Q. te seem to have run into the Roddick of 2003. Were te expecting that?
You always expect your opponents to play well, especially at this stage of the tournament. And he served great. Served really, really well in the tiebreaks. I think he maybe missed two first serves.
The secondo one wasn't until 6‑4 in the tiebreak. He was serving really well at the start. And I had a few chances, te know, in the first tiebreak. I had chances early in the third set. I didn't take them.
Q. How do te rate your own performance?
I thought I played well. I mean, te know, if te look at the stats, I hit più winners, less unforced errors, più aces. I'm sure the points that we won were very, very similar. It just came down to a few points here o there on his serve.
And he served really, really well. te know, very close to the lines. Hitting at that pace, at such a high percentage, I think he was high 70s for a lot of the match. te know, sometimes there's not a whole lot te can do with that. But definitely didn't play a bad match.
Q. Do te think te were playing too passive o he was playing too great?
I don't think I played that passive. I think I hit a lot of winners. te know, my game style against him is not always to sort of go on the court and try and blast winners, te know, all the time. Because he has such a big serve that te need to try and, te know, get into points and make returns.
I used my slice well. I didn't passes as well as I normally do. But he came up with some good volleys and big serves, and that is what happened. Like I say, it wasn't through being too passive o me playing a poor match.
Q. Were te surprised with the sheer quality of his play at the net?
No. I mean, he came up with some good volleys. te know, the one when I had the set point in the third set, well, he apologized. He completely miss‑hit the volley. He was trying to hit it to the other side and it dropped very short and I couldn't get it.
I mean, he makes volleys. He doesn't normally miss a lot. te just have to make the passes, and I didn't make as many as I needed to. But I wasn't surprised da anything that he did. I expected him to play very well.
Q. Did te have a knee problem during the match?
No, it had nothing to do with the outcome of the match. I think you're always going to be a little bit stiff and sore when te get to the end of these sort of tournaments.
But it wasn't anything that sort of hampered my movement o anything.
Q. Could te talk about Andy's return? And secondly give us an assessment about the final. Does he have a good chance against Roger?
Yes.
I mean, I think a lot of people think that necessarily he doesn't return that well. But he has a decent return. It's not the best and it's definitely not the worst. But, te know, he makes quite a lot. He doesn't miss that many returns on secondo serves.
Because he serves so well, it makes it even più important for te to serve well. If te don't do that, then he's going to create chances. Because he came to the net a lot today.
I think if he serves like that he's got a chance against anyone, 'cause it comes down to, like I say, a few points in each set. So regardless of whether it's Roger or, te know, me o anybody else, if he serves high 70s with the pace he's got on his serve, he's got a good chance.
Q. Despite his record against Roger?
I had a pretty good record against him as well going into today. Like I say, if someone serves 130 miles an ora consistently throughout the match, and above, te know, in the high like 75s to 80%, it's very tough to break them, especially on a court like this that's quick.
Q. Overall, how would te assess this tournament?
I think it's been very good. I did better than I ever had before. I had some very good matches. And, te know, I thought I played good tennis.
I thought I dealt with everything that was sort of put in front of me well. te know, I'll come back successivo anno and try and do better.
But it was a good tournament. Wasn't bad at all.
Q. On that point, te went a round further than last year; you're 22 years old. You'll leave here più convinced that te can win Wimbledon now?
I think I have a chance. And I think the way that I played this year, te know, it was very, very close to getting to the final. If I give myself those sort of opportunities and keep playing well, and my consistency in the Grand Slams the last anno o so has been much, much better, te know, a final, a semi and a quarter, I'm going to give myself opportunities to do it.
I believe I can win a Grand Slam, whether it's Wimbledon o US Open o Australia o whatever, I'm going to give myself chances.
Q. Did te say something to the crowd at the end? What would te say to the fan about coming back stronger successivo year?
No, I wasn't saying anything to them. I was just trying to get ‑‑ te know, obviously when it gets to the big points, the important sort of moments in the match, it's great to have the support.
