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ATP Johannesburg results
Quarter-finals:
2-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Somdev Devvarman (India) 6-1 6-3;
8-Stephane Robert (France) beat Dustin Brown (Jamaica) 7-6(5) 6-3;
3-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat 5-Rajeev Ram (US) 7-6(2) 6-3;
1-Gael Monfils (France) beat 7-Lu Yen-hsun (Taiwan) 6-1 6-4
ATP Zagreb results
Quarter-final:
1-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat 7-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6(6) 6-4;
Philipp Petzschner (Germany) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-7(1) 6-2 6-2
Who? Thats right, Dustin Brown from Jamaica. Brown, currently ranked 141 in the world, is the highest ever ranked tennis player from the Caribbean island. Jamaica is better known for the late Bob Marley and the fastest human in the world Usain Bolt, but here comes Dustin Brown. With his tall, lanky body combined with his aggressive serve and volley style, look for Brown to continue to get better as he ages. His style of play requires experience and he’s growing at this very moment. For his ATP profile go HERE
Interview with Dustin Brown and others:
An interview with:
ANDY MURRAY
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. You had those chances in that third set.
ANDY MURRAY: I had chances in the first set as well. You know, I had a chance to go up a break. Maybe three chances to go up a break at 2‑All. You know, he started to play a lot better after that second set. Second set he deserved to win for sure. I thought third set I had more of the chances. I thought I deserved to take it into a fourth, but it didn’t happen.
Q. You’ve played him 11 times. Did he show you anything different?
ANDY MURRAY: No. I mean, I think his level is a lot more consistent, you know, in the slams. You know, I don’t know. Maybe, you know, in the other tournaments he tries a few more things out. But, you know, the shots that he hits great, you know, all year round, they’re still great. You know, he just makes fewer unforced errors I think than he does the rest of the year.
Q. How are you feeling now?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I don’t feel great. You know, obviously worked really hard, you know, to get to this stage. I wanted to win (more…)
An interview with:
ROGER FEDERER
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. Would you say maybe your ability to retrieve is just as important as shot‑making, the balls you ran down?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, I definitely think footwork is something of the most important things in tennis, especially at the level that we’re playing at. At the moment, I think it’s become extremely physical, you know, the game of tennis, especially at the baseline. It’s not as much back and forth. It’s more side to side. I feel like, you know, my movement’s back. I think that’s a great thing. I definitely had to play some of my best tennis tonight to come through. That was clearly the case.
Q. Did you think it was a great strategy tonight, more than usual?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, he’s obviously a very patient man from the baseline, you know. I mean, I think this is how he made it to the top really. You know, not missing much, being dangerous, mixing up his pace very well, some loopier, some flatter. He can obviously go angle, hard down the line, as well as his backhand. I think that makes him particularly tough to play against. I think the first set was very interesting on a mental and on a physical level. I thought he played at a very high intensity. I think the first set could have gone either way. So for me to get the first break and play well the way I did, and I think him as well, was obviously crucial (more…)
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