TENNIS 2015 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – Here you can find all the interviews, the results, the draws and the Order of Play for the first Grand Slam of the year.
Interviews
01.02.2015
Paes and Hingis: “I was never really completely out of the picture, away from tennis. It was always part of my life one way or another”
31.01.2015
Bolelli and Fognini: “I have very good sensation Davis Cup, but this one, I mean, we won a Grand Slam title. Is a big thing”
S.Williams: “I was coughing so much. It was just forcing things out of me. So I was just trying to pull myself together”
30.01.2015
29.01.2015
Makarova: “I hope so I will finally take the next step. It was a great two Grand Slams for me in my career”
Fognini & Bolelli: “I’m happy because I think we are a really good team”
Leconte: “The Davis Cup was difficult to swallow for everyone, for the players as well”
Court: “It’s not easy (for Serena to reach 24 Slam titles) everything has to be right”
28.01.2015
Raonic: “He just didn’t allow me to organize my game”
V.Williams: “I think losses like this, even though they’re not fun they’re good, because I’ll learn a lot more from this”
27.01.2015
Murray: “My goal isn’t to beat Dani; my goal is to beat Berdych”
Bouchard: “I felt under pressure the whole time, a bit on my back foot. I mean, that’s not how I want to play”
26.01.2015
Muller: “Think if you play like that, you’re going to play a good match, but you have no chance to win it”
Raonic: “Overall I can’t complain too much. I fought my way through”
Ferrer: “I began the season winning a lot of matches. I won Doha. I did here four rounds. I am positive”
S.Williams: “I think I caught that bug. I’ve just been sick. I’ve been fighting it with vitamin C”
Muguruza: “I can say, okay, I lost to Serena. Okay, I did a good tournament. I improve a lot”
Cibulkova: “I have to compensate my height with something, so I just put a lot of energy in my tennis”
Azarenka: “I take it as a progress. I think there are a lot of the positive things to take from here”
25.01.2015
Murray: “I asked my box why they were making the noise. They said that Kyrgios had just finished”
Dimitrov: “I’m not going to hide my disappointment. I’m pissed”
Seppi: “He served well in important moments. That was the key. That’s why he won”
Halep: “A lot of confidence I have now because I didn’t lose a set”
Berdych: “Well, I’m feeling very good. It’s been a great, great run so far”
Nadal: “I changed completely the position on the return. I was returning very close to the baseline”
Sharapova: “When I step on the court, I have a great sense of feeling and power”
Bouchard: “It’s disappointing for me because I want to play so well and I want to be perfect”
24.01.2015
Keys: “I just tried to stay solid and consistently keep doing what I was trying to do”
Kvitova: “Don’t know what happened, but I couldn’t put a serve in. So it was the main issue, for sure”
Djokovic: “I thought I served very well, allowed myself to have a lot of free points in the first serve”
Nishikori: “I was hitting to only his backhand, especially first set. He was playing really solid actually”
Azarenka: “I don’t think I’ve changed as a person. I think I grew as a person”
S.Williams: “I wasn’t very happy, to be honest. I was rooting for Roger”
V.Williams: “I always believe in my ability, but sometimes you don’t get results for whichever reason”
Wawrinka: “When Roger make double- fault, that mean he not in a big day. Was a big surprise for everybody”
Lopez: “Milos is one of the greatest players in the game right now. I think is going to be very close”
Muguruza: “I’m really happy. Three victories in a Grand Slam”
23.01.2015
Seppi: “To beat Roger first time, especially in a Grand Slam, best-of-five, is a special moment for me”
Sharapova: “I did lefty, two hands on both sides. Like at the circus, I do everything”
Halep: “Last year I played great in Grand Slams. I did my first final. So that gave me more confidence”
Bouchard: “I’m not offended. No, I think it was an in-the-moment thing and it was funny”
Kyrgios: “Obviously I’d rather play Seppi than Federer. But, I know it’s going to be a really tough match”
Nadal: “I wake up in the morning better than what I thought. I was still a little bit dizzy yesterday”
22.01.2015
Hewitt: “He definitely raised his level. The first two sets I felt like I was dictating play”
Vandeweghe: “I was playing out there. I enjoyed my time. So I had a lot of fun”
Stosur: “I didn’t feel like I did much wrong”
Azarenka: “She had such an incredible end of last season so I knew I had to step up my game”
Wozniacki: “At the end of the day she played better than me today and hats off to that”
Kvitova: “I think it was quite warm today and I think I handled quite well”
S.Williams: “I had no other option but for things to click. I just had to start playing better”
Djokovic: “I executed the game plan. Everything I intended to do, almost 100%”
Wawrinka: “Condition wasn’t easy today. Quite hot. Really fast on the court. And he was playing great”
V.Williams: “I’m hitting the ball a lot like how I want to”
21.01.2015
Nadal: “I practiced a lot. Should not be that tired after 40 minutes. That’s obvious, no?”
Smyczek: “I started to believe that I really had a chance. But he turned it up to another gear”
Tomic: “I served very well, and that’s what helped me a lot throughout this match”
Kyrgios: “The crowd was really good. I remember it from last year”
Bouchard: “I was happy with the way I was able to step in and control the points”
Federer: “I don’t know if it’s a blister. I don’t know what that thing is”
Murray: “(I) managed to take the crowd out of it a little bit by starting that quickly”
Berdych: “The tough condition again today. He was playing very smart”
20.01.2015
Djokovic: “It hasn’t been an ideal couple of weeks in terms of health and preparation”
Wawrinka: “I play some good tennis and I have confidence with my game in general”
S.Williams: “It’s never super easy to be the one that everyone wants to beat”
Hewitt: “Tomic, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis have big futures. All three like playing on the big stage”
Radwanska: “I think with her (Martina Navratilova) experience that help me also win a Grand Slam”
Li Na: “If I have next life, I will still choose tennis”
Stosur: “I had to be patient to make sure I worked the point enough before I’d come in”
V.Williams: “Everyone has different kind of issues. I deal with my own the best way that I can”
Azarenka: “There is still a lot to build from here”
Nishikori: “Was a little bit windy, so we both didn’t play maybe 100%”
Raonic: “It was what I needed it to be, especially with how well I served”
Wozniacki: “It was a tough match. You saw yesterday how many seeds went out”
Kvitova: “I made a little bit of troubles in the second. But I’m glad I won”
19.01.2015
Kyrgios: “It was my first win in 2015. I’m really pleased I got through.”
Kokkinakis: “I was thrilled with that win. Best win of my career.”
Sharapova: “I think I’m in a much more comfortable situation than I was last year”
Hradecka: “It’s two hours after match, and I’m still smiling.”
Ivanovic: “It’s really disappointing. You know, it’s probably the worst thing could happen.”
Nadal: “Most important thing when you are coming back is accept all the challenges”
Murray: “When you’re playing you tend to say things that you don’t really mean”
Dimitrov: “It was pretty windy today, so, yeah, I think overall it’s been a good start for me.”
Berdych: “It was a good test for me for the first round. I’m glad to handle it the way I did”
17.01.2015
Federer: “I think I’m serving more consistent and stronger than I ever have”
Nadal: “I am confident about my knees because are working very well”
Sharapova: “I was happy to be in one place for the whole month of December”
Ivanovic: “I really want to take it one step at a time and enjoy”
Murray: “My preparation and training over in Miami and then in Dubai went very well”
Halep: “I’m moving better than last year. I’m working hard every day”