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Wimledon: Ferrero d. Querrey 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-4

kat — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:27:38 +0000

June 23, 2008
LONDON, ENGLAND
J. FERRERO/S. Querrey
2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Q. I thought you’d forgotten how to play grass court tennis there for a set.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Not really, but I was not playing for a couple of weeks because I was injured, so at the beginning I couldn’t get a lot of rhythm.
He plays very fast all the time with his serve and also with his forehand. You know, I was trying all the time, and since the second set I think I played a good match.

Q. With the way he hits the ball, he strikes very early. It must be very difficult to get a long rally to get some rhythm into the match.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, yeah, of course. But the big worry to me was try to move well on the court because of my injury in the last weeks. At the beginning I was a little bit slower than after.
It wasn’t the strokes or the rallies, I think. The best word for me was try to move well and try to hit the ball well.

Q. What’s his future, do you think?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Who?

Q. Sam Querrey.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I don’t know. I think he has to learn like everybody, and I think he has good potential to play good. He has a very good serve, good forehand.
I think he can play really good in all surface, like he did. Maybe in the clay courts season he play good.

Q. What do you hope for when the U.S. hard court season begins? How many tournaments do you think you’ll be able to play?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I’m going to play Toronto and Cincinnati and the US Open.

Q. So that will be just enough?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yes.

Wimbledon: Federer d. Ferrero 7-6(2) 3-6 6-1 6-3

kat — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:24:06 +0000

WIMBLEDON
July 6, 2007
LONDON, ENGLAND

THE MODERATOR: Juan Carlos. Who would like to ask the first question?

Q. How did you feel today? Must have thought you were in with a pretty good chance after that second set.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: No, you know, today was all the time very difficult to hit the ball, you know, nicely like the other days.
During the third set I start to, you know, not feel the ball as nice as I was feeling the first two sets. You know, I couldn’t make any point in the third.
But then at the fourth, I try it again. I did a lot of (indiscernible) but the little chances with two breakpoints in the third game, and I couldn’t make it. Was difficult to break his serve.

Q. The conditions with the wind, do you feel had it been a calmer day you could have given more of a challenge?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: You know, I knew before to play him that always is very difficult to beat him in any conditions. But today, you know, the worst conditions to feel the ball good, try to hit the ball strong all the time.

Today was almost impossible to hit the ball three times nice. Was very difficult to play out there.
Q. You must be very happy you’re the first guy to take a set off him.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: No, you know. Happy to have a set against him? No, no. I was trying to win the match, not to win a set. I think is the important thing playing against him. I don’t care if I am on grass or hard court or clay court, I try to win the match, not to win a set.

Q. Do you think someone can stop him this year?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I don’t know. If he played the way he used to play in semifinals or final or during the whole tournament, I think is very difficult that he lose.
But, anyway, Rafa right now is playing very good. I think he improve a little bit since the last two matches because at the beginning was a little bit worse than now. Who knows. I don’t know.

Q. Do you think Rafa is the biggest danger?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: You know, Djokovic just won, but I think he’s going to be a little bit tired tomorrow. I think Rafa can have his chance to win tomorrow, try to be ready in the final.

Wimbledon: Ferrero d. Tipsarevic 7-5 6-3 7-6(5)

kat — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:30:27 +0000

WIMBLEDON
July 3, 2007
LONDON, ENGLAND

THE MODERATOR: Juan Carlos Ferrero. Questions, please.

Q. After winning two sets in the third round, the tiebreak, what was going through your mind?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Today?

Q. Yes.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: It was very important to win because the rain was coming again. You know, I knew was a very important match for me, so tried to finish in three sets. Also I think was very important to be fit as well tomorrow.

