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Masters Series Madrid: Soderling d. Ferrero 6-3 6-2

kat — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:53:58 +0000

ATP MASTER SERIES MADRID
October 18, 2006
MADRID, SPAIN

Q. Juan Carlos, what are your feelings after the match?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, a very poor sensation. He’s a player that does not allow you much rest on the court. And to play against him in this indoor court has never been easy.

I don’t know if I had to play a high game, a low game. I didn’t know. I was quite uncomfortable.

Q. This last part of the season you have been training hard. However, things have not been smooth for you. What do you think the problem has been.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: The last matches have been defeated on the third set. So I have not been lucky because I have been playing well lately. However, to be disqualified in the first rounds makes you lose confidence in yourself. Maybe I’m not in the best moment of my career.
Q. First of all, what are your plans, your next plans for the year? Second question, what are your goals for next year?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I haven’t thought about next year yet. That’s a very long-term perspective. This year I’ll think about it tomorrow. I need to play Basilea Perez. That’s what I’m going to do this year. For next year, we’ll see. It’s quite a ways away yet.

Q. What were your goals for this Masters? What did you want to reach?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: In the final, I guess. Of course. Everyone wants to reach the final. My first goal was to win the first round. Then I had Federer, which was going to be a very difficult and tough match. To think about the final was too risky considering how the draw had been decided.

Q. I want to know what your mood is? You’re one of the champions of this tournament and I don’t know you have felt the pressure on you. Maybe you felt pressure on you because the day has been delayed. Match after match, matches have been long.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I knew they wanted to change my match court because of the delay, but that doesn’t matter right now. Of course I’m disappointed. I cannot be happy with myself.

In the first round you face a player like him that does not allow to you play your own game. My mood is low right now.

Q. I heard you were going to play the last match maybe on the Alcala Court because of the TV issue?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I knew they wanted to change my match of court, but I don’t know anything more.

Q. The last set I thought you looked to the crowd. Were you looking for something?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I think there’s people that don’t know how to behave. They’re quite stupid. And those things that they’re crying out, shouting out, I’d like them to tell me to my face, because I think those are stupid things they were saying.

Masters Series Madrid: Mirnyi d. Ferrero 7-5 7-6(2)

kat — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:30:55 +0000

TMS – MADRID
October 18, 2005
MADRID, SPAIN

THE MODERATOR: Questions in Spanish.

Q. Was the Masters a goal here at the end of the season?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Of course, it was. Defeat always hurts, especially when you play in Spain. However, it was a tough match because these matches are always difficult. Especially Mirnyi, he has this special way of playing that gives you no rhythm, no pace. You need to be careful all the time, be quick to return, see the balls quickly. The court is okay, but altitude made it very quick. I’ve only had one training session because I just arrived. However, I think I returned well, I served well, but I wasn’t able to take advantage of the second set, which seemed to be mine at the beginning. Tiebreaks tend to give the victory to good servers.

Q. After being a finalist in Vienna, you were in high spirits, I guess. You were feeling comfortable. Did you have high hopes for this tournament?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I’ve been playing well, yes. Vienna was one of the places I played well. But then you get to tough matches and things happen. However, my tennis is at a good point. I’m now No. 11. I’ll try to get as high in the ranking as possible and start next year full to make it easier for me, easier than this year. This year has been difficult for me. For instance, this tournament, I was out as a seed for one position. I hope to be ahead next year, to arrive earlier, to find things easier.

Q. Especially because you are used to starting as a seed in a tournament. Starting in the first round of a tournament, does it make it more difficult?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah, of course. It’s easier to face seeds once you’re in the second or third round, more than if you face them from the beginning. However, to be No. 11 instead of 16 is progress.

Q. I know it’s far away, but can you make any predictions for the Davis Cup based on this match with Mirnyi?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I know it’s going to be difficult to play against him. However, here, altitude makes things difficult. If the court is a bit faster, it will be more difficult maybe. However, last time I won. This time it wasn’t possible. If I adapt beforehand, things can come out better. I found it difficult to adapt in this tournament. If I adapt for a week for the Davis Cup, we can make it.

Q. You’re playing well, but I’m not sure if you lack confidence. In the set points in the first set, you lost it because of a double-fault, then a volley. Is it lack of confidence?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, last week I achieved all those things you’re talking about. Four or five balls in a match cannot define things as you do. I think last week was a good one for me. Today was a good match, too, but not every match allows you to adapt. Maybe I’m not sure on those difficult points. That may be. I’m not really sure if the ball is going to go in. Here if you hit the ball without confidence, it’s true that it goes out. Maybe those balls I can gain confidence. You need to keep trying.