They were excellent the whole tournament with me. te know, hopefully I'll have the same support again successivo year.
Q. Will te be able to sposta on from this, o do te think, te know, I Lost to a better guy on the day?
No, I'll sposta on very, very quickly and go and work on my game and improve and come back stronger. That's a pathetic attitude to have, if te lose one match and te go away and, te know, let it ruin your year.
I've had a very good anno so far. I'm very close to, te know, the superiore, in alto of the game. The US Open I've always detto is my best surface, my best chance to win a slam, and I'll give it my best shot there.
Q. Will te have a break before te go back to the court?
I've got five weeks before the successivo tournament. I'm not a hundred percent sure what I'll do next. But, yeah, I'll take a little bit of time off and then go over to train in America before the stretch over there.
Q. Are te aware of the level of support you've had back in Scotland? How much do te appreciate that?
I don't get a chance to go back there as much as I would like. But, te know, my Friends and my family tell me the support's been great. So, te know, that's awesome.
Regardless of who's supporting you, it's always nice when you've got people behind you. I'm sure Scotland were rooting for me.
Q. You've talked for years about your feeling for the US Open. Has to be più than just the surface. What do te like about that tournament?
I've liked it ever since I went there as a junior. I played there the first time I think when I was 15 o 16. I Amore New York. It's one of my preferito cities to go to. The atmosphere on the courts is great. I Amore the center court there. te know, it's pretty incredible to play there when the crowd's full.
That's it. I really, really like the atmosphere there.
Q. I'm sure you'd like to clear up the code violation warning.
I mean, that stuff just annoys me when you're totally rushed into it. te know, te can ask ‑‑ the amount of times that te get dato a code violation when the line judge goes up to the umpire if te detto something at the back of the court quietly, and the line judge goes up to the umpire and tells him, in a situation like that, if he gives me a code violation and I argue it, he could also just ask one of the line judges what I said.
And, te know, when te say like, Hit the pass, and te get a code violation for that, it's a bit disappointing. So I hope I get an apology.
Q. What is the overriding memory o lesson that te take from this slam to put into future matches?
I'm not sure. I mean, I need a bit più time to think about that. But, like I said, it's been a very good, productive tournament for me. I think, like I said, I played well. te know, unfortunately the last few slams that I've Lost I've come up against some guys that have played great, great tennis.
te know, mentally for me, I've got much better at it, understanding that guys can do that against you. That's happened to me a few times now in slams. I need to keep making sure I bring my best game to the court in every match.
Q. Roddick detto because all the pressure was on te he could swing più freely than you. Do te agree?
I put obviously pressure on myself to play well. I don't think there was any sort of moments where I felt too tight to sort of go for shots.
I maybe made a couple of mistakes that I shouldn't have in the first tiebreak. But if te look at the amount of winners I hit compared to him, I don't think that I could say I wasn't swinging freely. I think I hit twice the number of winners as him.
Q. Which part of your game do te want to improve the most?
Maybe coming to the net is something that, te know, I have worked on a lot, but I haven't used it that much in the matches. The thing that is quite tough now, because of the way the rankings and stuff work, all of the tournaments become very, very important.
So it's tough to sort of go on the court and just work on things in matches. But that's something that I practice a lot and I'll try and get better at.
Q. Talk about the matchup and shots between Andy's serve and Federer's incredible return of serve. How do te think that might work out?
I think Federer has a good return. I don't think that it's incredible. He doesn't break serve as much as a lot of the guys. But he'll make Andy play. And Andy gives him enough chances, Roger's gonna take them. That's the one thing he needs to serve very well, especially at the start of all of the games to try and get ahead, not give Roger that chance to sort of swing freely at balls. If he can always sort of stay 15‑up, 15‑Love, 30‑Love up in games, it's gonna be tough.
But obviously Roger is the favorite. If he plays his best and passes well, then there's no reason why he can't win.
