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May 4, 2005

Marat Safin

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

MARAT SAFIN: Just I don't know how to describe it. Just really bad, I think. Just that match told me that I better start thinking about the next couple of tournaments that are coming because the way I'm playing right now, I won't be able to make any good results. Today just I couldn't hurt him at all. I was running from side to side, and I was not -- I didn't have any chance to beat him today. That's really what bothered me.

MARAT SAFIN: No, he played solid. Like, I mean, he passed the quali, he beat Andreev in the first round. He has nothing to lose. He played decent tennis, but nothing spectacular. And just me, just I couldn't play my game. I was running. I mean, like this kind of game, I cannot -- this is not my style and I cannot just -- I'm not used to it. So it's difficult for me to beat anybody playing this way.

MARAT SAFIN: Just me, that I'm playing bad. Really bad.