Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario "Tommy" Haasis a German-American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002, Haas's career was interrupted by injuries: he has twice dropped out of the world rankings due to being unable to play for twelve months. His first period of injury saw him miss the whole of the 2003 season, and he...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth3 April 1978
CityHamburg, Germany
bag came extremely match nice point saved win
It's always nice to win your first match of the season...I thought I had it in the bag but he saved a match point and came back extremely well.
battle breaking eight game good midway proved second tough
It was a tough battle and things did not look good for me midway through the second set, but breaking Robby in game eight proved vital,
beat behind crowd good shot tough winning
It will be tough to beat him here this week, ... He's got the crowd behind him, which really helped. I give him a good shot at winning this title.
again calm motivating shows stays
It just shows again how calm he stays and it's very motivating as well to see how he does that.
fantastic moves plays
When it comes down to it, he plays fantastic tennis, he moves unbelievably well.
focused game match might serve tough
When you serve for a match and you don't get that game and it's 5-all, it is tough to get yourself focused again. I thought he might be frustrated.
against expect feeling good playing since tough
You never know what you can expect when playing against Vince since he's kind of a streaky player. He's tough when he's feeling good, and he must be feeling good since he's through to the semifinals.
emotions involved playing sports
There were a lot of different emotions involved in playing someone you get on so well with off the court,
behind break changed complexion confident crowd playing third
The break in the third set changed the complexion of things. With the crowd behind him, he's playing confident tennis.
beginning break came chances convert dominating few strong
After dominating the first two sets, he came off pretty strong in the beginning of the third, ... Then I had a few chances at 3-all, couldn't convert those break chances. Obviously, getting the break at 5-all was very important for me.
guy hat man pushed somebody tip
This guy right now is pretty much the man to beat. If somebody can do it this week, great. I think I pushed him as much as I could today. You've got to tip your hat and just say, 'Unbelievable.
field good
I think the field is pretty good here,
balls cool heavy played quite second seem tonight tough
It is always tough to play someone you haven't played before. Tonight was quite cool and the balls were quite heavy and it didn't seem like they were going anywhere. He let go in the second and I put it up a notch.
few good james might serve
James is good when his serve is on, ... I might have to make some adjustments for the first few games. I know James will come up with some big serves.