Q. How do you feel about the fact that Roger has had a nice long rest?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, you know, he has a little bit lucky with this match against Haas. But, anyway, if he had to play a matches or not, it’s going to be the same tomorrow I think. Physically he’s very good, so he recover very good, so doesn’t matter if he played or not.
Tomorrow is going to be difficult same as if he didn’t play.
Q. You must be pleased with your form.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I hope so. I’m playing good. Tomorrow I’m going to be full. I’m going to try everything. I know it’s difficult to win because he has a very good record here.

But, anyway, I have nothing to lose tomorrow so I will try my best. I’m playing good, so I’m confident.

Q. Does it give you freedom playing Federer? Everybody thinks he’s going to win.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: No, is normal because he won four times here. He wants to win the fifth to be in the record.
I know is his favorite surface. But, anyway, I like to play on grass. I’m playing good. I’m confident. He’s a human guy, so I will try everything.

Q. Do you have a specific strategy?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, of course, I will try to attack more to his backhand. I think I will have to serve very good to try to keep my service unbroken. The rest, you know, try to return well as I’ve been doing the whole tournament and play.

You know, I played against him here. Was not an easy match for him I think. I will try. Is one more match. I know is special match tomorrow. But is human. He has a racquet as me, so I will try my best.

Q. Because he’s had such a long layoff, is there a possibility he’ll be out of his rhythm maybe early on?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I don’t know. I will see at the beginning. I will see how he will start, if he’s with rhythm or not. But anyway, these matches are very long. It’s best-of-five. He has enough time to get rhythm first, second, or third set.

Q. I understand you’re a Real Madrid fan.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yes.

Q. Did you watch the game when they won the title?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah, I was there.

Q. Big boost for you?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I was happy. We were suffering a lot.

Q. Were you sad to see David Beckham go?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Oh, the football. Yes, of course. I think he’s a nice guy and he played amazing, you know, at the end. I don’t know what to say.

Q. Do you think it will help you in way that you played Federer before at this stage?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: It’s a help because you have experience to play with him here. It’s supposed that he showed the best level he has in this surface. Is a good experience, the possibility to play again against him. Play before, it’s very important I think.

Q. Is this the best you’ve played on grass so far?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Well, it’s the best result of course. Anyway, all the years I think I play really good in here. But I couldn’t won the fourth round. That was very important for me.

But, of course, I’m playing a good tennis, the way that I want to play here.

Q. You had a great year in 2003. Do you feel you’re a better all-around player than you were then?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I don’t want to compare. It’s almost impossible to compare 2003 and 2007. It’s a long way, a long time ago. I don’t know. I feel that I’m playing very good right now.

Q. Where do you see yourself in this championship? Semifinals, finals?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: My goal at the beginning when I saw the draw, it’s to get until quarterfinal. But right now my best goal is try to win tomorrow. Will be a very important win to me if I win. You know, go step by step.

Tournament is still. Doesn’t matter if I play against Federer. I would like to win, of course. I don’t have to think that tomorrow is going to be the last match of the tournament for me.

Q. Federer or Nadal, against them, which of the Grand Slams offers you your best chance of victory?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: What?

Q. With Federer and Nadal gone, which of the Grand Slams offers you your best chance of victory?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I don’t know. I make great results in every one. I won the Grand Slam in Roland Garros and I played more finals and semifinals there. Maybe I had more chances to win there.

But I like to play on hard court. I make finals, semifinals of Australian, US Open. Maybe Australia because I like to play there also.

Q. Could it be a good thing for you that the courts changed during the two weeks, it becomes more of a hard court game the second week?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I feel today that the Court 3, it’s very different than Court 1. It was faster. Court 1 was slower. At the beginning I feel it a little bit.
Centre Court I didn’t play. I didn’t know how is it. But, of course, it’s important if it’s a little bit slower for me.

Q. How would you assess your opponent today?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: He tries to serve very good all the time. He make a little bit mistakes in important moments like 5-5 in the first set or in the second. I think mentally he was a little bit down because he lost the first set.

In the third he tried. I mean, I play good and he tried, but I think I play better.

