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Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic talked about their second round wins at the French Open on Thursday (28 May), while John Isner reflected on his defeat to Jeremy Chardy at Roland Garros.Script:
SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Murray, defeated Joao Sousa 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1:
(Q. You're on this great run on clay this year. Clearly your best results ever on the surface. How does your overall level, putting aside the surface, relate to some of your points before maybe your grass runs in 2012, 2013? Do you feel like you're kind of at that level again or better?
"Last year I felt like I was playing some very good tennis at certain points, and then I could play like so badly the next day or in the middle of a match, could go from playing like really well to, you know, pretty bad. I lost a lot of matches from winning positions last year, and this year that hasn't been the case and I have managed to win matches from losing positions this year, which I wasn't doing last year. So, you know, some of that has to do with confidence, but, you know, my general level has been much higher this year."
SOUNDBITE (English) Novak Djokovic, defeated Gilles Muller 6-1, 6-4, 6-4:
(Q. How are you feeling with your groin injury, looked like, in the late second set there? How much was that affecting you?)
"Well, thankfully it's nothing major. So it's not a concern for the next match, which is the most important thing, obviously. Wasn't pleasant with the conditions that were changing today, and I think a little bit of heavier conditions made the court a little bit more wet and it was pretty slippery. So I think that's when it happened, I made a couple of slides that were quite, I'd say, unusual, you know, with change of directions."
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Murray 'playing at higher level than last year'
Friday, May 29 2015Category:Tennis