Quotes From BBC's As It Happens
It was a very good match," says Nadal, who is bidding to win the end-of-season championships for the first time. "I want to congratulate Andy for his attitude. He is having a great career. He's going to win a lot of Grand Slams in my opinion. It was a difficult position for me. Andy came back well. He had an amazing passing shot. In the tie-break the only thing I could do was wait for chances. It's a big emotion this afternoon. You know how tough it was for me last year. Being in the final is a dream. Today I played one of the finest matches of my career."
A quick interview with Uncle Toni in which he admits he thought Murray was going to win after the second set. Praises Nadal's spirit but admits he doesn't really know where the 24-year-old gets it from. "Hard work," he suggests. Of Rafa's 43 career singles titles, 42 came outdoors and it is a good five years since he triumphed under a roof (in Madrid). Is he about to change all that and win the only significant trophy to have eluded him so far? We'll find out tomorrow. But for now our focus shifts to Federer v Djokovic.
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Some Quotes from Andy Murray:
“I didn’t go into the match expecting anything less of myself”, Murray said. “This is the way I want to play all the time. It was a great match to finish the year but I need to improve because I’m competing with the two best players of all time. So if I want to win these tournaments, the grand slams, I need to get better.
I don’t think there is a better sportsman than Rafa in the way he conducts himself, I’ve had many great matches against him and I’ve been able to win some. Hopefully I’ll get to play him more because these sort of matches are the reason I play tennis.”
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