TENNIS ATP TORONTO – 5th of August 2014. R. Federer d. P. Polansky 6-2, 6-0. An interview with Peter Polansky
Q. You said last night that this must be one of the highlights of your career. Were you able to take some enjoyment in it? Will you look back at it with some enjoyment even though you lost?
PETER POLANSKY: Yeah, for sure. Even though I lost 2 and 0, still really enjoyable, had a lot of good points. Thought it was a good match for me. I was able to see some things.
Obviously that was my first time playing, you know, someone of that level. But, yeah, I thought it was a good match overall.
Q. You practiced with him, so what’s the difference between practicing with him and playing him in a match?
PETER POLANSKY: 180 degree change. But in practice I think he’s trying to work the points a bit more in practice and getting a lot of rallies in.
Today was like serving first ball is like corner to corner. I felt like when I did get into a rally and I had him pushed back a little bit, put some pressure on him, then I was able to have a couple of good rallies with him and take advantage.
I found the biggest difference was, you know, just the way he started the point the first two balls, serving first ball. And serving, when I was serving, I didn’t serve great but when I did hit some, I hit good ones and he was returning well. Right off the bat, the first ball he’s trying to kill ya.
Q. Was there an intimidation factor that played a part in the result against Roger tonight, or was it purely just the level of his game that affected you out there?
PETER POLANSKY: I think not so much I wouldn’t call it intimidation. I think maybe a little bit of nerves the first couple of games, you know, really trying I wanted to have a good start, but I got broke the first game and double faulted on the first point, I think. I didn’t play a great game the first service game.
Yeah, I would say it’s maybe just a little bit of nerves, playing against him in a big crowd. And I think it’s more wanting to do well and, you know, believing I could push him and I wanted to do well.
Yeah, I wouldn’t really call it too much intimidation.
Q. What happens now, Peter?
PETER POLANSKY: Take a couple of days off, rest, and my next tournament will be the US Open qualifying.
Q. You’re not going to play quallies for Cincy?
PETER POLANSKY: I think the cut right now is like 110. I don’t think I’ll get in. That one is normally a lot stronger. I think the draw is a bit smaller.
But if I do get in, maybe I will think about going. It would be last minute, because I’m still quite a ways out.
