Not everybody was jumping for joy on Monday at the US Open as players saw their runs come to an end. From Venus Williams’ heartbreaking loss after a two-and-a-half hour epic to Grigor Dimitrov’s crushing defeat on the Arthur Ashe stadium, it wasn’t an easy day for the losers. Nevertheless, they all exit New York taking positives from their performances.
“I’m kind of looking forward to just step back for maybe a week, just rest a little bit, just to analyse what has been happening. But, as I said, especially the past five or six weeks I feel I’ve been doing the right things. I’ve been really good with my professionalism on and off the court. Discipline has been better I think overall. My game plan is also a little bit better.”
Grigor Dimitrov sees the positive side to his one-sided loss at the hands of Andy Murray
“There’s always a way to turn it around. That’s tennis, so anything can happen. Definitely it was only one break in the beginning, then I was not really close to breaking again. Maybe there were one or two chances. Then I didn’t really hold my serve. I didn’t serve good enough.”
“Then, well, I’m here not as a winner.”
Agnieszka Radwanska speaks frankly about her exit to Ana Konjuh
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way. I definitely have the will, so I think I will keep finding the way.”
“With effort something’s got to happen. I put a lot of effort into this. It’s not by luck at all. So I definitely feel like my wins are deserved. I feel like I’m going to get more as the future goes on.”
Venus Williams pledges to keep working
“It was great. This was my best US Open ever. I never reached this far. You always want more. It would be better if I played well today. But didn’t happen.”
“All in all, it was really great US Open for me.”
37-year-old Ivo Karlovic on his best ever performance at the tournament, 13 years after his debut.
“The thing is I tried. It’s not that I didn’t try. This is what I just said to my coach right now in the locker room.”
Grigor Dimitrov