Wimbledon: Ferrero d. Blake 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-6(4)

kat — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:38:50 +0000

WIMBLEDON
June 29, 2007
LONDON, ENGLAND

THE MODERATOR: Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Q. Was that one of your best performances on grass of your career?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Could be, yeah. Could be. The most important thing today I think I enjoy it the whole match. Maybe less the first set, then I start to play very aggressive all the time with my serve and with my forehand, attacking to his backhand all the time.
You know, like I said, I enjoyed the whole match. This is the more important thing.

Q. Have you come to enjoy playing on grass more over the years, or is it still something you don’t particularly look forward to?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Of course you have to learn a lot to play very good on grass. You know, during passing the years of course I enjoy much to play here.
But anyway I thinking in the last two or three years it’s slower, the courts, and we have more time to try to hit good the ball. So I think it’s important also for the players.
Q. How confident do you feel at the moment?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I feel pretty good right now. I mean, confidence and mentally and physically. So I’m in fourth round against Tipsarevic. It’s going to be a tough match.
But, you know, is a good round for me. I’m with a lot of confidence, so I had try to play the best tennis I have.

Q. The game obviously seemed to delight the crowd today. Were you conscious of that during the match?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I think the people enjoy it a lot. We play nice points, long points, short points, a couple rallies. You know, was a complete match, I think.

Q. Four or five years ago the Spanish attitude was to stay at home and go shopping in Barcelona.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Not me, no.

Q. There are 14 Spanish men in the draw this year. Why do you think the attitude has changed so much?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I’m not sure. Maybe one of the things is maybe because the courts are slower and we can play a little bit more comfortable.
Anyway, it’s the seventh time I play here, so I always try to come here and learn how to play on grass. I don’t know about the other players, but I think there is a couple players, they can play very good.
I think, you know, Rafa did last year. This is the fourth time I make the fourth round here. You know, Verdasco, I think he plays very good here. Feliciano. There are a couple players that we can play really good here. I think why not we have to come here and play good.

Q. There was an incident where the ball hit the post, went through the net, and he got the point. Were you aware immediately the ball had gone through the net rather than over it?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah, I thought was under the net, so maybe was my point. But chair umpire, I don’t know what’s happen.

Q. You can’t call Hawk-Eye.
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: I told him, but he told me that is impossible to see it.

Q. First time that’s happened to you?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Of course. I think it didn’t happen a lot.

Q. Your net play, you had some superb statistics about winning points at the net. Is that something you have deliberately tried to improve?
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah, of course. Here I think you have a lot of chances to finish the points on the net. You know, I think is one of the keys if you want to improve here, you have to finish some points in the net, of course.

Ferrero Offers Little Resistance

kat — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 04:34:56 +0000

from the official Wimbledon website
25 June 2004

America’s Robby Ginepri created the biggest upset of the men’s tournament so far by dumping the number six seed Juan Carlos Ferrero out in the third round, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.

The Spaniard appeared drained by his titanic effort in coming back to defeat Stefan Koubek yesterday and could offer no resistance to the 27th seed, who wrapped up the match in 81 mintues. Ginepri will play last year’s semi-finalist Sebastien Grosjean in the last 16.

The 21-year-old made today’s task look ridiculously simple. He was only briefly troubled in the first set, when Ferrero broke him in the third game. But Ginepri bounced right back with two breaks of his own to take the set 6-3.

It seemed only moments later that he notched up another break and was steaming off with the second set, with Ferrero’s ratio of winners to errors hopelessly off key. Ginepri wrapped it up with an ace and the 2003 French Open champion was two sets down inside an hour. It was all a long way from the baseline slugathon against Koubek.

Ferrero in Fine Form

kat — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:36:04 +0000

from the official Wimbledon website
24 June 2004

The number six seed Juan Carlos Ferrero saved two match points to defeat Stefan Koubek 4-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(6), 8-6 in the second round today. For much of the match it seemed that the 2003 French Open champion was destined to become the biggest casualty of The Championships to date. But he held on to win 8-6 in the fifth.

