TENNIS US OPEN 2014 – Al the results, draws, order of play and the interviews from Flushing Meadows for the last Grand Slam of 2014
Interviews
08.09.14
Cilic: “It means everything. It’s just a huge accomplishment for myself and for my team”
Nishikori: “I didn’t expect nothing coming here. Yeah, there is so many positive things for sure”
07.09.14
Wozniacki: “I had a game plan in mind. I tried to push her back, but that really didn’t work for me”
06.09.14
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta
Cilic: “I was absolutely playing the best tennis of my life”
Goran Ivanisevic: “You saw everything. It was the best match of his life”
Federer: “It’s fairly simple: I think Marin played great”
Djokovic: “I think he just played better in these conditions than I did”
05.09.14
Chang: “If he beats Djokovic, Kei can win the tournament”
S. Williams: “Definitely wasn’t sure I’d be here. So I’m just elated”
Makarova: “She’s hitting so early the ball, so it’s always tough to be more aggressive than she is”
David Brewer tournament director
Wozniacki: “Health is more important. I just was hoping that she was going to be okay”
Peng: “Start from the leg. The front, the back, and then it was my back. Horrible”
04.09.14
Pennetta and Hingis: “We had a tough draw. We have never thought to rise the final”
Federer: “It’s just unbelievable to win matches like this at slams”
Monfils: “Suddenly he start to mix everything. You know, that’s why he’s the greatest player”
Cilic: “It angered me how all the process went because it was not fair to me”
Berdych: “I start pretty terribly. Then obviously was really tough to catch up”
03.09.14
Heinze Gunthardt
Wawrinka: “What’s happen he start to play better. He start to be more aggressive”
Murray: “I’d say definitely physically he was fresher”
S. Williams: “I always ask my dad why wasn’t I a lefty?”
Pennetta: “Just go on the court and try your best. You don’t have so many things to do”
Azarenka: “Can I play better? Absolutely. Will I doubt that I can play on a higher level? No chance”
Makarova: “I felt that I’m ready. I’m feeling good my game and believe in myself”
02.09.14
Wozniacki: “I had a game plan in mind, and I just went for my shots”
Errani: “She’s very good. She don’t miss a ball”
Cilic: “I’m serving much better. That allows me to have more opportunities”
Monfils: “For me tennis is a sport, you know. It’s not a job”
Dimitrov: “I did a lot of unforced errors, especially with my forehand”
Shuai: “I almost stopped playing like three or four years is really tough with the mentally”
01.09.14
Nishikori: “It’s going to bring confidence for sure for the next round. Really tough five sets”
Raonic: “I wish I could have been let’s say more efficient in many aspects”
Azarenka: “I just really try to focus on each day at a time. I don’t look back of how tough it was”
Krunic: “I just enjoyed the moment and I tried to stay in the moment as much as I could”
Murray: “I don’t feel like I’m that far away from playing my best tennis”
Makarova: “It was really help for me also because I had some time to recover. It was kind of good medical timeout”
Murray: “I don’t feel like I’m that far away from playing my best tennis”
Djokovic: “Obviously when I won second set I wanted to get the job done in three”
Pennetta: “I like the city all the time. When I get to New York, I feel much better”
Dellacqua: “I’m obviously disappointed for that loss. But overall I’m happy with where I’m heading”
31.08.14
Art Seitz’s images from days 5, 6 & 7
Bencic: “The last 12 months were really great for me. I improved my ranking always”
Dimitrov: “Obviously that wasn’t the best part, changing the court”
Monfils: “I’m cool. As usual. Still the same. Hanging around. No coach. I’m happy”
Wozniacki: “I make the right decisions at the right moment. And I enjoy playing”
Sharapova: “ It was warm, it was windy, but we’re in New York; it’s summertime”
Errani: “I don’t serve very fast. Of course you see that. It’s difficult for me”
Lucic-Baroni: “Everything I have done so far I absolutely earned it, and I’m very proud of it”
30.08.14
Pennetta
Krunic: “I kicked out Djoko from the quiet room in the gym before my match with Madison”
