead of him. I let him take the lead from the start, except for that first breakpoint I had. Very quickly, he was up in the score and I was down. It was the same type of match as the one we played in the Australian Open. I always had to struggle to come back. Q. What did he do to put pressure on you? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: In the beginning I was totally dominated. I was not able to play a single point. I was making errors. I was not able to find a good rhythm. I couldn't find the balance between being aggressive and not making mistakes. I was not able to find a solution. But I didn't give up. I kept fighting. Otherwise the match would have been finished very quickly. Here it finished less quickly. I was not far behind, but it's tough fighting him. Q. What makes his game so difficult? He's not a clay court player. EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: He's not? He played the same as in the French Open. I believe he's not bad on this surface, even if it's not his favorite surface. I believe he moves very well on clay. I asked several players to give me some advice, and not a single one was able to give me good advice. They were all saying, Don't make mistakes and play well, as if I didn't know that. It's difficult to find a solution to his game. Q. The second set was pretty good. You must be pretty happy with that. EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Yes. In the first set he was ahead pretty quickly and he served well on tough points, like at 30‑All or things like that. In the second I played better. But, as I said before, I was always trying to come back, never being ahead. Q. How can you compare this match with the one in Australia? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Well, in this match I had a breakpoint at the start, and I started believing I could do something. But immediately after he hit three winners and that got me down. He was very aggressive from the start. After that I was able to raise my game and it became tighter. Q. Overall this was a good tournament for you. EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Yes, it was. But I feel disappointed after this match. If I had been able to play like I played in the second set for the whole match, it would have been a lot better. I believe I gave him the first set easily. But I'm very excited to play the next tournaments. I'm hoping I will be able to play against those kind of players again. But for this particular match, I find it difficult to find anything positive in it. I'm quite disappointed. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
About ASAP Sports •
FastScripts Archive •
Recent Interviews •
Captioning •
Upcoming Events •
Contact Us
FastScripts | Events Covered | Our Clients | Other Services | ASAP in the News | Site Map | Job Opportunities | Links |
|
ASAP Sports, Inc. | T: 1.212 385 0297
|