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Q. Can you recount for us when this injury first happened and how much treatment you've been getting for it going into this match. And then once again, also, when did it flare up again today? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, the match with Davydenko, at 3‑2 in the fourth sets, I mean, I feel something in the abs when I was serving. After everything that, we think with the doctors and we think with two days off will be recover for that. I do a lot of treatment and everything. In the beginning of today, I feel hundred percent, I feel perfect. And then in the middle of the second set, I feel it again much worse than Davydenko match. So was tough. Q. Here? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Left side, yeah, for the serve. Q. Did it happen after you went up 3‑0 in the second set? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Sorry, sorry? Q. Did it occur, the injury occur today, after you were up 3‑0 in the second set? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah, in the middle of the game, when I was serving at 3‑1, yeah. Q. You were, I think, the third retirement just in the second week. Nadal won his quarterfinal by retirement to Alberto Martin. Is this just the reality or among the players is there a real concern about the number of injuries and how frequently we're seeing matches end before a matchpoint? > DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, it's tough. I mean, this special tournament, when you play long matches, and the surface, I mean, you have to play a long time on court, you spend a lot of time. It's really tough, really tough. I didn't play a longer matches, but is tough as well. And injuries, it's around everybody all the time. I mean, I'm not the only one that get injuries. The circuit, the calendar, everything is tough for everybody. Q. You had great tactics today and you were executing in the first set, taking the second serve early, giving him a lot of trouble with your service return today and dominating the backhand rallies. Is this going to be an especially difficult loss for you to take because you were playing so well before the injury? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah, of course. Of course. Always is not easy when you lose, and even when you get injured, it's worse. But I was feeling that I was playing good, good tactically. The match was going perfect. But then, I mean, with these kind of things, you never know, and that's the way it is. Q. You've had abdominal problems before. Is this similar, and is that one of the reasons you stopped, because you know how bad it might get? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah, yeah. Q. Did you have this in Australia with Baghdatis a little bit? DAVID NALBANDIAN: A little bit, but not exactly the same as today. Today was worse. I mean, I couldn't serve. Q. When was the worst of this in the past? Not today, but when did you have this problem the worst in the past? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, I don't remember. I get like two injuries in the abs, the same place. Q. You once, in 2003, gave a walkover to Guillermo Coria in the final at Basel. Have you ever retired from a match before once you started it? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Not really. I don't remember. But this one must be the first or second one. I mean, I don't like to retire when you're on court. But today was really bad. I know before that I was to be careful with the abs because that happened me the match before, but in the beginning I was a little bit scared. I mean, I make like two, three double‑faults in a row because I was maybe a little thinking or scared about it. And then I feel that I was perfect to play, so I play okay. And then happen again in the middle of the second set. Was tough. Was long way to go to the end. It's difficult to play like this, like three more hours or four more hours. It's almost impossible. Q. Do you recall why you were unable to play that final at Basel? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Why? Q. Yes. DAVID NALBANDIAN: Wrist. Q. Roger said it was unusual for a player to play halfway through a match and then to give up, to quit, and that if you had been up 5‑Love in the final set, you would not have quit. Could you comment on that please. DAVID NALBANDIAN: I just can tell you what I tell before. I was perfect in the beginning and I didn't feel like I can continue playing for three, four hours. Doesn't matter the score. Maybe if I lose the first set, I mean, and I didn't have these kind of problem, I want to continue until the end. I mean, I don't mind the score; I mind the health, the body. I don't mind if I'm beating 6‑1, 6‑1 or losing 6‑1, 6‑1, but I'm gonna fight until the end. I'm gonna fight if I'm okay. If I'm not okay, I mean, fight against what? It's impossible. Q. What do you think your chances are to be ready for Wimbledon? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Impossible to know. I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I have to see a doctor and then we make a decision what to do. Q. Is that squash shot he hit at 3‑All in the second seemed to be a turning point. Is that coincidence, or did it take a toll on you mentally? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Which one? Q. The flick shot at 3‑All. DAVID NALBANDIAN: Incredible. Incredible. Q. Mentally, is that the thing that stays with you for a few points, when a guy hits a shot like that? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Maybe just one. But he's not used to all that kind of shots. Q. Are you signed to play at Queen's? DAVID NALBANDIAN: No. Q. So on your schedule currently, regardless of what happens with your injury, where are you next scheduled to play? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I should play Halle next week. Q. And the second week? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Nothing. Q. So if you're unable to play next week, do you look for a wildcard then the second week? DAVID NALBANDIAN: No. I'll wait until Wimbledon, I think. THE MODERATOR: Spanish questions, please. Q. We wanted to know when you started feeling pain today? What do you think about this injury that has haunted you in a number of very important tournaments? What do you feel about it? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, as I just said, I'd started very well and it's in the second set that I started feeling the pain. But I controlled the pain and that was during the match with Davydenko. Then I thought with two days off, I would feel all right and I would have time to recover. Today, I started well, much better, in fact, than during the previous match. I started fine. I played a set and a half very well, and I didn't feel the pain at all for one set and a half. But all of a sudden, I felt a very sharp pain that was worse than during the previous match. Q. This is an injury that you've been suffering over a number of tournaments. What can you tell us about it? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, you know, it's not great. I didn't stop because ‑‑ well, I prefer to lose because the other player is playing better. I don't like to lose in this way. But this injury, I've already had two or three times already, and normally it happens in very long tournaments with very tough matches with many sets, where I spend a lot of time on court. You feel very bitter about it. You feel very bitter having to retire like that, with that type of problem. Q. Is it the first time that you retired? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Well, I don't know. It's either the first time or the second time. I can't remember another instance of this. But, you know, you just don't have the weapons to continue to fight. It's very difficult. Q. Did it surprise you the way Federer didn't play too well at the beginning? DAVID NALBANDIAN: No. Q. Did you imagine that he was going to lose the first set like that? DAVID NALBANDIAN: No. Visit the David Nalbandian page here
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