Wayne Arthurs Quotations

To our credit we didn't get discouraged in that tiebreaker, and as it turned out it was a massively pivotal tiebreaker.

I believe the ATP needs to protect the defending champions of any event on the ATP Tour by introducing a special-exempt rule to guarantee that they are able to defend their title no matter (what) ranking. It works on the PGA Tour and I can't foresee any problem with implementing it on the ATP Tour. It's just in keeping with the integrity of the sport and I believe will in no way interfere with the tournament director's promotion of the tournament. It may even be of benefit.

I always put my hand up for singles, but obviously we've got a very good back-up now with Chris.

I was just really nervous, really tight. I couldn't release myself, but I dug deep and actually thought about the 2003 final where I played so well.

I was trying to maybe erase some memories of last time I was out on this court in 2001,

It feels really, really good, really satisfying, ... Especially now that I'm older, it's probably even more satisfying to win a tournament this late in my career. I'm going to savor every moment of it, that's for sure.

It hasn't been a great day for me but tomorrow's a new day,

We don't have the two big guns in the singles, but we are good enough players to possibly snatch one of those singles matches.

We're planning that he's going to be there.

Stressful stuff isn't it? I got off to a horrendous start; I was very tense in the first few sets.

That one is healing pretty good, and this one is smaller than the other one. It's just to the side of the other one.

It's good work by Pete to qualify and I think he will do some damage against Haas in the first round,

It's very good to get through to the second round. My serve was solid today. I didn't convert as many opportunities as I'd have liked, but it's a good start to my week here.

At this stage we're planning on Federer being there, and if he doesn't then that will be a bonus for us. We're probably an underdog if he does go and if he doesn't go then it will be a 50-50 match.

I'm pretty sure of playing in the Australian Open, very hopeful.

I'm satisfied with the way I served. I returned terribly, ... I played one really good return game in the first set. I didn't give him much of my chance on my serve.

I just saw the ball really well today. I wanted to really win this match and I wasn't going to lose it and I think it showed out there as well.

I felt that I couldn't miss my serve no matter how hard I hit it,