Q. How's the body, Pat?
A. It's okay, yes. It's obviously a little bit tired, but, you know, I've had three days off, and, you know, obviously tomorrow is going to be a different day, but I'm still confident that I'll pull up pretty good tomorrow.Q. Boris was in here earlier saying he was surprised you were playing doubles, it could detract from your chances of winning the singles. So why are you doing it?
A. I don't know. I guess I've made that commitment, and whether it's a good or bad decision I guess I'll know at the end of the week, but, you know, obviously it would be better to be home and getting rested up. But I've made a commitment now, and I'm going to see it through, and this will be my last year of doing this sort of thing.Q. Is playing doubles more of a danger at Wimbledon because of the problems with the weather?
A. Yes, it is unfortunate, because it's a good way to hit out, you know, when you do have your day off, but that's the frustrating thing about it now, it's going to be -- I think I've got singles and doubles again tomorrow, so it won't give me much time to get ready.Q. Has Jonas ever said to you in the past in a slam when you're in both and it's getting a bit much, "Look, you can pull out"?
A. No, he hasn't, but at the same time he would understand, I think. I'm sure he'd understand if I said, "Listen, I don't really want to play now". There have been occasions in the past where we've played, I think US Open last year, I put in a pretty ordinary performance, I wasn't going to waste too much energy, and tonight if it went either way it wasn't a bad result at the end of the day for me either.Q. If you win tomorrow, you wouldn't consider pulling out of the doubles?
A. No, but again I felt like I put in a pretty easy performance out there. On a few points I really picked up my game, but other than that I thought I tried not to put too much into it.Q. Pat, what about playing Boris, playing a legend? What did you feel about that, a big moment for you as well as for him?
A. Yes, it was tough at the beginning. He does have a presence out there but, you know, his game wasn't really firing today and I felt like I couldn't hit the ball much better either. So it wasn't a good combination for him to leave on.Q. What's it like to end his career at Wimbledon?
A. Oh, I don't really care, actually. Listen, I'm here at the quarters. I've got to think about that, and that's all I'm thinking about. That might be selfish. You know, it's the way it goes. It probably would have been better for him to finish in a bit more style.Q. Did you say anything to him?
A. Well, when we walked off -- actually, first of all, when we walked on, there was no royalty. So I don't know, does royalty come to the box halfway through a match? I'm not quite sure. So I was looking just to walk straight off, and I said to him, you know, "Listen, do you want this occasion, because I'll just walk off?", and he said, "No, no, just wait for me", "Okay". So I'm walking away and he said, "Hang on, you've got to bow". I didn't realise they were there, I thought they weren't there. In the future if you could let me know halfway through the match that royalty have come in. Then I decided to come off the court as quickly as I could.Q. Obviously you were aware of the --
A. I was definitely aware of it. Do I feel bad?Q. No, asking Boris if he wanted this occasion for himself, you were aware of --
A. Definitely.Q. -- what it meant to him?
A. Sure. I was aware of it but I don't feel bad for beating him. I think that's sort of how the question was phrased, I think.Q. What about the occasion for you, Pat, your best result at Wimbledon?
A. I've been knocking on the door there for quite a while and I just knew it was a matter of time before I had the result here. Now Todd Martin is going to be a tricky one, we've had some really, really tight matches in the past, the last one was like 8-6 in the third in Paris, and I'm expecting a very tough
match.Q. Have you played him on grass before?
A. I don't think so, but we have played quite a lot.Q. Now that you've broken through that fourth round door, that I think was three in a row, do you feel really good that you can just keep going?
A. I think it's important not to get ahead of yourself and try to think, you know, that all of a sudden you're invincible. I know my -- what I've got going, and what's working for me, and I'm going to try to play within those walls. But, you know, I'll not going to all of a sudden try to do something different and feel like I'm invincible all of a sudden, because I do realise that I can get my butt kicked out there any time.Q. Any similarities between here and the last two slams you've won as far as preparation goes or moving through the draw?
A. You know, I have tended to have some pretty comfortable results halfway through Grand Slams. The ones that I've won I have had some really quite -- you know, although that wasn't easy there today, the score line suggests that, and at the US Open in the past I've had a couple of those matches as well. So, you know, it's looking good so far.Q. Pat, just going back to that doubles thing, you said you wouldn't be doing that again. Does that mean you won't be playing doubles at the slams anymore, or just here?
A. Yes, the slams.Q. Conversely in those two US Opens you won, did you have big doubles commitments?
A. I think I definitely lost the quarter-finals. The year before, it could have even been a semi-final, I'm not quite sure.Q. So you do thrive on hard work most times, so your body at the moment is still --
A. Yes, it's okay. I've had three days off.Q. Did you have a trainer out there at some stage in that doubles match?
A. Yes, Muddy is there.Q. Was it anything particular?
A. No, I mean, we were just trying to do -- just eat as much, you know, carbos, get ready for the match and that sort of thing. We're not going for runs or anything and if he wanted to I wouldn't let him, but he doesn't want to.Q. What do you do between matches when you've got to play singles and doubles in the one day?
A. Today I wanted to get on and off very quickly, so I just had a quick shower, had a bite, had some treatment and then got ready and the match was very, very quick. So I was on.Q. Do you find yourself resenting the doubles almost when it gets to the fourth and fifth set?
A. Yes, I do.Q. Have you told Jonas of your decision not to play the slams any more?
A. No, he doesn't really care, I don't think.Q. When did you make the decision? During the match, after the match?
A. No, I sort of made the decision after the French Open, really. I felt like that cost me a little bit, especially, or definitely my energy anyway.Q. But you had committed for Wimbledon already?
A. Yes, not the US. Why don't you guys tell him?Q. Looking ahead to next year, the masters tournament is going to be played in Lisbon. I just wondered if you will be going and what do you think about the venue for next year, which is looking further ahead?
A. Lisbon, Portugal, masters?Q. Yes.
A. It's not Sao Paulo, Brazil?Q. Sau Paulo will be the year after.
A. I mean, that's a long way away, and I don't know if I'll be in the top 8.Q. Do you think it will be a good venue? Do you think it's a good choice?
A. I've never been to Portugal. They're putting a hard court down?Q. Yes, a hard court.
A. No, I bet they're putting a clay down. I'm pretty sure it will be a clay court they'll put down there, yes.Q. That doesn't suit you?
A. Not really.
