Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria, nicknamed El Mago, is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina who was runner-up at the 2004 French Open and a former world no. 3. He was named after tennis champion and compatriot Guillermo Vilas...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth13 January 1982
faking
It was a misunderstanding. He (Massu) said, 'That's not a real injury, you're faking it,'. I said, 'No, it's real, I'm not faking it'.
confidence order reach
I wanted to reach at least the quarter-finals or semi-finals here in order to get some confidence,
break confident difficult match moments next
It was a difficult match and I had to be very focused. I made the most of the moments where I could break his service, and I really made the most of the moments where I could win. I feel very confident about the next match.
confidence continue french gain hard last strong took work
It took a lot of work with the conditioning coach, and I feel as strong as ever, and I'm going to continue to work with it so I don't have problems. I need to continue to work hard to gain back the confidence I had last year, not only at (the French Open), but at all the other events. Work hard, that's all I have to do for now.
business care leave
Take care of your own business and leave me alone. You're paranoid!
childhood dream
It's a childhood dream to be in the final,
bad faking injury three words
There were no words exchanged. I had an injury with three of my toenails, he implied that I was faking it, and I told him to go sit. In 41/2 hours, that was it. There were no bad words.
bad faking four half injury three words
There were no words exchanged, ... I had an injury with three of my toenails, he implied that I was faking it, and I told him to go sit. In four and a half hours, that was it. There were no bad words.
ease few incredible kept later people responding shots sooner
I thought that sooner or later he would give up, or at least ease up. But he kept responding with incredible shots, shots that few people would have been able to come up with.
feeling four gets happening knew losing tight
I was losing feeling on the hand, ... It has been happening for four days. I had a lot of treatment...but during the match, the more I serve, the more it gets tight -- the forearm, the shoulder. I knew it could happen. That's just the way it is.
court fought goals left sure
He's always fought for his goals. He always left everything on court and off the court he's a fighter. I'm sure he'll be back.
against form good happy leave lost luck side today tournament year
He's having a big year and is very confident, and he's also got luck on his side at the moment, ... I leave the tournament happy with my form though. I'm not disappointed as today I lost against a very good player.
gave hard tried
But I gave it all. I ran, tried hard and just gave all that I could.
confidence matches win
I have to get my confidence back and win at least two matches in Paris,