Radek Stepanek
Radek Stepanek
Radek Štěpánekis a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 8 and best doubles ranking is World No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 event finals and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2006, as well as winning the deciding match for Czech Republic's Davis Cup winning team in 2012 and again in 2013. In doubles, he won his first major title at the 2012 Australian Open, along with Indian partner...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth27 November 1978
CityKarvina, Czech Republic
It's very tough to break him because he has a very big lefty serve,
Whether it came early in the set or in the tiebreak, I knew it would come.
This feels great, I have been waiting so long for this day after losing my first three finals.
I saw him playing in Queen's and know he played a couple of good matches.
I'm satisfied with my form this week, but I'm not happy yet. I'll try for that tomorrow. I had couple of weeks off and I'm hungry to play and hungry to win.
I needed some time into the game, but in the second and third sets I played great tennis,
He pushed hard early on and I decided to play more aggressively in the second set.
In the beginning of the second set, he looked to be a little tired and I felt fresh. At the time he showed he was a little tired, I was the one who controlled the game.
The first set was very tough, Luis played incredible well and I wasn't close to getting a break point. I had to survive and hang in there waiting for my chances. The chance came right away in the second set, and I picked up my game and I was controlling it until the end of the match.
The key moment was the tiebreak. I was more aggressive and I managed to put him under a lot of pressure from the baseline.
He can change the pace of the serve, he's serving high kicks, he's serving big bombs, he's serving with slice, so it's very hard to get a rhythm on the return.
I'm in the final, I'm excited and fired-up. I felt the power and support of the crowd and I just did it.
I'm in the final, I'm excited and fired-up.
I never expect an easy match but today it was easy... I played my best tennis with an excellent service game. I have never served eight straight aces before.