Robby Ginepri Quotes (35 Quotes)


    I'm done playing tennis for today, ... I don't know how I got through that match. I don't know what's going on right now. I'm a little foggy, a little dizzy.

    He's got an unbelievable backhand. You can't read it, ... You don't know if he's going up the line or he holds it to go cross-court. He's very talented. He's going to definitely be up there in contention for Grand Slam titles. It was such a tough match. I know that his arm was bothering him. I don't know how bad that was hurting.

    I wasn't feeling that great towards the end of the first set. But I took a timeout and got some medication. I had a really sore head. I don't know why.

    That was a little strange. But I think we're both professional, and we can put aside the doubles match and the friendship for today.

    It's going to be a rough, grueling match again. But he's the king and I know that, you know. I got to take my opportunity if it's there . . . I've loved watching him grow up and play the game. Hopefully, this won't be his last run here, but I wouldn't mind to be the one to take him out from the Open.


    It's pretty devastating. It was a bad way to go out in Australia and then this, it doesn't seem like much, but I've been in putting in a lot of work.

    I thought the process was going to take a lot longer, ... I was hoping it would have clicked by the end of the year, but by the end of the summer, it seems to be falling into place.

    That's why he's still out here playing and in the finals tomorrow.

    You never know what to expect with Marat. He can be on fire every shot and blow you off the court 6-0, 6-1, so you've just got to be on your toes.

    I can hang with any player, ... I shouldn't be intimidated or afraid to walk on the court with anybody. It definitely enlightens the future for me.

    If I'm going to do something with tennis in my life, I knew that now's the time to do it and you can't wait to be in a good mood.

    I'm a lot smarter upstairs now, ... I don't check out in the middle of the points.

    We avoided it. We'll put our friendship aside tomorrow and duke it out.

    Every day is a new day. Everybody can play at the top of their game or at the bottom. You never know what happens until you step onto the court.

    I hope that I can do something at the U.S. Open. That's what I'm preparing myself for with this summer sequence. And I've had a good run so far. I'm confident, I just need to keep the ball rolling from here.

    Winning in three is a much better start - it's easier on the body.

    There was a little letdown because Robby probably had his chances there, but Andre is Andre and this is Robby's first semifinal, ... I think it's a great learning experience for him and I think he will nurture from it. Kudos to Robby for getting here and it was a wonderful challenge.

    I always would like to take Agassi out before he retires. He's gotten me four times in a row now, so I wouldn't mind returning the favor on him.

    I hope I'm more notable for my tennis than being with Driver. That was just a little fling, and that's over with. Now I think I'm making my name with tennis. That's what I'm here to do.

    He kind of picked it up at the end of the first, and the second set could have gone either way. I just won the big points at the right time.

    Any time you lose a match, it's rough to get over it, ... You hope that you play your best tennis. Today, I didn't feel like I did. I played up and down the whole match. The tiebreaker was a letdown for me.

    I thought I played a good match, but it (hurts) to go down again. But he was playing very well. He stung me on a lot on drop shots.

    The next match will be tough but I've beaten him both times we've played,

    I think he was a little uptight in the first few games of the first set. It was a little gusty out there that could have been a factor as well.

    I've had brief conversations with Patrick but he hasn't told me anything outside of it's between James (Blake) and I, ... I know that this week and next week will be a factor in his decision. Anytime I can get a chance to play Davis Cup, I definitely want to do it.

    Ginepri's head was hung low after his first-round loss at the French Open. I was down and out after the French Open, losing pretty badly, ... In the grass-court , I was fired up to play well, but that didn't go the way I expected. I was hoping I could do some damage on the hard courts, and, sure enough, I am.

    I served well and hit well off the ground and won the big points at the right time,

    It's anybody's match out there when you're that close. I thought I was playing good enough to win.

    I was lucky growing up, ... I had two wonderful parents who helped me and supported me through my whole career. And I went through high school with normal friends and people treating me like a normal kid. That's the way I want to be. I don't want to be li

    I've been working a lot harder, taking every day more serious, not wasting hours on the court.

    I thought I returned extremely well, which helped me get into a lot of his service games, and that won the match. I don't feel as sharp as I did in the summer but that's going to change shortly.

    Right now I'm struggling. Pretty beat up. This match was rough, ... He made a lot of balls. We were both running each other side to side. Other two five set matches definitely didn't help this match out...definitely wasn't looking for another five-set match today. It takes its toll on the body. Luckily, I have two days off to get ready for Saturday's match.

    I've called a few times to congratulate him, for Wimbledon, for the US Open,

    I didn't realize that if I didn't win that first-round match, I might have had to get a wild card into the Open. That was a good wake-up call.

    First tournament of the year you get a little nervous and don't know what to expect. I didn't play extremely well at Australia. I was getting back my rhythm a little bit, but I never had that happen to me before, being up two sets and a break, but it's something I can fix and is part of the learning process.


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