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ATP ranga līderis Rodžers Federers pēc šodien piedzīvotā zaudējuma Romas ''Masters 1000'' turnīra otrajā kārtā Ernestam Gulbim (6:2, 1:6, 5:7) atzina, ka nospēlējis ļoti vāji un slavēja Gulbi, paredzot viņam lielisku nākotni.
''Mana spēle neturēja līdzi ātrumam, serve nedarbojās,'' pēc kārtējās neveiksmes iesāk Federers. ''Ceru, ka spēšu atgūties no šīs neveiksmes. Tieši tas parasti notiek pēc šādiem zaudējumiem. Lai ''pamostos'', dažreiz nepieciešams tāds zaudējums kā šodien. Kad vienmēr uzvari, aizmirsti, cik grūti ir uzvarēt. Par šodienas neveiksmi pārāk nepārdzīvoju.''
Federera kalendārā pirms ''French Open'' turnīra, kurā viņš uzvarēja pērn, palikuši divi turnīri - Eštorilā un Madridē. Tajos viņš cer ieiet ritmā pirms Parīzes. Atskatoties uz šodienas maču pret Gulbi, šveicietis uzsvēra to, ka spēlējis ļoti slikti: ''Uz māla mēdz gadīties, ka zaudē spēles izjūtu. Bieži vien neaprēķināju ātrumu. Spēles sākums bija labs, apstākļi bija līdzīgi tiem, kādi bija ''French Open'' pirms gada. Man izdevās iecerētais uz lēnā korta, taču vēlāk pierādījās tas, ka lēns korts nāca par sliktu, jo pretī bija tenisists, kuram patīk izspēles pabeigt pēc iespējas ātrāk.''
Ranga līderis, tāpat kā pēc abu pirmās tikšanās gada sākumā Dohā, paslavēja Ernestu: ''Viņam ir spēcīgs sitiens no abām pusēm un viena no labākajām servēm tenisā. Domāju, ka Gulbim ir lieliska nākotne!''
Izmantotie resursi:
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"I hope I can come back from this. That's usually what I do after a loss like this," Federer said. "Sometimes it takes a loss to wake up and shake you up for your approach the next week. When you always win, sometimes you forget how hard it is. That's why today I don't get too worried about this loss."
Gulbis was anything but blase about what happened.
"I don't have a word in English for it," he said. "It's indescribable."
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Federer struggled with his serve, landing only 50 percent of his first attempts to the big-serving Gulbis' 71 percent. In the third set, Federer missed one routine baseline shot after another.
"My game was definitely not up to speed," he said. "My serve was not working at all. On clay you can lose the feeling sometimes. At one point I tried to go three-quarters speed but that didn't work, either. So I just kept going for it and hoping that it would come back eventually, and it didn't unfortunately."
Gulbis fought off jitters at the end, winning on his seventh match point after double-faulting twice when within a point of victory.
"I couldn't put a serve in," he said. "I was shaking. I didn't know what to do. It was a terrible feeling."
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"It will give a good chance to forget today and move forward," Federer said.
A light rain fell during the match on a cool day, but Federer refused to blame the weather.
"I started well and the conditions were kind of like the French Open final last year," he said. "Actually, I wasn't too happy that it was slow against a player that likes to end the points quickly."
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"He has immense power on both sides and one of the fastest serves in the game," Federer said. "I think he's got a great future."
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"I just started concentrating more on tennis, treating it more like my job," Gulbis said. "Last year I didn't take it as a job. It was more like a hobby. I didn't have a system.
"Before I was practicing maybe three days and then going out with friends two days. I'm still not a big tennis freak ... but I have a better system. My team is perfect now. It's my coach, my fitness coach and my father," he said.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
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