TAYLOR FRITZ ON THE REASON FOR HIS CHARGE UP THE RANKINGS - ’My average level has gone up a lot. Before I had to be playing really good for things to come together for me to have a big week or have big wins. Now if I’m mentally turned on, I can beat a lot of players when I’m maybe not even playing my best’.
GRIGOR DIMITROV ON HIS RENEWED VIGOUR - ‘I’m enjoying the sport and I’m enjoying what I’m doing and still to be up there among the top players is a great achievement, but I believe the best is still to come. I feel the youth in my legs since I’ve put in better results in the gym and overall I’ve been able to be consistent, so in a way I’m in a better position than the younger guys, because I have the experience as well’.
ANDY MURRAY ON HIS MENTAL RESILIENCE - ‘I guess it’s one of the benefits of going through injury that, whilst I haven’t got back to the level that I wanted to, yet, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to other people from other sports and just being able to talk to them has been one of the positive things. A lot of fans come up to me to talk to me about that side of things as well so it’s definitely motivating to me’.
FRANCES TIAFOE ON HUMILITY - ‘I’m very comfortable in my own skin. I know what I overcame to even be at this point, to play at these events, so you know I’m Frances, I’m me in every room that I walk into, I’m blessed to be in the position that I am and now, being one of the best players in the world, I don’t take that for granted’.
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME ON THE BIGGER PICTURE - ‘Like many young players, you’re always focussed on your career and achieve more and compete and win and this year it feels funny, it feels like I didn’t play as much and I had a lot of time at home to think and it gave me a nice perspective to enjoy the other parts of my life and it was a beautiful thing actually’.
FREDERIC FONTANG ON ON CONFIDENCE - ’There are two parts in the confidence, the self-confidence that you need to have whatever external things happen and the other part is the more you are winning, the less hesitation you have, so you need to have both’.
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