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BNP PARIBAS MASTERSOctober 29, 2013Edouard Roger-VasselinPARIS, FRANCE I. DODIG/E. Roger‑Vasselin THE MODERATOR: Questions in French, please. Q. Can you explain what happened during the match? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Well, I'm rather disappointed because I was never able to play well in this tournament, and this is really upsetting. I had a good week before. Of course it's always difficult to follow on a good week. But I was confident, I was feeling good, and for the seventh time here I really didn't play well. I am extremely annoyed. I have no excuse. I was fresh; I was fit; I was confident. Well, of course my body is a bit tired, but I really wanted to do well. Maybe too much. What disappoints me more than frustrates me is that again I played a bad match here. I'm really upset. Even before the match I was afraid this would happen, so maybe this explains why I am not able to let go. I just can't play well on Court No. 1 here. Q. You also are thinking about reaching top 50? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: No. Oh, well, it's better to be top 50 than top 51, just for financial reasons, of course, but this doesn't explain why I played bad today. My opponent played a good match, but I can't find any reasons for my playing so bad. I tried to play my game, but it didn't happen. It's like a permanent fight to remain focused. After the third game already I was thinking, What am I doing here? After that I tried to fight, but it's tough thinking all the conditions are there for me to play a good match and I don't do it. I am very, very disappointed. Q. Did you think about this before the match? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Well, now I'm starting to think about it, yes. Every time I'm thinking, you know, I hope this time I'm going to play well; whereas in other tournaments I just walk onto the court and go ahead with it. I don't know if here the conditions don't suit me, if the ceiling is too low. I don't know. Maybe if I could win one match here I would feel better, but I just can't do it. So it's disappointing. Q. How can you explain that French players all reach their best at 30 years old, 20 years old? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: I don't really have an answer for that. But as far as I'm concerned, I know that I am playing my best tennis a bit late in my career. Maybe because physically I was not tough enough before, and I knew I would need time to be able to sustain very high‑level matches for a long time. I was not able to do that four or five years ago. I was able to do that for one match or two in the season, but not during the whole season. Now I'm able to play better in a consistent way for the whole season. I know that it is the daily work you can do that makes a difference, and it took me four or five years. I don't know about the others. Q. I imagine after that loss and your being annoyed, you don't want to try to tell us what you think of this season for you. EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Well, yes, it was my best season, but this ends in a negative note.  I'm still motivated because I have doubles to play. I think it's a good tournament to play here. And anyway, in singles or doubles I will reach my best ranking this year, so this season was very good. Q. And playing doubles with Julien? Are you thinking about Davis Cup? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Not really. A possible selection in Davis Cup means you have a very high ranking. Of course my ranking is not that bad now. I'm still a bit low and I think I can improve it, but in doubles Mika is better than I am still. But why not in the future? I have more chances of being selected playing with Julien than anyone else. But of course if I end the year top 5 with my present partner, I might be selected, too. I like my partner very much, but maybe it's nicer to play with a French player during the year so if ever in Davis Cup there are some injuries or something and we have to play, well, we would have some practice. Anyway, it's a great partner to have for next year. Q. Apart from your ranking, top 50, do you already have the feeling you went a step forward now? EDOUARD ROGER‑VASSELIN: Well, not if I look at my match today. But when I was watching top 50 players, I could see I was not far behind. Since March I have been top 60, top 70, so I was not far behind. And although I didn't totally change, it's something that makes you happy, and I will be able to play most tournaments, and the Masters 1000s, anyway, so I hope next year will be a good year. But I think also that if I'm there it's because I deserve it. In all tournaments I know I will have to play very good players from the start, so it's up to me to prepare well to make sure I have good results from the beginning of the year. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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