You always expect your opponents to play well, especially at this stage of the tournament. And he served great. Served really, really well in the tiebreaks. I think he maybe missed two first serves.
The secondo one wasn't until 6‑4 in the tiebreak. He was serving really well at the start. And I had a few chances, te know, in the first tiebreak. I had chances early in the third set. I didn't take them.
Q. How do te rate your own performance?
I thought I played well. I mean, te know, if te look at the stats, I hit più winners, less unforced errors, più aces. I'm sure the points that we won were very, very similar. It just came down to a few points here o there on his serve.
And he served really, really well. te know, very close to the lines. Hitting at that pace, at such a high percentage, I think he was high 70s for a lot of the match. te know, sometimes there's not a whole lot te can do with that. But definitely didn't play a bad match.
Q. Do te think te were playing too passive o he was playing too great?
I don't think I played that passive. I think I hit a lot of winners. te know, my game style against him is not always to sort of go on the court and try and blast winners, te know, all the time. Because he has such a big serve that te need to try and, te know, get into points and make returns.
I used my slice well. I didn't passes as well as I normally do. But he came up with some good volleys and big serves, and that is what happened. Like I say, it wasn't through being too passive o me playing a poor match.
Q. Were te surprised with the sheer quality of his play at the net?
No. I mean, he came up with some good volleys. te know, the one when I had the set point in the third set, well, he apologized. He completely miss‑hit the volley. He was trying to hit it to the other side and it dropped very short and I couldn't get it.
I mean, he makes volleys. He doesn't normally miss a lot. te just have to make the passes, and I didn't make as many as I needed to. But I wasn't surprised da anything that he did. I expected him to play very well.
Q. Did te have a knee problem during the match?
No, it had nothing to do with the outcome of the match. I think you're always going to be a little bit stiff and sore when te get to the end of these sort of tournaments.
But it wasn't anything that sort of hampered my movement o anything.
Q. Could te talk about Andy's return? And secondly give us an assessment about the final. Does he have a good chance against Roger?
Yes.
I mean, I think a lot of people think that necessarily he doesn't return that well. But he has a decent return. It's not the best and it's definitely not the worst. But, te know, he makes quite a lot. He doesn't miss that many returns on secondo serves.
Because he serves so well, it makes it even più important for te to serve well. If te don't do that, then he's going to create chances. Because he came to the net a lot today.
I think if he serves like that he's got a chance against anyone, 'cause it comes down to, like I say, a few points in each set. So regardless of whether it's Roger or, te know, me o anybody else, if he serves high 70s with the pace he's got on his serve, he's got a good chance.
Q. Despite his record against Roger?
I had a pretty good record against him as well going into today. Like I say, if someone serves 130 miles an ora consistently throughout the match, and above, te know, in the high like 75s to 80%, it's very tough to break them, especially on a court like this that's quick.
Q. Overall, how would te assess this tournament?
I think it's been very good. I did better than I ever had before. I had some very good matches. And, te know, I thought I played good tennis.
I thought I dealt with everything that was sort of put in front of me well. te know, I'll come back successivo anno and try and do better.
But it was a good tournament. Wasn't bad at all.
Q. On that point, te went a round further than last year; you're 22 years old. You'll leave here più convinced that te can win Wimbledon now?
I think I have a chance. And I think the way that I played this year, te know, it was very, very close to getting to the final. If I give myself those sort of opportunities and keep playing well, and my consistency in the Grand Slams the last anno o so has been much, much better, te know, a final, a semi and a quarter, I'm going to give myself opportunities to do it.
I believe I can win a Grand Slam, whether it's Wimbledon o US Open o Australia o whatever, I'm going to give myself chances.
Q. Did te say something to the crowd at the end? What would te say to the fan about coming back stronger successivo year?
No, I wasn't saying anything to them. I was just trying to get ‑‑ te know, obviously when it gets to the big points, the important sort of moments in the match, it's great to have the support.