Q. I don’t know if you’ve realized since the final against Massu, you haven’t won any tournament. Do you feel pressure because you’re at home? Is it because of altitude? Is it the curse of Madrid?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: No, it’s tough for me not to win tournaments, not to have them to my name. But there are many players in my situation. I’ve played finals, anyway. I think those are good results, if we take into account I start without being a seed. Altitude is difficult if you’re not used to it. However, I think I played a good match. I know I haven’t won a tournament in the last two years. But what can I do?

Q. To use a bit of humor, how do you see tomorrow’s match of Real Madrid? Are you going to be there? What do you think is going to happen?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, they told me if there was any penalty, they would allow me to shoot it. I don’t know if I’m going to stay actually. We’ll see.

Q. I want to know your opinion, because you were not present at the meeting with the president, the appointment of Emilio Sanchez. What is your opinion about this issue?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, I feel as the rest of the team. I think Pedro is not doing things well, not at all. We have nothing against Emilio. Actually, we feel sympathy towards him. He’s already a member of the team right now. We know him. He’s been a player of Davis Cup, so he has experience. We were disappointed. This was said in the meeting. I wasn’t able to be there, but they already expressed our opinion. I would have liked to have expressed mine also, but I couldn’t. So that’s what’s happened. Emilio has been chosen new captain, but Pedro has not asked us. The only thing we hope is that he changes his opinion because he’s going too far. If he thinks he’s doing things well, I think he’s mistaken. That’s no, that’s for sure.

Q. (In English) What do you think about the “Nadal-Mania” here in Spain?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I think it’s normal. This moment he’s playing good. He played the whole year, I mean, he won 10 tournaments. It’s normal that Spain is thinking in only Nadal. But anyways, you know, we are here. We are the same tennis players as before. We are not that far away.

Ferrero Looking for Tonic

kat — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:00:54 +0000

from SportingLife.com
17 October 2004

Reigning champion Juan Carlos Ferrero is hoping to put a disappointing season behind him by retaining his crown at the Madrid Tennis Masters. Ferrero won last year’s final by defeating Chile’s Nicolas Massu in straight sets – a result that took him to number one in the ATP world rankings. The last 12 months have not been kind to the Spaniard and a combination of injuries, illness and loss of form have seen him drop to 13th in the list.

However, he will be hoping that the Madrid crowd can help him as they did last year and that he can take advantage of a slightly weaker line-up in the Madrid Masters to recapture former glory.
“I am feeling good, both at a physical level and also in terms of my tennis. I remember that last year I came here with slight problems in my heels and things worked out,” Ferrero said.

“The main opponents are going to be the same as always and it doesn’t matter that this time I am seeded lower. If you want to win, you always have to beat the best,” he said.

The indoor hard court does not especially favour Ferrero’s game, which like so many Spaniards is best suited to slower beaten clay.

The altitude in Madrid is also thought to be a factor favouring the bigger servers, such as Britain’s Tim Henman.

Henman will have unhappy memories of his two previous appearances in Madrid, both of which have seen him crash out in the first round, but he travels to Spain this time around finding himself top seed thanks to the withdrawal of several big names.

Carlos Moya, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Guillermo Coria all gave notice they would not be playing earlier this week and they were joined on Friday by world number one Roger Federer.

“[Federer] rang me at the last moment, he told me that he didn’t feel either physically or mentally prepared after the past few months of playing and so much travelling,” said tournament director Manolo Santana.

Federer would have been hot favourite to lift the title, but his absence, more than any of the others, throws the Madrid Masters wide open.

There are still some big names: Andre Agassi will hope to repeat his triumph of two years ago, when he beat an injured Jiri Novak by a walkover.

Marat Safin will always be a threat if he can hold his game together for a week, while David Nalbandian, Olympic champion Massu and even Paradorn Srichaphan will be wondering if this could be their week.

The crowd factor means the Spanish contingent cannot be ruled out either with Feliciano Lopez, Tommy Robredo, and Rafael Nadal all likely to put in a challenge and to receive the sometimes over-enthusiastic backing of the Madrid public.

Meanwhile, this year not all eyes will be on the players.

Organisers had the idea of employing female models aged between 19 and 27 years old to act as ball collectors on centre court for the evening sessions.

Roddick and Ferrero Enjoy Vintage Mercedes-Benz Tour

kat — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:29:37 +0000

Taken from the official TMS Madrid website
15 October 2002

Spain’s tennis sensation Juan Carlos Ferrero and American Andy Roddick took part in an early morning tour of Madrid Monday in a 1954 Mercedes-Benz Adenauer roadster, as part of a promotion to launch the inaugural Tennis Masters Madrid.

Cruising with the cabriolet top down, the two popular stars traveled in style to the famous Palacio de Oriente, a royal palace, via the Gran Vía. Also joining Roddick and Ferrero on the Mercedes-Benz tour was Manolo Santana, the tournament director. Roddick and Ferrero are just two of the big names in the main singles draw at this year’s Madrid event, which begins with first-round action Monday.