I feel more motivated when I am playing at home. A Romanian final seems much closer, but there are still some hard matches to be played.

241

It's always difficult to play against a crowd like this, ... Some people are really crazy. I've never seen something like this in my life.

238

I can hardly believe I beat him. It's great to defeat a Roland Garros finalist.

197

I had some tough matches this week and saved a lot of break points, ... It was very difficult, but I was very calm, very focused on my serve. I think this was the key to my game.

193

It is too humid to continue.

185

Fernando is in good form and ready to fight, but I am sure today's match cost him a lot of energy. I am well prepared.

177

Until now I wasn't used to playing on hard courts, ... We don't have courts like this in Romania, we only have clay courts, and I don't know, this year I've started to play better and better on this kind of court, so I am feeling confident now and I am looking forward for the next matches and also for the US Open.

145

We only have clay courts, and this year I've started to play better on these kind of courts, ... I'm feeling confident now and I'm looking forward for the next matches [in New Haven] and also for the U.S. Open.

130

I liked very much the way I played today. I'm serving very well and I'm happy about that.

108