He is a very good friend of mine. We wanted to play together so much, I think its very sad what happened to him.

I had to play longer points and I wasn't ready for that mentally.

I didn't play for three weeks and it's my first match on clay, and it was a little bit tough,

I just didn't play my game,

This year, I've wanted to go out and play like (the) U.S. Open champion. I put too much pressure on myself and tried to be too good.

I will play [in Ashe] also.