Say what?! Best Roland Garros day four quotes

What did the world’s best players have to say on day four of Roland Garros? These are the best, and most entertaining, quotes of the day…

“It’s either going very well or it’s a drama, because lots of expectation, lots of, you know, tension, pressure, playing at home. I mean, you could see full house there. You always want to do great. Lots on the nerves, you know. You’ve got to play well.”
Top-ranked Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic on her relationship with the Paris crowds

“Better we don’t talk about these kind of things. We don’t need to bring bad luck on these kind of things (smiling).”
Rafael Nadal doesn’t want to talk about the wrist injury that derailed his campaign last year

“I was just saying hi to a friend, because there was a party or something. It was really nothing important at all. It was, you know, silly young people like me do that kind of thing.”
Rafael Nadal on his post-match gesture

“Even though I was losing a set 3-1, I think, I didn’t gave up. I was, like, hey, she’s going to have to really beat me here. I didn’t let myself go down. I kept fighting and turn it around, and then, you know, I just kept doing the same thing until it worked.”
Garbine Muguruza on how she fought back to beat Anett Kontaveit

“I think I’m more frustrated than anything else. Yet I’m happy.”
Oceane Dodin seems confused about how she is feeling after a second round loss

“I would like to give hope to all of these youngsters who’d like to turn pro, and more specifically the Tunisians who are dreaming of Roland Garros. It’s not impossible. Work hard, and then the results will come.”
Ons Jabeur after becoming the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam third round

“I don’t think that crying is exposing your vulnerability in a bad way. I think it exposes your vulnerability in a good way. We all have emotions.”
Novak Djokovic on crying

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“Of course my goal is to win every match that I play. I don’t want to walk out on the court and say, ‘Oh, this one is not one I want to win’ (smiling).”
The ever-competitive Venus Williams

“I was on the court for four hours. And it’s not something which should be my excuse, but, you know, I got mad. I think everyone gets mad from time to time. Maybe I didn’t show it in the right way but – I made a mistake, but that’s it.”
Borna Coric on his epic racquet smash after his second round loss to Steve Johnson

“I won’t lie. I feel quite good. I impressed myself as well a little bit today.”
An honest Timea Bacsinszky on her second round victory

“Yes, I played against her. You did not check your records, huh?”
Timea Bacsinszky calls out a journalist who asks if she has played her next opponent before

“I mean, come on. We’re at the French Open, third round. Let’s just get it going.”
Grigor Dimitrov on his excitement levels

“I’m not a beginner. I have been playing tennis for a number of years. Tennis runs in cycles. There are victories. There are disappointments. I think the most important is to remain as stable and consistent as possible in terms of emotions, because when you’re working, if you work well, you’re always rewarded at some point. If it’s not today, it will be another day. Last week I won my first-ever clay tournament. And today I lost at the French Open. It’s the paradox of tennis. What I’m interested in is the future.”
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on his upset loss in the first round

“He was playing home. I knew it was going to be hard. It was going to be crowdy.”
Renzo Olivo on facing French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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“I just stuck with my game, played aggressive, came to net when I wanted to, mixed up a few dropshots here and there. To me that’s kind of fun tennis, creative tennis, and that’s how I like playing.”
Bethanie Mattek-Sands on her game

“After the match, I didn’t feel that bad as normally I probably do. I mean, I’m still happy I’m here and playing. The fairytale ended. Now, in upcoming weeks, I think it will be business as usual. That’s what I’m looking forward to, just focusing on the tennis and on the game and everything what I do need to improve to my game.”
Petra Kvitova is feeling positive after her loss

“I think there is still a lot of life left in a lot of us older ones who are over 30. I think we keep proving that time and time again that, you know, it’s certainly not a hindrance. We can use that experience and, yeah, hopefully I can use everything and have another good tournament here.”
Sam Stosur on whether an ‘older’ player can win Roland Garros