"I'm actually happy the ankle didn't hurt much because when I warmed up, it was hurting pretty bad. I knew I was going to play, I knew I was going to try. But I couldn't move well on the warm-up. I tried to warm it up as long as possible, took one painkiller so that probably helped. I was actually feeling better and better during the match."
"The thing is that yesterday evening, I was not able to walk. When the body cools down, the adrenaline comes out, it's tough. I was walking in the pool just to try to walk anywhere because I couldn't walk on the ground any more."
"I absolutely cut it open. It was like fully open. I never cut myself with a knife even like this because I don't cook much. Now it's getting black. I don't know if it's a good sign."
"The moment I cut it, I saw, I don't know if I should say it, kind of the meat. That was not nice to see. They cleaned it now. I have a small tape. Should be fine."
"I never play with the tape. It's tough to feel the racquet. So I was like, 'I'm going to try to play without the tape.' Next game, I start, I feel like on the forehand I couldn't hold the racquet, so I said let's tape it. That's not easy and I don't like it to take medical [timeouts] like this, but I had to [do it] and hopefully I can recover."
"He's playing great. Frances is a very pumped-up, fiery player, so he can beat anyone on a good day. I'm sure he can beat Novak, Rafa. He actually did beat Rafa in the US Open, which is huge. For sure I need to try my best to keep this head-to-head at zero. That's never easy and I just have to show my best tennis and try to beat such a great opponent."
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