Say what?! The best quotes from US Open day seven

World No.74 and quarterfinalist Caroline Wozniacki isn’t worried about her ranking:
“To be honest, I think at this point I’m very much like I don’t care. (Smiling.) I know it sounds bad, but honestly, at this point I’m like, I really don’t care what my ranking is. Because if I’m not in the top 5 I feel like it’s not where I want to be, so at that point, whether I’m 20 in the world or 100 in the world, it doesn’t matter because I’m going to play the same people anyway. So, you know, I’m just working my way through. The main thing is that when I’m on court I have to believe in myself. That’s what I care about, that I know that I can do it. I know I can beat anyone. I think it just sucks for some of the other players who have to play me early.”

No.8 seed Madison Keys reflects on why Caroline Wozniacki is such a tough opponent:
“She’s an amazing mover. She gets a million balls back. I think she does an amazing job keeping the balls deep in the court, so you feel like you can’t dictate the point right away, which I think makes people go for things too soon. I think that’s probably one of her biggest strengths.”

American Jack Sock is taking positives from his loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga:
“I felt obviously right there with him. Had chances to make it a different match. These matches later in these tournaments, against higher-ranked guys, it comes down to a few points. The experience obviously helps. He’s been around for a while. Been in those positions. Each of these matches I play help me more in the next one.”

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga doesn’t believe other players feel pressure being in the shadows of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray:
“We are all outsider and we all want a Grand Slam, and that’s it.”

No.13 seed Johanna Konta has no excuses for her loss to unseeded Anastasjia Sevastova:
“I didn’t play the tennis level that I maybe would have liked to have played, but I competed the best I could. Yeah, so I left it all out there.”

Anastasjia Sevastova reveals how she is feeling to be in a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time:
“I still cannot believe it. Mentally I’m spent. Totally spent. But it’s amazing, yeah.”

Anastasjia Sevastova explains why Latvian players seem to have big personalities:
“In Latvia, when you lose everybody says, You’re so bad. When you win everybody says, You’re so good. I don’t know why we are like that. Maybe because we live next to big country, Russia, or – but we are a small country. We are fierce country, and we try to do our best.”

Quarterfinalist Gael Monfils reveals who he thinks will win the tournament:
“I think is no question about that. Is Novak, I think. Novak is the favourite. And then you get Andy also; then you get Stan. I think you’ve got a lot of guys.”

Frenchman Gael Monfils on tying his shoelace mid-point during his fourth round match:
“To be honest, I have no idea what happened. Sometimes those points don’t mean anything for me. Just – I don’t know. I just lose it.”

Into a fourth quarterfinal at the US Open, Roberta Vinci can’t explain her consistent top form at the tournament:
“I don’t know why I’m always playing good here. Maybe – really, maybe the courts, maybe the atmosphere, maybe the crowd. I always play so good here.”

Last year’s finalist Roberta Vinci on playing with injuries:
“No, is not easy to play with some injuries. Yesterday I practiced seven minutes; this morning four minutes. Just warm-up with my coach. Is not easy to go on the court and play and don’t think that you have some problems. But today was tough. I tried to stay focused only for the game, not for the other condition. I fight a lot, and important thing was to try something and stay positive, stay focused for the match.”

No.4 seed Rafael Nadal summarises his five-set loss to Lucas Pouille:
“I think he played a good match. He started so strong. I fight until the end with. There were things I could do better. Had the right attitude. I fighted right up to the last ball. But I need something else, I need something more that was not there today. I going to keep working to try to find. But, yes, was a very, very close match that anything could happen. Just congratulate the opponent that probably he played with better decision than me the last couple of points.”

Rafael Nadal on whether or not confidence is affecting his results:
“You can see it or you can write the way that you want. I know what’s going on. I know what I have to do.”

Lucas Pouille isn’t getting carried away about what his win over Rafael Nadal means:
“Maybe it will change my career, but I will see. It will give me a lot of confidence for the next round, for the rest of the season. But now I have one more match to play again, so we’ll see after the tournament.”

Two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova is frank in her assessment of her round four loss:
“I didn’t feel it, unfortunately. I felt I played a little terrible, to be honest.”