40 Quotes by Paradorn Srichaphan

He caught me off guard. He was attacking all the way. His serves, returns of serve as well as movement on court proved too much for me.

I was down one break in the second set 3-5 but I used my experience to get back to five-all and knew this would give me a chance to finish the match in two sets. I haven't looked too far into the draw but now I play (Noam) Okun and I have to treat this match with full focus and concentration.

I think it was about more than tennis today. It's really to do with your heart when you are playing against the defending champion and against him in his hometown. It's really difficult to serve it out and finish the match. I think that's the most difficult thing.

I think it's one of the best matches I've played. I think we both had fun and were enjoying it. ... We played our best tennis and enjoyed the match and enjoyed the moment.

I think that it was a really slow start for me again today, just like since the quarterfinals, ... I still believed that I was going to play better in the second set, which I did. His game is really on especially at the moment, so he's tough to play.

I will play Johansson now which will be tough in front of his home crowd, ... It should be a great match. I'll go into it not really expecting much and try to keep playing my best tennis.

My shoulder had some problems eight months ago, but now my shoulder is almost one hundred percent fit. It's all about the bad draw since my ranking has been much lower and I was not seededfor this year's China Open.

I won maybe three times with that. It really shows my flexibility.

I was really happy to make it in the first set. He was returning just so well. His backhand down the line was really killing.