Say what?! Best quotes from day 14 of Roland Garros

Here is what the women’s singles and men’s doubles finalists had to say on day 14 of Roland Garros…

“I’m pretty shocked still. Pretty excited about what just happened. I think I’ve got to take my time and enjoy, because with tennis players it goes so fast.”
Garbine Muguruza is enjoying the moment

“It was really weird. Serena was in front of the ball so I didn’t know if it was in or out. I looked at the chair umpire and chair umpire doesn’t want to say anything. Line judge doesn’t want to say anything. I was like, Did I win Roland Garros? What happened? When he said, Game, set, and match, I was like, No way. I won. It was like amazing.”
Garbine Muguruza on her winning championship point

“I didn’t know what to do, honestly. To jump, to go to the floor. At the moment, I’m like heart attack almost.”
Garbine Muguruza explains her emotions when she won

“Of course I’m very happy, but I’d like to have more. My dream is to continue and win more tournaments, similar tournaments, and to dominate. When I am on the court I want to dictate my game and bring more of these cups back home.”
Garbine Muguruza on her future goals

“I’m not one to ever make excuses and say, like, Oh, my adductor was hurting or whatever. I think at the end of the day I didn’t play the game I needed to play to win and she did. Adductor or not, she played to win. You know, that’s what she did.”
Serena Williams dismisses rumours she was hampered by an injury

“I thought that ball was going out. Yeah, but it didn’t. It was a really intense match point.”
Serena Williams on the final point of the match

“It’s definitely something I want to dissect and see what I can learn from that and what can I do to get better from it. That’s the only way to keep improving.”
Serena Williams plans to use the loss as motivation

“Winning a Grand Slam is something amazing, and I didn’t have a Grand Slam victory on my résumé.”
Marc Lopez on his men’s doubles title

“We played two Grand Slam tournaments in our life. The Bryan brothers are the best doubles team in the world, but we managed to win and that’s great.”
Feliciano Lopez on winning the men’s doubles alongside Marc Lopez

“No. 1 key is to pick a good partner; pick someone that you enjoy hanging out with. It’s a little bit like a marriage, you know. You’ve got to have fun with your partner. That’s the most important thing.”
Bob Bryan explains the key to success in doubles