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
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.
feels players
It feels like Argentine players are under the spotlight,
absolute mimicking point second talking tried
tried mimicking me right from the start. It was a distraction. Their captain, who has been mouthing off all about sportsmanship, is talking to the (chair umpire) on every second point of my serve. That's not sportsmanship ... that's absolute rubbish.
challenge difficult facing favorite player surface task today
Hardcourt is the favorite surface of Johansson, and it will bea difficult task for me to challenge the Swede. I must player better than today when facing Johansson,
capitalize key knew
That was the key point. There was everything in this match, a lot of turnarounds, but I knew how to capitalize on my chances.
advantage fine loose mistake played serving
He really let loose and while it was a mistake not to take advantage of some of his serving errors, he really played a fine match.
chances crowd fantastic fourth helped net played took
He played really well, took his chances at the net and the crowd really helped him out (in the fourth set). It was a fantastic battle.
matches playing winning
I don't see myself winning too many matches on this surface, ... It's like playing on ice.
happy match objective sets three win
I am very happy to win in three sets a match that was very difficult. But my objective is to win on Sunday.
happiness hot perfect tough tournament
I am very happy. It was a very tough match. It was hot again. That's the kind of tournament I need to get back to my perfect shape.
confidence excellent losing luck player seems tremendous
I am not disappointed losing to Rafael (Nadal). He is an excellent player with tremendous confidence inside, and it seems luck is always on his side.