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Tommy Paul on Carlitos: "It's not a secret that right now, Alcaraz is kind of like the golden standard. You use him to go to the practice court and see what you can change the next time you play him, because everyone wants to play at his level right now."
Nick Kyrgios speaks on Novak Djokovic at Sydney: "It's just too much at this point. Honestly I hope it all gets sorted as soon as possible. For the sport we need him here, it's that simple. He's one of the most influential sports people probably of all time."
"It all started with my parents, and they deserve everything... and I wouldn't be Serena if their wasn't Venus -- she's the only reason Serena Williams ever existed."
The scoreline does not tell the story of Nadal's 6-3 6-3 victory over Medvedev tonight. Nadal saved all 11 break points he faced, and they all came across back-to-back service games in set two.
"It was incredible... it's been over a year and a kid later." 😍🤪
Serena Williams wins her first
#WTA
match in 404 days, 7-5, 6-3 over Zarina Diyas.
"It was good. I'm a little rusty. It doesn't matter, I'm just out here on this journey and doing the best I can."
#BNPPO18
Victoria Azarenka was just asked why she didn't play mixed doubles this year at
#Wimbledon
"Well Andy Murray didn't ask me to play. ... I'm kind of pissed about that."
🤣🤣🤣
Happy 34th B-day to the 👑of clay
@RafaelNadal
! One of the most incredible - and incredibly humble - athletes we have ever known.. can't wait to see you fighting for titles again soon...
Tsitsipas inspired by Nole: "For sure he has reached almost perfection, Novak, in his game style, the way he plays, which is unbelievable to see honestly. That inspires me a lot to go out and work and try to reach that perfectionism, that ability to have everything on the court."
Iga Swiatek, asked if she ever talked to Nadal about defending RG title: "Maybe we're gonna have a chance to do that later, but we just had like a quick small talk last year, and yesterday he said hi to me. For now I'm too overwhelmed to even say hi." 😻
#RG21
Federer - "I want to come back strong and give it everything that I have. I'm back in the gym again tomorrow. I'm working as hard as I'm allowed to so it's still good times even though it's a little bit slow."
Kasatkina on Rafa's RG: "I was crying with him while he was staying with the cup. The tears were falling from his eyes, it was very sweet. It's like he's winning 13 Roland Garros, 20 Grand Slams, and it still means so much to him and this is the real love to the sport, I think."
Rafa Nadal on playing Madrid: "The most difficult event for me, everybody knows. But at the same time is one of the most emotional events for me, playing at home. We gonna have a chance to play with crowd again. So that means a lot to me, no? Super happy to be back here."
Djokovic: I'm focusing on recovery, recalibrating all the systems basically for Sunday. I'm not going to waste time or energy on anything that can just be a distraction and deplete me from the vital energy that I need for Sunday.
Berrettini on Federer: "He was the one that I was supporting, cheering for him. I was getting upset, I remember crying after he lost the finals in 2009 in Australia because he was crying."
Tsitsipas on spending time with Rafa and Roger: "It's unbelievable because I see another side of Roger and Rafa when I'm spending time with them which I didn't know existed before."
#LaverCup
"Are you a little bit surprised that Serena has not come out and made any statements or support of the movement?" Was one of the question Naomi Osaka was asked in press tonight, and her answer was grrrrrreat!
Berrettini on Novak: "Just he has this ability - and probably that's why he's the best ever - just to step up his game, his level all the time. Doesn't matter how well I play, he just plays better.:
#USOpen
Federer: "I was really picturing a lot of people on a Saturday night maybe checking in on the game and watching some tennis, you know. So in many ways, I was also playing for them and trying to let that inspire me."
Schwartzman on Korda: "I see many things similar to Tomas Berdych when he's playing. I felt the same today, you know, on court. He's hitting really hard the ball. He has very good timing, good serve, good movements. He looks like he's playing in ATP Tour since many years ago."
Tsitsipas on Brooksby: "He's not a very explosive player, but he's able to get balls back. He's not the most athletic player, as well. He's just able to read the game well, play with his pace, play with the opponent's pace."
