Carlos Moya
Carlos Moya
Carlos Moyá Llompartis a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth27 August 1976
CityMajorca, Spain
player thinking years
I honestly think I am a better player than I was four years ago, when I was No. 1 in the world.
rome years play
It's not easy to play your best for 40 weeks. It happens every year, I don't play well in Rome or Hamburg -- I don't know why -- but then I play well after that.
sorry knowing people
I was worried a bit at the beginning because I didn't know how the situation was. Once the ATP wanted to do the tournament, I realised there was no risk at all. I'm very sorry about what happened. It's not easy to be here knowing so many people were killed very near from here.
ankle asking bad foot last problem winning
I know he had a problem with the ankle last week. I don't know how bad it was. If I was winning the match, I wasn't asking him how his foot is or his ankle is.
against hamburg hopefully lost played rome straight tomorrow twice won year
I played against him in Rome and Hamburg this year, won twice in straight sets. Also, I haven't lost to a Spaniard this year yet, so hopefully tomorrow this will continue.
knew played player taking within
But I played safely, within myself, not taking too many risks. I knew he is a player who, if things are going well for him, can be very strong.
again against came careful couple guys serves
In the tiebreaker, I was up 4-0 and again 5-2, and then came the aces from Ivan. You've got to be careful against guys like him, he serves a couple of aces and he's there again.
great start
It has been a great start of the year,
afraid feeling point waited
Today, I was feeling comfortable. I wasn't afraid to keep the point going. I just waited for my chance.
anyone beat cannot focus hungry percent playing
I don't say that he cannot lose, but anyone would have to be playing 100 percent to beat him now. He's young and hungry for titles. But he has to focus on the big events, which I think he's doing.
badly deserved easy match style surprise
He deserved to win. The match was very easy for him, ... His style of play didn't surprise me, but what did surprise me was how badly I played.
both chances lots
I think I was very lucky. He had lots of chances in both sets.
chances good paid played produced second took winners
I thought I played well but he was still good enough to take a set off me. He produced some good winners in the second set and the chances he took paid off.
confident match open pity playing
I was playing very well, I was very confident and the match was pretty open so it was a pity to end it this way.