2014 Roland Garros: All the interviews, results, draws and the order of play from the French Open in Paris.
Interviews
8th of June
Ubaldo Scanagatta and Steve Flink discuss the men’s final
Nadal: “Without that second set, I don’t know if I have this trophy with me now”
Djokovic: “Struggled a little bit physically throughout that third set”
Mauresmo: “Andy contacted me a few weeks ago”
7th of June
Sharapova: “It’s the most emotional victory for me. The toughest one physically that I’ve come across”
Halep: “I’m really proud about these two weeks. They were incredible weeks”
6th of June 2014
Murray: “He played a great match. He missed hardly any balls. He served very well”
Sharapova: “I’ve had some really tough matches where I’ve been pushed. In the last three matches especially”
5th of June 2014
Sharapova: “I’m very proud, because I worked hard to get myself injury free”
Bouchard: “I didn’t feel tired, no. She’s a great player and always puts a lot of pressure on you”
Halep: “I think the click was in Rome when I beat Radwanska”
4th of June 2014
Ferrer: “I think it was not a good match with both players. We did a lot of mistakes”
Monfils: “I wanted to finish today because I knew that Andy was tired and I was better than him”
Murray: “It was a hard match. Conditions changed quite a lot during it”
Errani: “I think she played a good match. The problem was not that. It was me. No power, no energy”
Petkovic: “I was hoping that her serve might break down if I’m being very, very aggressive”
Halep: “It was a perfect day for me. I played really well. I did my game. I was very aggressive”
Kuznetsova: “I think Simona played very good. I was not at my best in everything a little”
3rd of June 2014
Gulbis: “What took me so long? I think I was eating wrong. I had the wrong diet”
Berdych: “Really the way I played today was pretty bad to be successful today”
Bouchard: “Once I started going for my shots a little bit more it started working better”
Suarez Navarro: “I was up in the first set; I lost. I was up in the final set; I lost. It is difficult to speak now”
Sharapova: “Once I got the break…I started feeling like I was in the match again”
Muguruza: “In the important moments I need to improve my mentality”
2nd of June 2014
Murray: “I don’t mind. I’ll play whichever court they decide”
Verdasco: “Pascal is very peculiar. Sometimes he will take things in a certain way”
Kuznetsova: “Halep’s already in top 10. I think she going to be good, even better than she is now”
Halep: “I believe in my chance, but I don’t think too far”
Petkovic: “I still have a long way to go, and I’m still not as consistent as I used to be”
1st of June 2014
Federer: “I missed too many opportunities. I did not play like I wanted to play”
Gulbis: “Like Floyd Mayweather said in his interview. Hard work and dedication. That’s the key”
Djokovic: “I came with the exact level of intensity that I was looking for before the start of the match”
Tsonga: “After the match I had lots of thoughts in my mind. But I have to continue. I need to hang on”
Suarez Navarro: “What has changed between 2008 and 2014 is experience”
Raonic: “I have been working a lot at my net game. I come in quite a bit, so things are bound to get better”
Sharapova: “I love competing. That’s one of the best parts of the sport”
Murray: “Stopping the match probably helped me a little bit”
Verdasco: “I’m very happy. Now will try to recover for tomorrow’s match”
Gasquet: “I’ll take care of myself. I’ll work on my body. I hope that I’ll continue on the same path”
Berdych: “I’m confident if you win four matches. Then you feel good”
Isner: “I was a little slow out there, but I thought the guy just played well”
31st of May 2014
Fognini: “I don’t care. I go on my way. That’s what I have to say to you. Nothing more”
Petkovic: “I just didn’t have any emotions. I was just drained energy-wise”
Mladenovic: “I will take time to think about all this, all the good things, the things that didn’t go that well”
Young: “It’s not where I want it to be quite yet, but definitely moving in the right direction”
Kuznetsova: “It was unbelievable match. I didn’t enjoy it on myself out there”
Kvitova: “It was very close, few points, but that’s the tennis”
Ferrer: “I’m quite satisfied with the match. I would have liked to be more steady with my forehand”
Safarova: “I think I was playing very solid today, and I was not making a lot of mistakes”
Ivanovic: “I think overall my level wasn’t there today. I really struggled to find my rhythm”
Lajovic: “I will try to ask everybody some tips against Rafa”
Sock: “There was a lot of close moments and opportunities for me, but I wasn’t able to capitalize”
Stephens: “I guess it’s all just a learning experience. Rather this than anything else”
Jankovic: “The match was not easy, even though it looked, the score looked like it”
Halep: “I’m enjoying the moment now. It’s my best of my career, and I have to be happy on court”
30th of May 2014
Raonic: “I live and die with my serve, so I’d rather be serving for the match than anything else”
Simon: “Three times I have lost in five set matches against three good players”
Kerber: “I’m feeling better and better from match to match”
Isner: “I’m always pretty confident when I get (to tie-breaks), and I think it’s shown so far”
