U.S. OPEN

RICHARD KRAJICEK: First two sets I was satisfied. Actually the whole match I was pretty satisfied. Just in the end I was not happy with my -- I wasn't aggressive with my returns. I think if I was more aggressive, I would have broken him a few more times, and it would have been like 6-2, I think in the third set because I had a few chances, but I was pretty happy with the way I was playing. I was volleying very well. Sharp at the net. I think that is my weapon. So I think it is more important for me that my volleys are going well and that my return of serve is going unbelievable. I think if I made one break a set and I volley the way I do at the moment, it is enough for me.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: Yeah, I know this is first couple of games, he was a little bit nervous; yeah, his serving was like not even 100 miles an hour, but then after 2-1, he loosened up and he started playing well. I mean, I think he is a pretty good player. He returns pretty good, but I think he likes -- he likes the way I play. He likes that I come to net. He likes a target. I don't know what he is going to do against somebody who is going to slow him down from the baseline. But against a player like me, I think he plays very well, and just one thing that really sticks out, I think is his speed around the court. He is not too fast, so if he plays baseline you can move him around. I think he is in big trouble. If he improves that, he hits the ball pretty clean. He has got a big serve and if he works on his service games a little bit more, so he doesn't, you know, each shot against me, one or two service games, he like played a lot less than the other service games, so if he works on that, then he is more consistent on service games; then he is going to be a tough player to beat, for sure, on hard court and indoor courts.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: Yeah, I think so. If he works on his court speed and, yeah, there is always a few things you can improve. I think his serve is good and maybe second serve can be a little bit heavier, but I think if he works on his court speed, he is going to be quicker and volleys -- maybe he is not going to miss some volleys that he is missing, and he is going to be tougher to break and then, yeah, if a guy is tough to break, then that is already half the battle.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: This afternoon I saw a picture of him. That is the first time I saw him, actually. And like half hour before the match, 45 minutes before the match, that is the first time I saw him, so all the other things were just what people told me. I heard he has like big serve; he is going for his shots, yeah, so I was prepared for the worst, actually. So I was surprised for me; especially in the beginning that his serve didn't come through; that he was serving pretty soft, actually. But yeah, I heard he was going for everything and coming in a lot, which he wasn't really doing. I don't know why. Maybe that is his game, but I heard he was coming in on everything, but against me, he stayed back back.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: In the locker room. He is close to my locker. He has got his name on it. I felt -- I was watching for somebody who was going to approach that locker, and then I saw him and he was putting his match clothes on he was talking to the players in the grandstand and I even didn't finish high school and I figured it out.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: You have to go match by match, but I am for sure pretty happy with the way I am playing. My last 6, I don't know, 7, I mean, a lot of Grand Slams were very bad, and this is the first Grand Slam, actually the second Grand Slam, I mean, French Open I was playing pretty good, but I was a little bit out of shape, but at the moment I feel confident. I had a good tournament just before I came here, New Haven, and physically I feel fit; mentally I feel fit, and yeah, like I said, my strength is working which is my volley game, my serve and volley game, and I think when that is on, I am very tough to beat, so I don't want to talk too much about chances. I am just going to go match by match, but my next match I have a very good chance of winning that match.