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He hung in there and played well. I'm really happy I got a good start in the third set. I've had some tough matches with Arnaud in the past.

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It looked like the match could have been over very quickly but he hung in there and played well. The beginning of the third set it was a really open match. I was hoping for a good start. I'm really happy I got it.

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He was a big percentage of the reason I got so emotional. To be honest, whether I had won or lost, it would have been emotional because he was here.

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I thought I played pretty well. Today I was consistent and I always felt if he was going to come back that I could have controlled the match, which was a good feeling and took pressure off my serve.

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It's hard from one month off to come back and play great. I need a few matches and for me it's quite common to struggle in the early rounds.

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He's a good player. It's as simple as that. He's a terrific scrambler and he brings something else game as a great lefthander.

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I'm happy that I have some records as that makes it more fun for me, not only to play the other guys, but also to play against history occasionally. And it was great to play against Andre. He is one of the living legends that we still have in tennis.

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I was really trying to just break his momentum. Tommy was making it difficult for me to play. To be honest, I like to be pushed like this.

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It was good, solid, consistent. Really what I was hoping for. Obviously the result was easier than I was expecting.

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Winning the first gave me confidence. It was tough, but I think his level dropped a bit in the second. I played better on the big points, that made the difference.

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I felt very unsure about this match, to be honest. I had a bad feeling about it but what matters is how I play and in the end I was very happy.

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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.

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I would enjoy playing Rafael. It would be nice to see him back in the final after his injury.

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He leaves me no choice but to go for winners because I am the man who is pressing.

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He's playing excellent. It's going to give him great motivation now that he's in the top 10. There may be great times ahead for James.

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He's got a repertoire of shots, he has slice and his volley is all right. He reads games well. He has potential to become a good player. Consistency is what's missing in his game, and he's not 100 percent sure of his game.

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He deserved to win today. He was more consistent and I sprayed a little bit at the end. I didn't go for crazy but he really played better in the end.

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We've always had tough matches. I knew it would be a tough one, he's had some good results here and I think he likes this surface.

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It was a close match last year but I am looking forward to playing him as he is very good on grass.

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I played tough and consistent and when I needed to serve well I did that too.

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Maybe now that he's a married man and getting a baby, maybe that's going to help him to be a little bit more relaxed and maybe it's not everything just to beat me. He's definitely put himself into positions all the time. If he beats me, right away he's in contention for No. 1 in the world or he can win a big tournament again.

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I just had a sort of strange feeling, not a negative one. I knew how close I was to another Grand Slam, and worked so hard to get there. To lose in the semis would be a big disappointment.

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I'm extremely, extremely happy to come through tonight. I never felt like I'd lose but he had me in trouble. I really had to fight.

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I think I've made a good transition from clay to grass.

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For this reason I'm saying let's wait and see how it goes. If the people wait too much for the calls, you know, and don't really care about the shots anymore, this is when I tend to get a little bit pessimistic.

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