I think I played very well. I kept my concentration after the injury break and physically I felt 100 percent although I still need to do some work on my forehand.
Quotes about forehand (15 Quotes)
Not many guys can make a play on their backhand like that. To see the guy on your forehand is one thing, but to do it twice on your backhand is pretty fun to watch.
I tried to be more aggressive and make him scared of my forehand. I still think there's room to improve but I am playing well.
I started very well. Even when she came back after a break in the first set, I think I was very consistent, won a lot of points with the forehand. I was up 2-0 in the second and lost a little bit of energy and aggression. She took all the opportunities. She was serving much better, came to the net much more often.
Playing a lefty before you play a lefty, you couldn't have asked for anything any better. It is similar. He (Rusedski) is not as good of a vollier and doesn't have as big a forehand as Lopez, but they have similar styles.
In the second, I told myself just to hold my serve and try and be aggressive on his serve, and hopefully get a break. I also applied more topspin on my forehand. Once I won the second game after being 0-30 down, my confidence also went up.
With my serve, I feel a little bit more comfortable on court, because when I serve, in every game, I have one point with the serve or one point on forehand, easy forehand, with the serve.
I couldn't find my game. His forehand is very good, and he's improved the backhand so much. That's why he's number one in the world.
Obviously he's a lot better on clay, so I tried to press his forehand and make points on my terms instead of his.
Exerting pressure from the opening game, Pierce drove the ball deep with her forehand. She is supremely confident in her game and her life, and thinks she has tennis in perspective. It's all great and this is what I love to do, and I feel like God has blessed me with this gift, ... At the same time, there are lots of things going on in this world. The last hurricane down south, there's people struggling with their lives . . . I'm very excited and happy to be in the semifinals. It's part of my life, but it's not everything.
He was playing with confidence, ... He has a very good forehand. He's serving well. He didn't have a lot of mistakes. He beat me.
I felt like I needed to (get more aggressive), ... I need to make these guys scared of my forehand, and that's what I tried to do today. I tried to serve with a little bit more authority and ended up hitting my second serves great.
Most tennis players have a bomb for a forehand and are weak in their backhand, but I've always been the opposite. We've really started working on my forehand and it's starting to pay off.
I think he's got different techniques, and he's good on both his backhand and forehand. He also uses his body well. There's so much emphasis now on squaring up against the guy you're facing off with, but he's still able to get body position very well.
It felt more like a soccer match out there. She is not very big built and when she hits that forehand, you think 'Whoa Where did that come from' But she needs to be more consistent.