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U.S. OPENSeptember 7, 2013Richard GasquetNEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK R. NADAL/R. Gasquet THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. I know it's so soon after your match, but you had a great run here. Are you able to look back and take a lot of positives out of the tournament as a whole? RICHARD GASQUET: Yeah, of course. I made the semifinals, so for sure for me it's a big step. Last time I did it was six years ago, very long for me. But of course it's very nice to finish a tournament and to be in semifinal. Of course I'm a little bit disappointed. I think I was close to win the second set. I could do the break in the second, you never know what could happen in the third. But I think he was little bit better than me. No problem with that. Of course it's a very good tournament for me. Q. He comes in with such a great record on hard courts, and he hadn't lost serve. You changed that. You could take some small victories out of that, too. You played him well. RICHARD GASQUET: Yeah, I don't know if it's a victory to win his serve. I'm not sure about it. I think it's better to win one set or more. But it's true, in a Grand Slam it's even tougher to play against him because it's three sets to win. But, yeah, I did not a bad match, but it was 3 sets 0, so at the end he was the best on the court. I think in the second if I could do a break and serve for the set. We will never know. But it's Nadal. That's why he's the best player, especially on hard. He play well. I'm happy with the tournament I did. Q. Judging this year's performance, one of the best year of your career, one semifinal, two fourth round, and Wimbledon third round. How are you looking back? RICHARD GASQUET: Yeah, I'm playing well. I'm I think in top 10 for the race, so for sure it's a big achievement for me. Last year I finish in the top 10. This year when I start the year I wanted to play the Masters Cup. I'm still in the race to do that, and I will try to play in London this year. I think there is not so many tournaments to play, so I'm still in the race, and I will try to do Masters Cup. But for sure it's a good year for me to play here semis. It's a big result for me. Q. How much of a confidence builder has this tournament been for you? RICHARD GASQUET: I can take a lot of confidence with this tournament because I did two five sets and I won them. Physically I played well. Mentally I was tough, too. I did two big matches against Raonic and Ferrer. So for sure it's very nice, very good for me. I know I can play long matches. I know I'm ready to win this fight, and that's big for me. Yeah, I think I'm more confident after the tournament, this tournament, and I hope I will play good in the future. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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