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
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.
knew last lost win
I knew that when I lost here last year, I wanted to come back and win it in 2004.
hard pain throughout
I had a lot of pain throughout the whole body. It was hard to move.
pain throughout
I had a lot of pain throughout the whole body,
confidence matches win
I have to get my confidence back and win at least two matches in Paris,
balls beginning bit high playing speed surprised
He started very fast. He was playing very high balls. I was a little bit surprised at his speed at the beginning of the match,
game opponent slow
I didn't know my opponent very well and his game was a very slow game. He doesn't give you any rhythm. He comes out with things that I don't expect.
hope problems
I hope there are no more problems and things just quieten down now.
hope problems quiet
I hope there are no more problems and things just quiet down now.
advantage fine loose mistake played serving
He really let loose and while it was a mistake not to take advantage of some of his serving errors, he really played a fine match.
gave hard tried
But I gave it all. I ran, tried hard and just gave all that I could.
happy match objective sets three win
I am very happy to win in three sets a match that was very difficult. But my objective is to win on Sunday.
happiness hot perfect tough tournament
I am very happy. It was a very tough match. It was hot again. That's the kind of tournament I need to get back to my perfect shape.
confidence excellent losing luck player seems tremendous
I am not disappointed losing to Rafael (Nadal). He is an excellent player with tremendous confidence inside, and it seems luck is always on his side.