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Quotes of the tournament

01/31/2010 09:01:09 AM

From the sublime to the ridiculous, players at Australian Open 2010 have thrown up several memorable quotes in their post-match press conferences.

Here we take a look at some of the best - and worst - over the past two weeks.

Q. Why are there so many good players (from Russia)?
NADIA PETROVA: I don't know. Big country.

Q. You were whirling dervish after you hit that last shot.
ANDY MURRAY: A what?
Q. You hit that magnificent backhand, and then you were spinning like a whirling dervish.
ANDY MURRAY: Was I?
Q. Yes.
ANDY MURRAY: I didn't realise. I was just excited.

Q. What sort of feedback had you had from the rapping with the Bryan brothers?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, well, I don't know. From the people I've spoken to about it, everyone did find it amusing. I don't think it was particularly good. I don't enjoy listening to it, that's for sure. But if it helped them out, then I'm happy.
Q. Can you give us a bit of a rendition of it?
ANDY MURRAY: No, no.
Q. You were talking movies with Jim Courier. Would you consider a career in film yourself?
ANDY MURRAY: No, no. I don't think I'd be very good at that.
Q. You sound a bit like Sean Connery.
ANDY MURRAY: I am Scottish, so I sound a little bit like him.

Q. Do you exchange tips with Serena about fashion?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: Definitely. If she sees something that I have that she thinks is nice she comments on it, and the other way around. Yeah, we talk about that kind of thing.
Q. Another question about your clothes line, was there problems with your socks that fell off?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: It was the pom poms. I don't know what happened.
Q. Will you be wearing those again?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: I'll probably think twice.

Q. You didn't get it (the injury that forced him to retire against Hewitt) playing beach cricket, did you?
MARCOS BAGHDATIS: I don't think so, mate.

Q. Can you tell us about your meeting with Prince William?
SERENA WILLIAMS: It was super cool. Prince William was really dapper and suave. You know, he was just basically, shazam.
Q. You've met a lot of celebrities and politicians, all that. Did you get nervous meeting Prince William? Can you remember a time when you met someone and said, Oh, my God I'm speechless?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Every time I see Leonardo DiCaprio I get totally speechless. Every time I'm like, Hi. No, I wasn't really nervous to meet him. He was my age. I kind of always wanted to meet him, so it was kind of cool. We're the same age, so I thought it would be really cool. I told him that I might like his little brother better because he's the little brother, and he laughed and said he might like Venus better because she's older. So we just had a little joke about that.
Q. So double date is gonna happen?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No. Unless Leo is there.
Q. What is it about Leo? Titanic?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I think it was. I think it was how he just sacrificed the life.

Q. Who chose your orange shirt?
RAFAEL NADAL: Myself and

 
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