I thought he played better (in the first set). He played aggressive, took the ball early, put away forehands when he could, didn't miss on the backhand and made me run around. That's usually what I do. He gave me a little bit of my own medicine.
Quotes about forehands (6 Quotes)
So being a harsh critic I know what I need to work on between now and the Open. It's getting out there, hitting a lot of loose shots, a lot of loose forehands. And if I can do that I'm going to be looking good for the Open.
Jim Courier did a great job of showing the rest what is possible. He could only hit forehands, but almost every one could have been a winner. But Jim struggled when others learned to hit the ball just as hard. Many look at Andy (Roddick) as being a similar animal, and it could well be in a few years everybody hits the ball as hard as him.
It would have been a real moral victory to win that first match. Barrett played well. It's too bad the other guy caught fire with serves and good forehands.
In the decider, Sania again took the lead after breaking Mashona in the first game. But she surprisingly failed to put away at least two simple forehands, her strong points. Fortunately for Sania, Mashona was proving to be error-prone. After levelling the
Quite honestly, both guys like the ball up high. They like to serve and stay back and rip forehands, which they both do well. On the grass at Mission Hills, that's going to be a little trickier for them to do consistently.