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BNP PARIBAS MASTERSOctober 31, 2012Paul-Henri MathieuPARIS, FRANCE A. MURRAY/P. Mathieu THE MODERATOR: Questions in French, please. Q. After Basel and Federer, Murray gave you a chance to shine, so to speak. PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: Well, he has a totally different game. It's the first time I have been playing two top guys in the same way. So the match was all right, but I didn't serve well enough to worry him. I need to improve my game to be able to give problems to that kind of player. But anyway, I'm going to take a lot of positive from that match. Q. What was most difficult? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: I believe physically I don't have enough fitness. That made a difference. The way I move, the way I defend is not good enough against that kind of player. Compared with them I have to ‑‑I'm not good enough, and I have to improve. Now I know where I am compared with those good players. Q. Were you impressed by him? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: No, but you can feel immediately if your opponent is confident or not. As soon as we were warming up, I realized he was trying to hit hard to impress me. But I was not impressed. I'm not a beginner. But anyway, it's typical. When you're confident, you hit hard. I could feel he was confident. And also, I know he's very good in defense. It's difficult to make a winner against him. We always need to overdo it because he always starts running in the right direction. He anticipates very well, also. Q. I think it was the fourth or fifth time you were playing together. What changed in him? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: He's more confident, of course. But he plays faster and he serves a lot better. I believe the serve made the difference today, especially in the end of the first set and on important points. Every time he was able to play a good first serve, and with his forehand he's able to play faster than before. He always was a very complete player, but I believe that to beat the best players he had to improve his game at the net. Now he's moving forward a lot. Q. You deserve your holidays now. PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: Yes, I do. This was the most tiring year of my career. It was very tough. There were many new things that happened to me, and I really do deserve those holidays. I must say that today I was a bit tired. I played many matches in a row lately, went to the semifinal, so I was tired. Q. How did you feel the Novak Djokovic effect? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: I don't know. I was in my hotel room. Q. Were you surprised by this result? Is it always just something that happens often in tennis? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: No. He lost. I'm only half‑surprised. He's sure he's going to finish the year top No. 1 and he's going to play London next week. I don't believe he's very much affected by this loss. Am I wrong? He's playing the next week, so... Q. Did you hear about his personal problems? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: No. We are not very close friends. Do you have another question? Q. Can you tell us about your adventure with the club called TC Strasbourg? PAUL‑HENRI MATHIEU: Nobody's interested in that. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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