Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussisis an Australian tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. He turned professional in 1994. His greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, winning the deciding rubber in the final of each. He also reached the finals of the 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon tournaments, losing to countryman Pat Rafter and Swiss Roger Federer respectively. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 8...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth7 November 1976
CityMelbourne, Australia
It was a long day, but it ended up well so I'm happy. The hard work is paying off. I've just got to be patient and keep working at it.
It was a little ugly, but a win's a win,
Even off my first serves, he was hitting really deep at my feet. He kept the pressure up the whole time -- I was running behind the whole time,
I was ready for today and I wanted to play today but it just didn't happen. Of course you feel gutted,
I was trying. I went out there and gave it everything.
I was excited because I've never shared a room with somebody.
It definitely makes me feel very good, it's pretty much been the hard work I've been putting in and it's paying off. Everything's starting to come now and I know that, so I just need to be patient and keep working at it. If I keep working the way I am then the results will come.
Obviously, I'll do whatever it takes to get back,
I feel like I've been in this sort of situation before, not ranking-wise, but coming back from surgeries where it's been a long way back. This is just another thing where I'm going to have to work harder. I'm working hard. I'm just going to keep working hard and sooner or later it's going to pay off.
We have got to think about coming back at the end of the year and trying to win that match and get back in the World Group for the following year,
It's not like I've got too much pride to play challengers. It's ridiculous. Of course if I have to do that, then I have to do that,
It's not like I've got too much pride to play Challengers, ... It's all mental. I've been working hard off the court, very hard. Definitely lacking confidence. It's definitely what I'm lacking.
It's the Davis Cup and it's not like you have got another Davis Cup next week.
It's the normal thing to do and I was living, you know, other guy's dreams that they dream of and you're in a position to live that life. Why not do it? And I got it out of my system and I've realized that they're not the most important things in life.