Greg Rusedski

Rafter was a brilliant player.

But all of a sudden, five all in the fourth set, I got a little tired.

Rafter pounced, broke, served out the match.

And it's the only time I question, could I have pushed it into a fifth set?

Would I still have lost that fourth set?

And to me, that's the one question mark in my career.

But Rafter went on to win the title, defend the title the following year.

And I didn't think that was going to be my last opportunity in the rest of my career to win a major.

And I wish somebody in my team, this is where I was with Brian Teacher, the American coach.

And he wasn't strong enough with me and say, look, this might be your only opportunity to major.

winning and losing is a huge difference because everybody remembers the person who wins.

Yes, they remember the finals, but not in the same respect.

And I wish the doctor who I'd just hired from the Wednesday after the cry check match had been stronger, but I'd only known her for three, four days.

But the rest of the team did not speak up to me enough.

And that's why I question that.

If I look at other matches where I lost to Rios in the finals of Indian Wells, and the week after was for number one for all of us, the guy was just too good.

I just say, wow, too good.

You physically beat me.

You tennis beat me, everything.

And there's no question marks.