It was a boost to the Spaniard in a difficult season, after his best year to date in 2003. Chickenpox, that least fashionable of adult illnesses, cost him four weeks out in March. Then rib and wrist injuries forced another two-week lay-off in May. His late decision to attempt a defence of his title at Roland Garros ended in second round defeat. Today he was clearly in pain with a thigh injury but held on for a dramatic victory.
Left-handed Koubek, 27, made his returns count in the first set. At 5-6 Ferrero saved one set point with battling play from the baseline. But Koubek immediately earned another with an unreturnable crosscourt forehand. An unforced error from Ferrero gave the Austrian the first honours.

At once matters became worse for Ferrero with Koubek earning another break, at which point rain gave the Spaniard time to regroup. On resumption he pulled the set back to 4-4 and Koubek hurled his racket to the turf, a sight which would become familiar during the rest of the match.

But Ferrero was also frustrated, engaging umpire Norm Chryst in lengthy debate on a line call and chiding himself for his own unforced errors. A moment later he wrong-footed Koubek with a powerful forehand to break him for 6-5. When Ferrero took the set to level the match, Koubek’s racket bounced across the lawn again.

Although Koubek’s serving was the more accurate of the two, the third set seemed destined for a tiebreak until Ferrero suddenly yielded a set point. When the Spaniard’s forehand clouted the net cord and fell back towards him, he was a set down again.

At 1-2 in the fourth Ferrero called the trainer and attention was given to his right thigh, already strapped beneath his shorts. After another rain break the Spaniard made it through to the tiebreak where sterling baseline work took him into the fifth set, where he had to save two match points before grasping a richly-deserved triumph.

Ferrero finds his feet

kat — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:37:22 +0000

from the official Wimbledon website
21 June 2004

Juan Carlos Ferrero won in straight sets in the first round at Wimbledon today. But the sixth seed was flattered by the 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 scoreline against battling Frenchman Julien Boutter.

Ferrero looked fit and well as he took a one set advantage against Boutter. The Spaniard missed four weeks off the tour suffering from chicken pox in March before sustaining wrist and rib injuries while practising for Hamburg last month.

But he was clearly in a determined mood against the Frenchman as he fought to maintain his record of never having lost a first-round match at The Championships.
Court Two was buzzing following the victory of 47-year-old Martina Navratilova immediately before Ferrero and Boutter stepped on court. And the crowd was treated to a much more competitive encounter as the pair traded ground strokes before Ferrero got the break in the seventh game and then sealed the lead.

But Boutter, who had lost in all his previous first-round appearances, would not go away quietly and he held a 4-3 advantage in the second set when rain stopped play.

It was the same story upon the resumption of play with Boutter determined to show he could grind it out with the 2003 French Open champion. But Ferrero, following an early mini-break, squeezed further ahead after Boutter had forced a tie-break.

The Spaniard finally put a difficult opponent to the sword in the third set.

And after his health problems he was relieved to take his first step towards at least emulating his best performance at The Championships, which was a run to the last 16 last year.

Ferrero’s Healing

kat — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:49:52 +0000

from foxsports.com
20 June 2004

Juan Carlos Ferrero says he’s relaxed, moving freely and over the rib and leg injuries that hampered him this season.

“I’m hitting the ball very good and starting to feel confident physically,” he said Saturday. “I expect I can play good tennis here.”

Ferrero lost a chance to return to the No. 1 ranking when he lost to Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinals in January.

The Spaniard dropped to No. 5 after a rib injury contributed to a second-round loss last month at the French Open, where he was the defending champion.

Actually, that early exit could be a benefit ahead of Wimbledon, where play starts Monday.

