AAMI CLASSIC
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Thursday, 15 January 2009
MARCOS BAGHDATIS
15 January 2009
Q. Marcos, congratulations. You just looked a lot more
confident out there today compared to yesterday?
A. Yeah, much more confident, I can say, and - well, yesterday
after the match I went back to Melbourne Park, had a hit
for an hour and a half, hour and forty minutes, so that
felt good and, I mean, now I'm in the minute now. Now I
play two matches here, one in Brisbane, I'm starting to
feel good on court so starting to, you know, to feel good.
Q. What aspects of your game in particular, today, did you
feel were stronger than yesterday?
A. Moving, moving. Just make my game, not thinking, just
being myself on court, and I think that's the most
important thing, and that's all. After the serve I need to
work on, then I have four days left to work on the serve,
so we will see how it goes these four days.
Q. How important do you find an event such as this leading
into the first Grand Slam of the year to perform well, to
give you the confidence going into the Australian Open?
A. It's very important to have some matches on your feet and
basically the Classic, AAMI Classic, is good, good
preparation, because even if you lose you have had two
matches in your feet, so I think that's a perfect
preparation for the Aussie Open, and that's why I'm here.
Q. And apart from your form, Marcos, how nice is it actually
to have a win under your belt?
A. Very nice, to tell the truth, very nice. It feels great.
Smile is back so, you know, it's a relief going into the
Aussie Open, so that's the most important thing.
Q. Given it has been a while, how were you feeling on those
match points today?
A. Not so good. I was stuck in the head a bit. I made
unforced errors there, but the most important thing is I
won, and it's better that it happened today than in the
Australian Open, so it's good.
Q. Marcos, do you have a message for your Melbourne fans and
the Cypriot community here in Melbourne to get along to the
Australian Open, because if we go back a couple of years
you revved up the crowd and that smile that you brought to
all the fans at Melbourne Park?
A. I know they are watching me on the tellies, I know they are
watching my results, so I want to thank them a lot for all
they have given me in the past, and I hope to see them next
week.