They were excellent the whole tournament with me. te know, hopefully I'll have the same support again successivo year.
Q. Will te be able to sposta on from this, o do te think, te know, I Lost to a better guy on the day?
No, I'll sposta on very, very quickly and go and work on my game and improve and come back stronger. That's a pathetic attitude to have, if te lose one match and te go away and, te know, let it ruin your year.
I've had a very good anno so far. I'm very close to, te know, the superiore, in alto of the game. The US Open I've always detto is my best surface, my best chance to win a slam, and I'll give it my best shot there.
Q. Will te have a break before te go back to the court?
I've got five weeks before the successivo tournament. I'm not a hundred percent sure what I'll do next. But, yeah, I'll take a little bit of time off and then go over to train in America before the stretch over there.
Q. Are te aware of the level of support you've had back in Scotland? How much do te appreciate that?
I don't get a chance to go back there as much as I would like. But, te know, my Friends and my family tell me the support's been great. So, te know, that's awesome.
Regardless of who's supporting you, it's always nice when you've got people behind you. I'm sure Scotland were rooting for me.
Q. You've talked for years about your feeling for the US Open. Has to be più than just the surface. What do te like about that tournament?
I've liked it ever since I went there as a junior. I played there the first time I think when I was 15 o 16. I Amore New York. It's one of my preferito cities to go to. The atmosphere on the courts is great. I Amore the center court there. te know, it's pretty incredible to play there when the crowd's full.
That's it. I really, really like the atmosphere there.
Q. I'm sure you'd like to clear up the code violation warning.
I mean, that stuff just annoys me when you're totally rushed into it. te know, te can ask ‑‑ the amount of times that te get dato a code violation when the line judge goes up to the umpire if te detto something at the back of the court quietly, and the line judge goes up to the umpire and tells him, in a situation like that, if he gives me a code violation and I argue it, he could also just ask one of the line judges what I said.
And, te know, when te say like, Hit the pass, and te get a code violation for that, it's a bit disappointing. So I hope I get an apology.
Q. What is the overriding memory o lesson that te take from this slam to put into future matches?
I'm not sure. I mean, I need a bit più time to think about that. But, like I said, it's been a very good, productive tournament for me. I think, like I said, I played well. te know, unfortunately the last few slams that I've Lost I've come up against some guys that have played great, great tennis.
te know, mentally for me, I've got much better at it, understanding that guys can do that against you. That's happened to me a few times now in slams. I need to keep making sure I bring my best game to the court in every match.
Q. Roddick detto because all the pressure was on te he could swing più freely than you. Do te agree?
I put obviously pressure on myself to play well. I don't think there was any sort of moments where I felt too tight to sort of go for shots.
I maybe made a couple of mistakes that I shouldn't have in the first tiebreak. But if te look at the amount of winners I hit compared to him, I don't think that I could say I wasn't swinging freely. I think I hit twice the number of winners as him.
Q. Which part of your game do te want to improve the most?
Maybe coming to the net is something that, te know, I have worked on a lot, but I haven't used it that much in the matches. The thing that is quite tough now, because of the way the rankings and stuff work, all of the tournaments become very, very important.
So it's tough to sort of go on the court and just work on things in matches. But that's something that I practice a lot and I'll try and get better at.
Q. Talk about the matchup and shots between Andy's serve and Federer's incredible return of serve. How do te think that might work out?
I think Federer has a good return. I don't think that it's incredible. He doesn't break serve as much as a lot of the guys. But he'll make Andy play. And Andy gives him enough chances, Roger's gonna take them. That's the one thing he needs to serve very well, especially at the start of all of the games to try and get ahead, not give Roger that chance to sort of swing freely at balls. If he can always sort of stay 15‑up, 15‑Love, 30‑Love up in games, it's gonna be tough.
But obviously Roger is the favorite. If he plays his best and passes well, then there's no reason why he can't win.
