Mikhail Youzhny, "I is not scared." US Open. 1/4 finals

Mikhail Youzhny after the brightest victory in the fourth round of US Open over former world number one player Australian Lleyton Hewitt - 6:3, 3:6, 6:7 (3:7), 6:4, 7:5 - met with the correspondent "SE . "

 Recall that the Russians next opponent will be the current leader of the ATP World Tour rankings Serb Novak Djokovic.

Sergei Butov
New York

- Was the match a clearly marked a turning point?

- I'm not talking about radical change.

"Here's the ball," "this one game."

Was nervous and uneven match in which we have a lot of each other breykovali.

Often been the case that someone has won a large number of points and games in a row.

- At what level playing Hewitt today, if we abstract from it some sixty lines in the ranking ATP?

- Match the match is not necessary. A tournament is not necessary for the tournament. But he just plays better than a place that now occupies.

- A medical timeout that he took in the fifth game - a little trick of tennis? He just needed to take a breath?

- It's hard to say for sure. But then, after that, he won three games in a row, said that he might have been able to knock me a bit. Yes, and tuned properly. But I want to say that he had the opportunity to take this time out. He really opened some bleeding after a fall.

- Can you say that you are a little lost concentration in the break?

- I do not think so.

- Many expected Hewitt's not enough for a new five-set match, given that he has returned to tennis after a long break. But it was enough. Are you surprised?

- Yes, physically it was enough. He was a day of pause after Eugene Don, with whom he played four sets. Personally, I do not think he would physically hand over, if the game will be tightened. He survived. And I'm not surprised.

- And you most enjoy five-set matches?

- What do you mean, like? (Smiles) Yes, no one wants to play five sets before the match. But it is better to win in five, than losing three. I would say.

- Maybe you like when there's drama when bare nerves?

- In order to specifically? Of course not.

- Victoria Azarenka just today asked about the pressure during the match. And she said that she likes to feel the pressure. Because of it she plays better.

- What pressure, where, how, with whom? In tennis, always a lot of nuances. In the abstract - the pressure is, and I'm playing better, no pressure, and I play worse - I certainly will not.

- What is your mental state now? You have completed the task, and at least feel more relaxed than in the early stages?

- I'm working condition.

- Do you like to play with the first racket of the world?

- If you set high goals, you have to play against them, anyway. But if you can keep winning without meeting with them, it is better not to meet with them.

- How important is the quarterfinals recovery?

- Time spent on the court and spent emotions - everything has a meaning. One recovers faster, the other slower. That's the only difference. And in today's tennis is one of the most important components, without a doubt.

- You score 3:5 in personal meetings with Djokovic. Moreover, all the matches were held in a fight. What does this mean?

- The fact that we were persistent matches. More about nothing.

- It is easy for you to rival, if I may say so on the first racket of the world?

- We played this year in Monte Carlo, and before that, three years ago. During this time, Novak has made significant progress. Yes, and I'm not in place. I can not say that we are very different from those pro players, but all that came before it, can not be extrapolated for the upcoming game.

- But are not you afraid before the match against Djokovic?

- Not yet.