was impressed by mental and physical strength. Speaking after his four-set loss to the Serb, the Canadian said: Hes really baiting me to go for those crazy shots.
Now Im on that side where Im trying to go for the crazy shots, make winners, stuff like this. Honestly, hes such a smart player because he always does this. Hes moving you around, draining you, draining the opponent.
I think that comes with experience, his knowledge of the game. He knows he doesnt have to go for outright winners if he doesnt need to. Thats why he is where he is. Definitely, I felt like there were moments in the match where, yeah, I was going for too much, missing a little bit.
Some of it, of course, is bad luck. Its tennis. There are some balls I missed by this much, somewhere he made it by this much. But thats the sport. I felt like once I kind of let myself go in the third set, thats where I was able to just kind of stay in the rallies more, enjoy myself, play good points, play good tennis.
I found that range between, yeah, just moving him, playing the point, and being aggressive when I needed to. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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