Roger quote on Madrid final
Two things stood out: usually Nadal makes you wait at the net before the match. Now you made him wait. Second instead of serving you decided to receive. Psychology?
"I just thought that today we'll do it in a different way. Players let him do too many things. They let him determine their rhythm. When you play him, from the moment that you leave the locker room till the moment of the first ball exchange 20 minutes have passed. They should normally be 5 to 10 minutes. Now I decided to take my time and see how patient he was. Besides today I didn't have much to lose so I decided to take it with humor. Maybe this helped me to play more relaxed."
Source document is here, but it's in German. I found the translation at the gototennis.com blog.
"I just thought that today we'll do it in a different way. Players let him do too many things. They let him determine their rhythm. When you play him, from the moment that you leave the locker room till the moment of the first ball exchange 20 minutes have passed. They should normally be 5 to 10 minutes. Now I decided to take my time and see how patient he was. Besides today I didn't have much to lose so I decided to take it with humor. Maybe this helped me to play more relaxed."
Source document is here, but it's in German. I found the translation at the gototennis.com blog.