It must be my goal to win a final, not only to qualify for it. Unfortunately I couldn't pick up my game today. It was just too flat. I'm very disappointed.

This is very tough to digest, but Igor played very well when he was down and fully deserved to win, ... I did not play too well this week but still reached the final. There are many things I can still improve so I am hopeful for the future.

I'd never played him and did not know what his tactics would be. So I opened strongly and that's paid off.

It was an unbelievable shot, ... The angle was just too good.

I mean, we're on Earth, but he's playing on a different planet.

There's a reason he's No. 1 -- he makes the important points.

I felt a lot of pressure and I was nervous ... The situation was not easy because we were down 0-1. It was important for me to fight through.