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Delpo & Rafa at the BNP Paribas Tennis Showdown cocktail party03.03.2013, Essex House, NYC

Delpo & Rafa at the BNP Paribas Tennis Showdown cocktail party
03.03.2013, Essex House, NYC

Serena & Vika at the BNP Paribas Tennis Showdown cocktail party03.03.2013, Essex House, NYC

Serena & Vika at the BNP Paribas Tennis Showdown cocktail party
03.03.2013, Essex House, NYC

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February 26, 2013, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Michael Llodra def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6, 6-2

Q.  Sorry, but when you were talking about the umpire’s decision, where was that in the first set?
JO‑WILFRIED TSONGA:  It was set point.  I served my first serve.  My first serve was in.  The line umpire said, Out.  But he said, Out, after the hit.  Michael give the ball back, you know, in the stands.  And he said, Replay the point.  The ball was good.

Q.  And you said that obviously throws you off.  When you lose a point like that, I mean… 
JO‑WILFRIED TSONGA:  Yeah, when you lose a point like that, then I made ‑‑I don’t know what I made after that.  I don’t know what I made.  Then you start to think, and double fault and second one, and the guy is back. 
Then you feel like you’re already tired, but, you know, you have in your mind, you know, that you still can win and play well, but when something like this happen, you know, it give you like ‑‑it’s like if somebody punch you, and then it’s tough to get up.

“I am here to continue achieving. It could be the rankings, winning tournaments, or improving as a player. So then you have all the little things that come into play; the rivalries, the new generation that is coming in and playing for records. But that feeling of ‘game, set and match, Federer’, where you can throw your hands up in the air and feel like you’ve just realised another dream, those are the moments that you can re-live because those are the best moments for an athlete. This is because after all the hard work you have come out on top and that’s the best moment.” [x]

“I am here to continue achieving. It could be the rankings, winning tournaments, or improving as a player. So then you have all the little things that come into play; the rivalries, the new generation that is coming in and playing for records. But that feeling of ‘game, set and match, Federer’, where you can throw your hands up in the air and feel like you’ve just realised another dream, those are the moments that you can re-live because those are the best moments for an athlete. This is because after all the hard work you have come out on top and that’s the best moment.” [x]

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