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Q. Did you expect before the match to serve better? And also you had many unforced errors especially maybe in the backhand. What was the problem that caused that? Was it mainly the topspin game of Nadal, or was it that maybe starting with 6‑1, you didn't expect it would break your concentration?
ROGER FEDERER: No, that I make mistakes on my backhand side, you know, with the aggression of Nadal, that's normal. I saw I did a few too many on that side. I wasn't as consistent today unfortunately like I was in Rome or maybe even in Monaco.
Obviously, you know, I had missed opportunities, you know. I had them early in the second set. I think if I don't get that break early on, the match is different. If I break in the third set at Love‑40, the match again is different. And in the fourth I had my chance again.
So anyway it was a pity, but I didn't play as good maybe as the last few matches. But his level was, once again, solid after the tough start in the first set. But he makes it tough, and I guess in the end he deserves to win.
Q. Is it a case of real deep frustration at this particular moment, seeing what was possible and what went?
ROGER FEDERER: No, not really. I mean, I tried. I can't do more than try. Both of us having this real unique opportunity that we haven't seen in such a long time in tennis. Obviously, it's a pity, but goes on, right? I got the grass court season coming up, and looking forward to that one.
Q. You had said yesterday in the press conference that you felt after Rome you'd learned a few new things and that if you played your game you felt comfortable you could win. Did you feel you played your game today?
ROGER FEDERER: It was difficult, you know. I knew that the conditions here were slower than in Rome, and it was hard to get to the net really. I guess that's the conditions here. But I was hoping to come in more often. But somehow, you know ‑‑ maybe it was the heat. I don't know. We both tried to cut down on the points, in the first two sets especially, that never we really got the good sort of rhythm going from the baseline. That only really started towards the third and fourth set.
Maybe it had something to do with the heat because I had the feeling he was struggling, and that's why I was disappointed not to have played a better second set, you know, after winning the first set, which was kind of tough, you know, after all. We hadn't had warm weather like this in three weeks, so...
Anyway, that's how it went.
Q. I want to know how disappointed are you right now? You don't look that disappointed, and yet...
ROGER FEDERER: I can. I can if you'd like (smiling).
Q. I'm sure you're disappointed. Can you try and explain how disappointed you are.
ROGER FEDERER: I mean, I have no other choice than to accept the fact, right? I mean, so...
Q. Is this the toughest moment?
ROGER FEDERER: No, it's not. I've had worse, you know, than this. I am at a different stage in my career now than I used to be where every loss was, yeah, another world. That's not the case anymore because I tried so hard and I know I left everything out there, and maybe I missed a few opportunities. Maybe hear that for years, but that's my problem.
So, no, it was a good tournament after all for me. I mean, first time in the finals. You got to also see the positive and that's what I usually always do, even though maybe, you know, at the end of my career I miss, you know, this moment, to have it again, to win the French Open right away today. But it didn't happen, so I got to create this opportunity once again.
Q. Do you think that by the end of your career, after the way you've played here the last two weeks, that you will be able to win the French Open at least once?
ROGER FEDERER: We'll see. It's obviously my goal, yes, to win this event. And it only gives me once again, you know, more thrive (sic) to try to win this. I got a step closer once again, you know, from last year around. I think in every year that goes by, gives me again more maturity on this surface.
It's a matter also of if he can keep it up, if another clay court player comes along, how the draw looks. Look, I mean, we're talking about something that's not going to be a subject for a year, so we'll see.
Q. He's only 20. He's going to be around for some time. It seems almost impossible to beat him at the moment on clay.
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, he's tough to beat, but he's not impossible to beat. That's a big difference. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to play. He can just lift the trophy on the first day ‑ which he almost did with that other trophy. But anyway...
Q. He was almost a wall in the last three sets. Didn't miss anything. It's so hard to get anything by him. He's just amazing that way. What are you thinking, and any way possible to sort of counter that?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, you've got to be patient and, you know, wait for the right moment. That's what I did. And then when I had it, I couldn't do it.
But, I mean, I definitely felt, you know, that second set was a big turning point. If just there I can keep up with him and then, you know, put him really under big pressure, maybe lead two sets to Love, then obviously it's very different. But I think just giving away the second set like this, I think that was maybe the key.
But, look, I mean, he did a good job to come back and an incredible effort to do it all over again. So, no, he's got my respect for sure.
Q. You said that you played better for sure in Rome, probably also in Monte‑Carlo. What about Nadal? Do you think he played well today or not that well also him compared to the other two?
ROGER FEDERER: Look, it's a Grand Slam final. It's not Monaco, Rome finals. That obviously changes. That you could see in his approach to the first set. He was not as comfortable because obviously the pressure is high, and it took him a while, you know, to get used to that. But once he got into the match, I knew over five sets he will, he will be very, very strong.
I mean, my feeling tells me about his game, he will always bring a certain level of play, same as Lleyton, you know. But he never really goes out of total extremes, you know, where you have absolutely no chance. Where with me and maybe other players like Safin, Roddick, it's different. We can play a much higher level.
So he's a different kind of a player. For me, it's harder to relate to him than maybe Hewitt. I don't know.
Q. Are you going to play in Halle?
ROGER FEDERER: It's in the plan right now, yes.
Q. Are you going to enter, of course?
ROGER FEDERER: It's my plan.
Q. Could you talk a little bit more about that second set. What happened? You had a pretty clean first set, and then some errors came in. What happened in the second?
ROGER FEDERER: You didn't watch, or? No, seriously, I mean.
Q. I wanted to hear it from you.
ROGER FEDERER: Well, you should have watched the match then because, I mean...
THE MODERATOR: French questions, please.
Q. Along those four sets, what would be the point that you really regret most?
ROGER FEDERER: Several things in the second, the third and the fourth, in fact.
But it's always like that when you play in five sets. You have to seize the opportunities when they appear in order to control the game, and I gave him the control of the game very easily at the second set. Then he really started to play very well. He started to move much better on that surface, and it was very difficult for me to get back into the match.
It's a number of missed opportunities on my side.
Q. Now, there is the topspin and the lifted balls that explain on his side. It's a very strong side on his side. But anything else come into the picture like the wind, the heat, whatever?
ROGER FEDERER: I didn't play well. I missed a number of shots and normally it's not easy for him to serve, but he's managed. He's managed to break quite easily against me today.
I suppose this is the point that I really regret. I should have returned better on his serves, and I didn't manage to do that very well today.
Q. Do you find his serve is underestimated, at least on clay? Everybody speaks about his forehand and so on, but what about his serve?
ROGER FEDERER: 85% first serves in Rome, so it's quite a high figure. He always has then the first forehand. I think it's something that helps him a lot, and I think this is the optimal way of serving for him that helps him win on clay.
I think you have to look at the way he plays as a whole, not only just the serve separately.
Q. You came very prepared for the French Open, more prepared than ever. Now if you look at the film of the match again, what would you say really went wrong?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, unfortunately, I didn't play the match that I wanted or that I hoped. I missed a number of shots. I won the first set easily, and usually in a situation like that I don't let things go by. But, you know, it's a final. It's against Nadal. It's on clay. That makes it very difficult ‑ more difficult maybe than other cases.
So you get back into the match, and at the pivotal points I didn't play very well.
Q. What is more prevalent in your frame of mind: you are disappointed or frustrated?
ROGER FEDERER: Disappointed because I really did the long way of preparation and I wanted to conclude the four Grand Slam tournaments and titles.
Just the same, I was very pleased to reach a final here. I'm very positive for the rest of the season, very positive for next year, because this is going to give me a lot of confidence, and I cannot complain about my results.
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