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
feeling four gets happening knew losing tight
I was losing feeling on the hand, ... It has been happening for four days. I had a lot of treatment...but during the match, the more I serve, the more it gets tight -- the forearm, the shoulder. I knew it could happen. That's just the way it is.
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.
chances crowd fantastic fourth helped net played took
He played really well, took his chances at the net and the crowd really helped him out (in the fourth set). It was a fantastic battle.
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.
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.
feels players
It feels like Argentine players are under the spotlight,
absolute mimicking point second talking tried
tried mimicking me right from the start. It was a distraction. Their captain, who has been mouthing off all about sportsmanship, is talking to the (chair umpire) on every second point of my serve. That's not sportsmanship ... that's absolute rubbish.
foot injury lost questioned whether
I lost a toenail on my foot and he questioned whether it was a real injury or not.
admired hope soon
I have always admired you You are so great. I hope to see you as soon as I am back to Argentina. We'll play a match.
bit felt poorly
I felt poorly but after they told me it was normal, I felt a bit better.
achieve conditions felt good masters mentally paris series tournament
I felt mentally good enough to achieve that. Now I have to go to (next week's Masters Series tournament in) Paris where the conditions are completely different.
defeat incredible
I didn't want to go out with a 6-1 6-1 defeat. This was an incredible match.
challenge difficult facing favorite player surface task today
Hardcourt is the favorite surface of Johansson, and it will bea difficult task for me to challenge the Swede. I must player better than today when facing Johansson,
court fought goals left sure
He's always fought for his goals. He always left everything on court and off the court he's a fighter. I'm sure he'll be back.