TENNIS US OPEN 2014 – 26th of August 2014. K. Nishikori d. W. Odesnik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. An interview with Kei Nishikori
Q. Your performance today, quite happy with the way you played?
KEI NISHIKORI: Yeah, very happy. You know, I was playing really well, almost perfect game. Couple of things have to work on still but, you know, happy to win today. You know, not easy first match after injury. You know, very solid match today.
Q. You mentioned the injury. How are you feeling?
KEI NISHIKORI: Oh, it’s been pretty good, actually. I fell a couple of times during the court, but otherwise, you know, almost perfect. Didn’t affect my game. So it’s been feeling really well.
Q. You come in here ranked 10th [sic] in the world. That’s a reflection of some very good play this year, couple of titles. Do you feel as confident now as you ever have entering a Grand Slam tournament?
KEI NISHIKORI: Yeah. I think the confidence helped my game today, because didn’t play for two weeks tennis. Just start play points couple of days ago. Still I was playing almost same level as usual, you know, couple months ago. So I think the confidence coming to game by game. Yeah, I think my ranking is up and almost top 10. I know how important is this tournament, and so hopefully I can go farther this week.
