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
crowd favorite good great james last lives minutes playing since tennis weeks
James has been playing some great tennis the last two weeks and he'll probably be the crowd favorite since he lives 25 minutes from here, ... It should be a good atmosphere. It should be a very interesting match.
field good
I think the field is pretty good here,
battles close good
Pavel is a very good player, ... We have had some close battles in the past.
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.
few good james might serve
James is good when his serve is on, ... I might have to make some adjustments for the first few games. I know James will come up with some big serves.
everybody far focused good guys run statement trying
I think everybody here is focused on the U.S. Open, to be honest. But I think the guys here are also trying to make a statement of getting far here as well as having a good run at the Open.
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,
confidence definitely gives good hopes next victory
This is definitely a good victory, not only for my own confidence but the game, and gives me good hopes next week.
davis france good reckoned
France will have to be reckoned with in Davis Cup. We weren't good enough today.
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.
appreciate chance good health james might pro relish tennis
If you think there might be a chance that you can't play pro tennis ever again, you relish good tennis. You appreciate the times when you play good tennis, ... Right now, James is appreciating his health and his tennis game.
bag came extremely match nice point saved win
It's always nice to win your first match of the season...I thought I had it in the bag but he saved a match point and came back extremely well.
boost happy straight won
I'm happy that I won in two sets. It's a psychological boost to know that you could do it in straight sets.
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.