Ivan Ljubicic Quotations

But this is even better. I don't care who we play in the final because we're there.

I felt as if my legs were not as powerful and quick as last week, but I think that's normal,

I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career, ... But this is even better. I had some terrible times at the beginning of my Davis Cup career, but through the years I've learned how to deal with the pressure match after match.

I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career,

He's a little weird, ... He can play great or he can play horrible. He's spoiled. I think he'll grow as a person, but right now, he's a kid and he's acting as a kid.

My serve was the key today, and the crowd were fantastic,

I woke up with a completely blocked neck and we worked on it all morning. I didn't know if I would play or not. It was probably the most difficult decision I had to make in my career - to play or not.

We never lost hope. It happened to us before, and we managed to come back. When we got the feel on the return I knew everything was possible.

We were a bit nervous at the start and didn't play too well, but we settled in the second and came back strong. I think we played one of our best Davis Cup doubles matches.

We play similar tennis. I use my serve a little bit more than he does, he probably returns a lot better than I do, but when the ball is in play we both try to be aggressive off the baseline.

Though it is my first visit, I am hopeful of getting a good start to the ATP Champion's race in the New Year.

We wanted everybody to know we came here to win, but it was not as easy as we expected. It was a bit of an unnecessary thriller in the end, but we had to win.

Everything went my way. I'm serving fantastic, I'm moving well, I'm seeing the ball well.

Definitely I feel like No. 2 player in the world. It's not just a feeling. Also I think the numbers are showing the same.

It was a strange feeling, for Mario and me.

It's tough to come here straight after Davis Cup, but it's an important time for me, and I know I have a good chance to win matches on this surface.

It's not easy to play doubles on this surface because it's pretty quick and tough to return, ... There won't be many rallies so you are going to have one or two chances to make it, and if you don't -- bad luck. We are going to have to be focused and hope for the best.

It's a long time that I played two matches in a day, but it helped me. The earlier match gave me the rhythm from the first point in the final.

It's my first Masters final. A lot of people will be against me. It's normal, like Davis Cup atmosphere.

It was a good first match, ... I had no problems at all, so I am quite confident for the tournament.

It takes time to realize how big this is, but I do realize it's huge for us, for our sport and our country, because we are really small.

After the third set, I thought I'm going to win because I felt everything much better. I think he was just pushing the ball back and running left and right. I think I was very unlucky in the fifth set not to get the break in the beginning, then to lose service game after.

Every time when I have to play against him, it's like, 'OK, maybe this is the one. But it's never happening. A couple times I was very close. I really just hope to be at least close on Sunday.

I really feel like this time is different. My tennis is totally different than it was before. I think this struggle time is over.

I played some great tennis there (in Metz), really. The confidence from the Davis Cup stayed there and I played fantastic all week.

I am number five in the world so I expect to play well. We made some mistakes and it got difficult but we hung in and won it.

I consider myself a top five player in the world, which doesn't mean that I'm close to Roger. I think he's really much better than I am, and probably anyone else.

I don't like too much attention. I of course appreciate it. And if I play well, of course, I'm going to earn that attention. I'm going to earn center-court appearances.

He played quite well and he was the one who was pushing me over the limits. When it's like that, it's very difficult to make a statement out there, to make a decent match.