Kvitova: “I knew a little bit what she’s playing, but I didn’t really expect how she played so well”
Hingis: “Who would have that Mirjana Lucic with all she had to come through to beat Halep”
Azarenka: “Feel different. As I always say, I don’t look too much in the past”
29.08.14
Groth: “I was trying not to get caught up in the whole Roger act out there”
Gulbis: “Late in the third I thought that I pulled something. Then I started to cramp afterwards”
V. Williams: “I think she just played one of the best matches of her life”
Errani: (AUDIO) “5 all in the tie-break I made that volley, unbelievable”
Lucic-Baroni: “After so many years to be here again, it’s incredible. I wanted this so bad”
Tomic: “My hip’s a little bit not in shape. I’m feeling it inside”
Shuai: “I need to be more courage, be more like stronger, and then try my best”
Jankovic: “I wake up in the morning, and I’m excited. I want to go out there and hit balls”
28.08.14
Listen to Robredo talk in spanish to Ubaldo about his match against Bolelli
Bellis: “This whole experience has been unbelievable, like mind-blowing”
Djokovic: “I have nothing to complain about, I wanted to get my job done as quick as possible”
Murray: “I hope I feel better every day now. I felt fine the last couple days”
Estrella Burgos: “People from Dominican, I think they are in the party now”
S. Williams: “I’ve had three tries to get to 18. Hopefully I’ll get there one day”
Kyrgios: “To have gone to the third round, having beaten some quality opponents, feels good”
Pliskova: “I think I played one of my best matches this year”
Ivanovic: “it’s very disappointing. It’s never easy to finish, and especially this early”
Querrey: “Serve felt good, forehand felt good, I was making the right decisions”
Azarenka: “I don’t expect. I just play. That’s what’s important”
27.08.14
Art Seitz’s and Melchiorre Di Giacomo’s images of day 3
Sharapova: “I’m healthy enough to compete at this level. That’s the most important thing for me”
Gulbis: “I completely swap his rhythm and his vision of the court”
V. Williams: “Finally I did something I couldn’t do the last couple years. That’s good stuff.”
Wawrinka: “I was serving big. I was moving really well and taking the ball early”
Wozniacki: “She wasn’t an easy opponent. She’s young and hungry”
Berdych: “It’s a tough opponent, a big challenge. The conditions were extremely tough today”
Hewitt: “I was ready for the match today, but in the end he was just too good”
Shuai: “Two times almost stop playing. So it’s really lucky I’m still here”
Radwanska: “I didn’t play bad today. I think it was just her day”
26.08.14
Bellis: “I’m feeling amazing. I’m still speechless. I’m still in shock about that match”
Listen to the interview to CiCi’s father
S. Williams: “We offered to play five sets many times. They don’t want the women to play five sets”
Federer: “Jordan was just my hero of all sports. That’s what he was for me growing up”
Kvitova: “I’m just glad I can play New Haven”
Bouchard: “I want to kind of get on a roll and keep the momentum going”
Ivanovic: “The confidence is on a high level. I had a great season behind me”
Stosur: “I think I served well; tactically used the right serve at the right time”
25.08.2014
Djokovic: “Last three weeks actually, Toronto and Cincinnati, were a bit tough emotionally”
Sharapova: “I think you feel the goosebumps when you go out on a night match on Arthur Ashe”
Tommy Robredo talks about Spanish success
V. Williams: “To have a great family behind me and a sister on tour, for me that’s the best part”
Kyrgios: “It was just an outburst, and hopefully I will be able to control that the next time”
24.08.2014
Djokovic: “I’m feeling better and better as the days go by”
Federer: “I believe in rest in a huge way. Whenever I get a chance to rest, I do”
Murray: “I lost to guys who had won the events, and had quite big opportunities”
S. Williams: “I think Ashe would be really proud to see so many young African-American players”
Sharapova: “As the weeks progress, I’m certainly feeling better”
Bouchard: “Definitely proud of how I have come such a long way in a short time”
