Bobby Bayliss
Bobby Bayliss
adjustment austin bit difficult evening hit hope morning saturday tomorrow
Hopefully, we'll get to hit tomorrow evening in Austin when we get in and a little bit Saturday morning before the match, so it won't be a difficult adjustment outdoors. At least, I hope it won't.
accounting event felt fortunate gave good hoped national next ourselves ready texas win
That's a pretty big national event and we felt fortunate to get to the finals. We'd hoped to win it but I think we gave a pretty good accounting for ourselves and we're ready to go to Texas next weekend.
affecting attacking ball balls bigger difference hitting taking today worked
I think it's already affecting his play. He's hitting a bigger ball, he's taking the ball earlier, he's attacking more. We worked out individually today for about an hour, he and I, and I see a difference in the balls he's hitting.
capitalize fought hard
It was very hard fought - we did have opportunities we didn't capitalize on.
benefit both competition confidence hits level resolve schedule seen team ways
I think the schedule has toughened us and I've seen team go both ways on that. You can take hits and after a while your confidence erodes and you're not as good, but if you have the resolve to back it up you will really benefit from the level of competition you're seeing, and I think that's what we've done.
balance biggest courts fine heat speed trying tune
It's been a balance of both. That's the biggest thing, just getting used to the speed of the courts and heat and humidity and trying to fine tune the things we need to do a little better.
afraid confidence event himself level national vault winning
I think the confidence winning an event like that, particularly a national event, is going to vault him into another level of capabilities of the way he'll feel about himself on the court. He's going to play with more confidence and I don't think he's going to be afraid of anything.
expect extended focus main match matches ready saturday tomorrow tougher win
I think the main focus is to get tomorrow's match over. To win the match tomorrow and not be extended physically, and be ready to go for Saturday - we'll expect tougher matches on Saturday.
quality shows
It shows you the quality of that win.
beach club competition courts event experience good great host la pacific tennis terrific
It was a really good experience for us. The La Hoya Beach and Tennis Club is a terrific place to host an event - it's right on the Pacific Ocean. The courts are in great shape. The competition was great. It was everything we wanted it to be.
among era gotten maybe meant problems rank swept tremendous
In the era of big-money sports, I think a lot of our problems have gotten swept under the rug, and maybe they haven't meant to be. There is a tremendous sense of frustration among the rank and file.
bit close couple expect last players ready serves swedish year
They've been around the block. They have a couple of Swedish players that have big serves and really big forehands. We just got a little bit overpowered last year so we're ready for that. We'll expect a very close match.
anticipate close
We know them. We anticipate another close match, a competitive match, which it usually is in this series.
hard hours three worked yesterday
We have worked pretty hard on our doubles. We went about three hours yesterday and today, we probably went just over two.