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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Miami AMS Fourth Round
By ASAP Sports
R. FEDERER/D. Tursunov
6‑3, 6‑3
An interview with: ROGER FEDERER
THE MODERATOR: Questions,
please.
Q. I suppose with Dmitry,
sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't. Is
it difficult playing a guy like that?
ROGER FEDERER: I think
especially mentally, you know, going into the
match. Because you know he's going to do that.
Obviously, you know, you sort of get surprised
that he keeps the ball in the court. You think
you gonna not really have much to play with, but
actually I think, you know, he's, as far as I'm
concerned, really learned to keep the ball in
play and know when to go for his shots and so
on.
I mean, he's got a good
serve, and I think I did well getting it back
many times and creating opportunities.
So it was tough, tough match,
like expected in the conditions. I knew I was
gonna play in a time when the sun was gonna go
down. Wind wasn't too bad. I thought I did
really well today.
Q. You kind of gave him that
break back early where you double‑faulted. What
was going through your head? You came back
right.
ROGER FEDERER: Well, it
obviously was a bad game, served two
double‑faults. Hardly ever happens for me. But I
didn't feel too comfortable on the serves. I
missed them by quite, you know, a bit.
So something was wrong with
that game, I guess. I gave it to him. But,
obviously, then after that it's important not to
be affected by it. That was what was good about
it.
But obviously I was
disappointed with such a game because I think,
especially against him, you don't want to give
him games like this. All it takes maybe is one
game where he really, really plays a good game.
But on that one he didn't even have to play a
good game.
You just have to make sure it
doesn't happen very often. Thank God it doesn't,
so, which is good.
Q. James plays
tonight. Could be a difficult match. But if you
get to play him again, did he show enough
against you in the first set at Indian Wells
to suggest he could really challenge you at that
stage of a tournament?
ROGER FEDERER: Oh, yeah,
absolutely. I think breaking me two times in a
row, it's not the easiest thing to do. He did
that, and that definitely shows me that he is a
very dangerous player. He's not for nothing in
the top 10 and play the finals in Indian
Wells. If it would be against him, I
definitely have to play a good match to come
through once again.
Q. This is a little off
topic. What do you think of the idea of making a
Masters tournament on grass in the
future? Would that be a good idea?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I think
it would be a good idea because we only have one
Grand Slam on grass and a couple
of other events which are prestigious and big.
But I think a Masters Series on
grass would make sense, yeah.
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