“It’s been a long time since I played, and this was a tough opponent to face in my first match for a while. I did a lot of things well. It was a positive match in a lot of ways.” — Rafael Nadal via
@MubadalaWTC
.
@rogerfederer
is named on
@TIME
's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. And the Swiss is featured on one of six covers this year.
Beautiful moment for Maria Sakkari tonight: “I worked my entire life to get to these late stages of the tournaments. I know it looks maybe silly to someone – it’s not like I won the tournament, I’m in the final – but it means a lot to me.”
Serena Williams announces that all of her hard-earned prize money will go to bushfire relief! Plus all the kits she wore in Auckland. Merci,
@serenawilliams
🙏
"Without working hard and without going through tough moments and being still focused on your passion and your love for the game it's impossible to be here after such a long time." -- Rafael Nadal
Coco Gauff, when told that Rafa was praising her:
"It feels pretty good. Obviously somebody I look up to and walking around I still get starstruck by him, like it's Rafa Nadal. ... I know he says I don't need advice, but, I mean, anything from Rafa would be great." 😻
Marian Vajda: I never know what's going to happen. You can predict him as the winner, but Roland Garros is the toughest Grand Slams in the history. Always tough because it's clay and it's tiring. It's different game. ... You have to come through a lot of, lot of tough times.
Tsitsipas has enjoyed getting to know Rublev: 'Andrey, I honestly didn't expect him to be so funny. He's the funniest guy of the group. He hasn't stopped cracking jokes and just being entertaining, so it's really nice to see that and kind of discovering him in a different way."
Amazing moment for Yosuke Watanuki of Japan. First Top 20 win against No.12 FAA and first time ever winning back-to-back ATP level matches.
He wins 7-6(10), 7-6(3).
FAA has now lost 6 of his last 7.
Happy 32nd b-day
@alizecornet
- a gritty three set victory over Tamara Zidansek and her first round of 16 appearance at Melbourne since 2009 is a perfect gift.
Since 2000 Players to win five or more titles in successive season on WTA Tour:
Iga Swiatek 👏
Serena Williams
Caroline Wozniacki
Justine Henin
Lindsay Davenport
Venus Williams
Rebecca Marino doing the classy thing and clapping for Venus Williams after she edged out the American in three sets.
Venus had a lead in the third but could not finish it off.
Jannik Sinner just took questions on his controversial positive doping test and provisional suspensions. Handled it well, expressed himself cleary and stated that he kept playing because he knew he was innocent.
Q. Is this your final Wimbledon or do you think you'll come back next year?
SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, I don't know. I can only tell you that I'm here. Who knows where I'll pop up next. You just got to be ready.
Nadal: "What happened in Rome is something that happened very often in my practices, no? But yeah, I was, yeah, suffering after that for a couple of days, but I feel better, no? That's why I'm here."
Djokovic on Nadal: "He showed why he's a great champion. You know, staying there mentally tough and finishing the match the way he did. Congrats to him and his team. No doubt he deserved it."
Murray: "I'm amazed how quickly Svitolina has come back and playing at such a good level so soon after having kids is amazing. I think having examples like that, will probably, if the players want to do it, encourage more players to potentially take breaks in their career."
Most Masters 1000 titles, active players
1 Novak Djokovic 36
2 Rafael Nadal 35
3 Roger Federer 28
4 Andy Murray 14
5 Alexander Zverev 4
6 Daniil Medvedev 3
"Every time I accomplish something big, I feel like there is a new mountain peak to conquer. I don't see any limits. I don't see an end around the corner, so I'll keep on going." -- Some confidence and positivity from Novak Djokovic
Djokovic on Rune: "We just had a little chat in the locker room. It's an emotional moment for him. It's not easy to see that. He's really sad. I understand that. I've been through that. I just told him that he handled himself extremely well. He didn't want to stop."
Iga Swiatek, who is all class, on Ana Konjuh: "I'm really happy for her that she's playing so good after so many problems that she had. I think she's a good example of, you know, a nice comeback and just believing in yourself. It's really nice."
#MiamiOpen