“It’s good. I was practicing for weeks on synthetic grass, and I’m playing well and improving all I can on this surface,” Ferrero said. “I’m still one of the best players in the world, if I can play my best. … I will fight to be at the top again.”

Grosjean books last-eight date with Henman

kat — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 12:58:49 +0000

from ananova.com
2 July 2003

Sebastien Grosjean will face Tim Henman in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after a hard-fought victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Grosjean secured a 6-2 4-6 7-6 7-6 victory on Court One in a fourth round match held over from Monday night when bad light halted play with the Frenchman leading two sets to one.

It gives Henman the chance to gain revenge on the 25-year-old after he lost to the 13th seed in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Stella Artois Championships last month.It looked as though the British number one, already through to the last eight with victory over David Nalbandian on Monday, might be forced to wait a little longer to discover his opponent when Ferrero broke serve to take a 3-1 lead in the fourth set.

The French Open champion served two double faults in the next game, however, to help Grosjean break straight back and he levelled the scores at 3-3 by holding serve comfortably.

Ferrero was aiming to become the first Spaniard into the quarter-finals for 31 years but could be forgiven for thinking everyone was against him during the later stages of what proved to be the final set.

A drop shot from the third seed clearly bounced twice before Grosjean retrieved it, and Ferrero attempted to play the next shot through his legs thinking he had won the point.

Umpire Lars Graff, in charge of the controversial Greg Rusedski versus Andy Roddick second round match, was apparently the only person on Court One who had not seen it, however, and initially awarded the point to Grosjean.

Ferrero was already walking back to the baseline to serve but turned round in amazement and began to argue with Graff, who took some persuading to ask Grosjean what happened.

To his credit the Frenchman admitted it had bounced twice and was warmly applauded by Ferrero and the crowd for his sportsmanship.

Ferrero held serve to lead 5-4 despite another debatable line call which Graff declined to overrule, but was broken in the 11th game due to two uncharacteristic unforced errors.

Grosjean could not close out the match though, a second serve timed at just 74mph and a feeble drop shot into the net betraying his nerves and taking the set into a tie-break.

It was the line judges’ turn to upset Ferrero now – one of them receiving a long hard stare after calling a Grosjean forehand in – only to then be applauded by the 23-year-old for getting it right on the next point.

Ferrero had clearly decided mere mortals could not help him any longer and threw his arms upwards in exasperation after what would have been an ace was ruined by just flicking the net.

There was nothing anybody could do about the backhand winner Grosjean eventually produced to take the point, however, and an outrageous net cord gave him three match points.

He only needed one, an ace at 118mph landing right on the line to set up a fascinating quarter-final on Wednesday.

Ferrero Stays on Course in Style

kat — Sun, 29 Jun 2003 06:14:21 +0000

from Reuters
28 June 2003

LONDON (Reuters) – French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero demonstrated he is more than just a clay-court specialist after beating Armenian Sargis Sargsian 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon Saturday. Third seed Ferrero, who had never progressed beyond the third round in his previous two appearances at the grass-court grand slam, overcame a spirited fightback from the 30-year-old who has a reputation for knocking out seeds at grand slams.
Sargsian, conqueror of 26th seed James Blake in the previous round, started confidently, serving out the first game to love and then immediately put pressure on the Spaniard’s serve which Ferrero only held after four deuces..

The 23-year-old Ferrero, playing only his eighth match at Wimbledon, quickly settled and after a series of long baseline rallies he broke Sargsian in the seventh game..

Sargsian tried to bring Ferrero to the net, but he quickly found himself a set down and then a break down in the second..

Ferrero recovered from 0-40 to salvage serve with four straight winners on his way to taking the second set and looked on course for a quick finish..

But Sargsian, looking for his first visit to the round of 16 at Wimbledon, fought back to take the third as Ferrero went off the boil..

The Spaniard, one of only two grand slam winners left in the men’s draw, regained the momentum, however, and wrapped up the match to set up a meeting with 13th-seeded Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean.