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“I just thought he was a bit of a wuss there.” Darren Cahill, on the Tomas Berdych handshake incident.
“I don’t know what I was thinking.” – Kim Clijsters, on the drop shot she hit against Li Na on Li’s fourth match point of the second set tiebreaker.
“Today is officially Le Monf hangover day. Missing him already.” – A sentimental Darren Cahill, via Twitter.
“The last couple of matches, Azarenka has looked like she’s ready for the title.” An obviously impressed Taylor Dent, while commentating in the ITV studios.
“I’m the last guy from this generation to do it, so I held out for a long time.” Mike Bryan, in a post-match interview with Justin Gimelstob, on his recent engagement.
“The only thing worse than a bad loser is a bad winner,” Chris Evert, expressing her disapproval of Tomas Berdych’s decision to not shake hands with Nicolas Almagro after their fourth-round match.
“Never nice leaving Melbourne, one of my favorite places for sure. Heading to Auckland for a couple weeks of training. Cue Rocky montage.” – Kevin Anderson, who was eliminated by Tomas Berdych in the third round in Melbourne, via Twitter.
“If you can wait 10 minutes, I go (see him) and I come back.” – Rafael Nadal, when asked in an on-court interview how his Uncle Toni would grade his performance against Feliciano Lopez.
“I played less than one hour and I think I lost two kilos.” – Agnieszka Radwanska, commenting on the oppressive 90-plus degree heat in Melbourne.
“They don’t always appreciate the scream queen down here.” – ESPN’s Chris Fowler, in a discussion about Victoria Azarenka.
“That was a total brain freeze.” – Pam Shriver, on Li Na’s passive backhand on the fourth match point of the second set tiebreaker. Clijsters won the point with a lob, then went on to take the set and the match.