Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria, nicknamed El Mago, is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina who was runner-up at the 2004 French Open and a former world no. 3. He was named after tennis champion and compatriot Guillermo Vilas...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth13 January 1982
defeat incredible
I didn't want to go out with a 6-1 6-1 defeat. This was an incredible match.
ease few incredible kept later people responding shots sooner
I thought that sooner or later he would give up, or at least ease up. But he kept responding with incredible shots, shots that few people would have been able to come up with.
confidence order reach
I wanted to reach at least the quarter-finals or semi-finals here in order to get some confidence,
matches playing winning
I don't see myself winning too many matches on this surface, ... It's like playing on ice.
confidence continue french gain hard last strong took work
It took a lot of work with the conditioning coach, and I feel as strong as ever, and I'm going to continue to work with it so I don't have problems. I need to continue to work hard to gain back the confidence I had last year, not only at (the French Open), but at all the other events. Work hard, that's all I have to do for now.
gave hard tried
But I gave it all. I ran, tried hard and just gave all that I could.
capitalize key knew
That was the key point. There was everything in this match, a lot of turnarounds, but I knew how to capitalize on my chances.
bad faking four half injury three words
There were no words exchanged, ... I had an injury with three of my toenails, he implied that I was faking it, and I told him to go sit. In four and a half hours, that was it. There were no bad words.
bad faking injury three words
There were no words exchanged. I had an injury with three of my toenails, he implied that I was faking it, and I told him to go sit. In 41/2 hours, that was it. There were no bad words.
feels players
It feels like Argentine players are under the spotlight,
evening match settle
My first match was very fast, so I was able to settle myself down afterward, ... But, the evening match was difficult.
evening match settle
My first match was very fast, so I was able to settle myself down afterward. But, the evening match was difficult.
forward history looking motivated
They are all very young and motivated and looking forward to making history in their own country.
almost difficult forward next
It was a very difficult match, I almost lost. However, I could get up and look forward to the next battle.