Djokovic: “It was a great match to be part of, and I enjoyed it and hope the crowd did, too”
Sharapova: “I don’t think we can take everything serious when he (Gulbis) speaks”
Muguruza: “Now there are so many young players that are playing really good. Maybe it’s time for a change”
Cilic: “Goran helped me with the understanding of the game, to play, of course, with a different mindset”
Tursunov: “Well, I mean, pretty much couldn’t run”
Federer: “I’m pleased to be through. Like expected, it was not a straightforward, easy match”
Suarez-Navarro: “I’m going to play against Tomljanovic, but there are still others like Garbine, like Stosur”
Stosur: “I think it’s the first time I won three matches in a row for a while”
Gulbis: “I wouldn’t like my sisters to become professional tennis players. It’s tough choice of life”
Radwanska: “She definitely played good tennis today. I had my chances. I didn’t do them”
Tomljanovic: “Not much did go wrong today. Fourth round next. Obviously very happy”
29th of May 2014
Fognini: “Play against Gael, it’s always difficult. We play always great match, great fight”
Ivanovic: “I do feel like I’m a different player now with everything that I’ve been through”
Kvitova: “It wasn’t that cold and wasn’t that wind. I think it was pretty good”
Kohlschreiber: “At the moment it’s very consistent. I’m very happy with my performance, of course. I have a lot of confidence at the moment”
Murray: “It was a good serving performance today, especially when I was down in games”
Nadal: “I think was a dangerous match, dangerous opponent today. I played well”
Thiem: “I started okay. In general, I didn’t play bad. I played okay match”
Young: “I maybe didn’t work as hard as I could have and gotten better and trained harder”
Ferrer: “I didn’t really feel that great myself, but I think that the match was not brilliant”
Giorgi: “It’s not she play better. I did more mistakes”
28th of May 2014
Townsend: “These are the kinds of things that I have been working for every day”
Sharapova: “When you go on court you’re aware of a lot of the upsets, not just in the women”
Djokovic: “These are the best clay courts in the world, no question about that”
Raonic: “In the important moments I played the right way”
Muguruza: “She said that if I continue playing like this, I can win the tournament”
S. Williams: “You can’t be on every day and I hate to be off during a Grand Slam. It happens”
V. Williams: “I was a little impatient and less, you know, not playing the point as much and maybe just rushing a little too much”
Paire: “There is a region in the knee that’s inflamed and I have to be careful”
Chardy: “You have to admit that the opponent was stronger. And right now he is the best player of the tour”
27th of May 2014
Llodra: “For sure I’m not Nadal, I’m not Federer, but I think, you know, I play well”
Ivanovic: “(Shoulder) is a bit stiff. But I’m spending some time in the physio room”
Tomic: “Paris is a beautiful city, but I really don’t like this tournament. I’ve never played well”
Dimitrov: “Today was just one of those days that whatever I was trying, nothing was going in the court”
Li Na: “I think doesn’t matter who plays today against me, I always lose the match”
Hewitt: “Wimbledon coming up that’s obviously the next main focus”
Ferrer: “Last year in Roland Garros it was my best result in a Grand Slam, so it’s good to come back”
Halep: “It was amazing to play on Chatrier first round. It was my first time on this court. It’s so big”
26th of May 2014
Wawrinka: “I’m both very confident and not confident enough”
Garcia-Lopez: “I followed my tactics. His backhand is wonderful, so I tried to adapt”
Djokovic: “It’s devastating times for three countries that have been suffering these terrible floods”
Sharapova: “It’s not really about when you face somebody. It’s about who comes through.”
Cibulkova: “I won a few games and I started to get more confidence”
Paire: “I had to stop for three months, and every day with my parents I would play Pétanque”
Lisicki: “It’s never easy to play someone you have no clue how she plays”
Nishikori: “I was playing well on clay in Europe, so it’s very sad for me to lose first round here”
Mahut: “I felt like they stopped the match whenever they pleased”
25th of May 2014
Berdych: “I just pass the first match, and now let’s see what’s the weather going to be like.”
Raonic: “I was just struggling throughout the whole match on the second serve to get the range and distance”
Kyrgios: “I was creating chances against a top 10 player. I think that’s always confidence”
Radwanska: “It’s raining every day, so it makes the courts much slower”
23rd of May 2014
Nadal: “Rome, Monte-Carlo, Madrid, Barcelona is past now”
S.Williams: “I wasn’t even sure if I was going to play Rome. Then to come out the win gave me a lot of confidence.”
Federer: “I feel like I’m in good shape”
Sharapova: “I want to win more Grand Slams and I want to get back to No. 1”
Djokovic: “The tournament win in Rome came at the right moment for me”
Li Na: “I would prefer the sunshine, but as far as no rain, for me it’s okay”
Wawrinka: “The back is good. I had two days off with treatment”
Murray: “It was good progress in Rome, and the goal here is to keep that going”
Tsonga: “I feel good. I feel good physically. I have no problems.”