(Garrett Ellwood/USTA)
- "The pain was constant for weeks now. Some days higher, some days with less intensity and obviously taking different stuff to kill the pain instantly. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. You just know when you know, I guess, when you feel like you're not able to hit the shot anymore."
- "There are plenty of big tournaments ahead. Rankings-wise, plenty of points to defend for me and try to [hold on to] that ranking, No. 1. Obviously Rafa has been playing well and Roger and the other guys. I just hope I'll get a chance to be competing, because once I'm healthy, you know, I actually like my chances playing in Asia. And also indoor season, I play historically pretty well in those last couple months of the year."
- "It's no secret that I have the desire and a goal to reach the most slams and reach Roger's record. But at the same time, it's a long road ahead hopefully for me. I hope I can play for many more years. I'm planning to. I mean, I don't see an end behind the corner at all."
- "Now it's a matter of keeping my body and mind in shape and trying to still peak at these kind of events that are majors and that are the most significant in our sport."
(www.usopen.org)