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
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.
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.
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.
beat tough
I think it'll be tough to beat him here this week.
conditions good match needed served tough
The conditions were tough but there were some really good rallies. I served well when I needed to. It was an important match to get back into a final.
accident months motorcycle parents ranked shoulder surgery
I was ranked No. 2 in the world and then I was out for 15 months between my shoulder surgery and my parents getting in a motorcycle accident in 2002,
almost best died james match mother playing remember
My coach's mother died just before that match and I remember I almost didn't play, ... I wasn't really at my best and James was playing well then.
affected step
When I was able to come back after being down 40-15, I think that affected him mentally, ... I was able to step it up from there.
holding level shoulder slowly
I'm slowly getting back into things and the shoulder is holding up. If I play to this level I know I can do well here,
davis france good reckoned
France will have to be reckoned with in Davis Cup. We weren't good enough today.
decided exhausted pure
I am exhausted and nothing is decided yet, ... I was pure adrenalin.
changed lost racket second totally
I am totally frustrated. I should have never lost that second set. I changed my racket at 5-1, that was a big mistake.