Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer, is a former German professional tennis player. He reached the semifinal of the 2006 Australian Open and won a Silver medal in Men's Doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Kiefer's career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, achieved in January 2000...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth5 July 1977
CityHolzminden, Germany
earth playing
I mean, we're on Earth, but he's playing on a different planet.
earth playing
I mean, we are on Earth, ... but he's playing on a different planet.
game goal pick qualify win
It must be my goal to win a final, not only to qualify for it. Unfortunately I couldn't pick up my game today. It was just too flat. I'm very disappointed.
deserved fully hopeful improve played reached tough week
This is very tough to digest, but Igor played very well when he was down and fully deserved to win, ... I did not play too well this week but still reached the final. There are many things I can still improve so I am hopeful for the future.
reason
There's a reason he's No. 1 -- he makes the important points.
emotions fighting good happy playing tension understand winning
Everyone has to understand that there are so many emotions and so much tension. You're fighting and it happens. Of course, it's not nice, but what can I do? I'm a person with so much tension inside. I'm winning here because I'm fighting unbelievably well. That makes me happy - I'm still here, not by playing good tennis, but by fighting.
against aggressive care great mistakes played
It was great that I played aggressive the whole time. I didn't care if I made mistakes or not. I mean, I had to play aggressive against this guy. That's what I did. Of course, I had a lot of mistakes, but that's the way how it goes. If you don't make it, you can't win.
biggest great happiness happy knew today
It's great and I'm so happy because I knew the situation. I've been so many times in the quarterfinals and this one today was my biggest one.
close court tension win
There was so much pressure, it was a very close match. When there's so much tension on the court you want to win so bad.
close court fight points tension
There was so much pressure, it was a very close match. Some points were so easy, (but) there was so much tension on the court ... you try to fight for every ball.
close pressure
There was so much pressure from so many quarters, it was a very close match.
opened paid played strongly tactics
I'd never played him and did not know what his tactics would be. So I opened strongly and that's paid off.
happy
I've had a long break, so I didn't know how I would play today. I'm happy with the way I'm fighting. There is still a long way to go, but the most important thing is to win.