I had my chances in the first set. I served for the set and had two set points. I didn’t play those too well unfortunately. In the second set, I didn’t have as many chances...

I had my best match of the tournament and felt very good on the (clay) surface.

All week long I had to play all my matches at 2 o’clock in the afternoon in the worst of the heat.

I never expected to reach the semifinals on hard courts, but I knew I could play well on this surface and it was just a matter of time. This is certainly one of my biggest...