Say what?! Best quotes from Roland Garros day two

The action and drama on court was fierce on day two of Roland Garros 2017 – and it spilled into the media interview room too. These are a selection of the best, and most colourful, quotes…

“No, I hate sometimes tennis (smiling). Is a big relation. Is a love that you have to love and then you hate sometimes. It’s like when you marry someone.”
Francesca Schiavone on her relationship with tennis

“I know I played good here before. That doesn’t make me extra confident this year. I think I just have to earn that confidence here, and, like today, going out there, trying to deal with things. That’s what brings me confidence. Not remembering how I played last year, you know.”
Defending champion Garbine Muguruza on how she is dealing with defending her title

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“I heard her name since I’m, like, I don’t know how old. She’s still playing. She’s fitter than most of the players. I’m, like, how is possible? I think she loves it. She kind of enjoys out there. Today I think it was just a tough match for both of us, because we kind of love here.”
Garbine Muguruza on playing against 36-year-old veteran Francesca Schiavone

“Life, you know, throws a lot of good things and things that are, you know, maybe a bit challenging for you. But in the end of the day, it’s all for your own good and for your evolution. I mean, that’s the way I look at it. Even though at times it’s hard to comprehend why certain things are happening or you would wish them to happen differently, but all in all, we are all human beings, we all go through those stages in life.”
A philosophical Novak Djokovic on motivational challenges

“I suggest something, I should bring Andre to the next press conference. You guys should speak with him.”
Novak Djokovic’s response after receiving multiple questions about his new coach Andre Agassi

“Tennis is tennis. Someone wins, someone loses.”
CoCo Vandeweghe keeps it simple explaining her loss to Magdalena Rybarikova

“I wasn’t there 100%, it was hurting. If it were not Roland, I wouldn’t have walked into the courts today. That’s to tell you how bad this was. I mean, my physical condition was so poor.”
Kristina Mladenovic on the back injury which affected her during her round one win

“I don’t want to say anything about that bad things, but the world today is a little bit crazy.”
Rafael Nadal responds to questions about stricter security at the tournament

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“It was dear to my heart to play this very last Roland Garros. As I said, this tournament has been the driving force in my life. Since the age of six my dream was to play here and to win, perhaps one day to win here. When I started playing this tournament when I was finishing one edition, then the next day I was thinking about the following year to come back.”
Retiring Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu on what the tournament means to him

“Well, this was my first match here and, I have to say, it was an exceptional performance.”
Elise Mertens gives a glowing self-assessment of her upset over No.24 seed Daria Gavrilova

“My objective is to get the upper hand, to be the boss on the court, to be calm, and the idea is to do that every match. It’s not always easy when you’re not confident, but I’m full of confidence now from the very beginning.”
A confident David Goffin on his intention to dictate points

“To tell you the truth, I’m a little ashamed of what I did today. I’m thinking about my family and my coach. They’re working their butts off all year round, and I’m just disappointing them today.”
A despondent Nicolas Mahut after his round-one loss

“Every single match I step out on court, I know I will be able to have the opportunity to create chances to win. Will I do that? Will I get to that stage, and will I make the most of them? That’s another thing. But I believe a lot in my tennis.”
Milos Raonic on whether he considers himself a title contender

“There are always some nerves and some kind of pressure.  Especially on Grand Slam it’s a little bit hard and on the normal tournaments. I’m just trying somehow to not to put it inside me and not into my head.”
No.2 seed Karolina Pliskova on handling nerves

“I’m feeling that this clay court season has been the best ever for me. A lot of good wins, a lot of good tennis, and I’m feeling really good on the court.”
Everything is good in Marin Cilic’s world

“They were? No, look, that’s a great thing. I think that’s a good position to be in.”
Four-time semifinalist Sam Stosur is surprised to hear people considered her a title contender before she won Strasbourg last week