TENNIS Internazionali BNL d’Italia – All the interviews, the results, the order of play and the draws from the Foro Italico in Rome.
Interviews
18th of April 2014
Djokovic: “Maybe helps that I speak a little bit of Italian, but I do really feel like home here”
Nadal: “I needed a little bit more fuel to try to resist him in the last three games”
S. Williams: “I am like fine wine, my tennis getting better with the age”
17th of April 2014
Nadal: “I started the match in a perfect way, in the 2nd set he made more mistakes than usual.”
S. Williams: “Errani improved, she took her game on a different level”
Raonic: “I take what I have done here and try to do better in the Roland Garros.”
Jankovic: “I tried to stay focused on my game, and play my tennis but she was the better player today.”
16th of April 2014
Murray: “I played a poor game at 4-2, I rushed a little bit. I had to be patient”
S. Williams: “I hate to go for revenge, I just go for the match and do as much as I can”
Ivanovic: “Serena has won a lot of tournaments on clay and she’s good on any surface”
Djokovic: “The serve was good, I lost the rhythm after 90 minutes”
Li Na: “I take a couple of days off in order to recover and to see how’s the body feels for Paris.”
15th of April 2014
Nadal “With the years everybody suffers, it’s part of a career and life.”
Murray: “It’s not a bad thing for me to play Nadal because I didn’t play him for 3 years”
Ivanovic: “I was really happy, anytime you lose you talk of revenge…”
Sharapova: “Ana played a really great match, she came out with winners from all over the court”
Wawrinka: “I block my back two days ago in the first match and was tough to move well”
S. Williams: “Oh man, I am running fast!”
14th of May 2014
Li Na: “I think today was 100% better.”
Nadal: “The conditions were difficult, it was very cold and the ball didn’t bounce a lot.”
Murray: “I did a very good job, it was hard conditions”
Federer: “Credit to him to fight his way back into the match”
13th of May 2014
Djokovic: “One of the most difficult conditions I’ve played in my life”
Wawrinka: “I grow up on clay. Until 19 I was playing only clay tournament”
Federer: “It’s hard to leave all the family, but I’ll see them soon”
Sharapova: “I think I have improved a lot on this surface”
Nadal: “I don’t want to be 100% ready for the Roland Garros, I want to be ready for Rome”
12th of May 2014
V. Williams: “I have always loved clay, I won few big titles on clay.”
Dimitrov: “You’ll never know how good you feel at the start of a tournament”
S. Williams: “I take a day at the time. I hit some balls a little bit today and let’s see later tonight how I feel.”
11th of May 2014
Wawrinka: “I like the conditions, I know I can play well here. I’ve been practising since Thursday”