Greg Rusedski

is when a break point came in, I knew which side it was coming to.

So I could prepare earlier and take advantage, and I would only have to maybe make one or two backhand passing shots at a key moment, as I did with Rafter on set point in the third set in the U.S.

Open.

I knew where it was coming, and I hit a backhand cross-court winner.

And historically, everybody knew I went down the line.

So you knew how to play it and how to use it.

It's all relative.

For an amateur player, my backhand would look okay.

For a professional player, it wasn't good enough.

But that was also something technical from a young age which wasn't cleaned up well enough.

And also, when I got older, I wasn't flexible enough to make the necessary change to develop it even better.

What a nightmare.

Pete Sampras was greatest serve of all time.

You knew exactly where it was going on break point, down the tee, 118 miles an hour, but he would crunch it.

With Sampras, it was the backhand side that was a little bit weaker.

It was a very simple game plan against Pete, but difficult to execute.

You focused on holding your serve.

And that was the key.

Worst case scenario, I'm going into a tiebreaker.

And if I get an opportunity on a break point or game point, I have to take a guess.