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Jack Sock pounded his way to a fourth round showdown with Rafa Nadal by routing young American qualifier Jared Donaldson in straight sets. Though there were only four journalist at Sock’s main interview room post match press conference (three journos from US) Sock fielded several questions regarding his seemingly inevitable major breakout win against a Big Four-Big Five colossus (though he did beat Nishikori in Indian Wells last week). Yeah, Sock sounds absolutely reader willing and eager to lumberjack Nadal back to Spain. Take a look at Sock’s pre-match confidence.

Q. How good did you actually feel on the court?

JACK SOCK: Felt pretty good. Feel pretty good now to get through in, you know, an hour. Go out and play some doubles this afternoon, have some fun, and get ready for tomorrow, no matter who I play.

Yeah, I was going out and taking cuts on returns. I don’t think he had his best first serve serving day, but I was going to definitely step up to most second serves – like do with a lot of people, but especially today – and try to make him feel under pressure with that.

I think it paid off. In the second set he threw in some double faults at some crucial times.

Q. Obviously the more matches you win the more you’re going to gain in confidence. Have you ever in your career felt as confident as you’re feeling right now with two titles and this run you’ve had over the last two Masters 1000s?

JACK SOCK: Definitely not. I mean, yeah, the more matches you win the better you feel, the more confident you are.

But whenever you can win titles and play deep into draws — you know, my first semi last week; back it up in a quarter so far this week; hopefully keep progressing. Yeah, physically, mentally never felt better or stronger, so just excited for the rest of the year.

Q. Talk about Facing Nadal?

JACK SOCK: If he does win, I will definitely be looking forward to it, be excited for the battle.

We played in Beijing couple years ago as well. Lost in three sets. Actually had a decent amount of chances there in the third. Might have even been up a break early or had a lot of break points early in the third.

Yeah, I played in his backyard a few years ago, the French. He felt very comfortable will. I think we’re both comfortable on clay or hard. Yeah, either way should be a good battle; should be fun.

I’ll definitely give myself a lot more chance to win this time around than maybe I did a few years ago. I’m 24 years old now and been on tour for a while. I’m playing these matches and hoping I can win and going in believing I can win for sure.

So if he does get through, yeah, I’ll be ready to go tomorrow.

Q. Is there anything in particular that you’re doing in the last six months that’s different, or does it really come down to confidence? Is there something that you changed? Because you are on quite a roll right now.

JACK SOCK: I mean, mentally I think it’s a big part of it. I’ve been trying let things go that happen on court, the adversity, things that are going on. Whether a guy hits a lucky shot or crazy shot or gets on a roll and gets some momentum, just put it aside and focus on the next point in the future.

Just controlling what I can control out there. Not many of those I can control. I can’t obviously control things that happen on the other side of net all the time.

Yeah, putting things aside and keeping a clear mind and just battling.

Q. Is there somebody who told you to do that? Was it something you read? You just figured that out on your own? Someone give you that advice?

JACK SOCK: Obviously my team has been telling me that for a while. It’s a little bit different when you’re out there and things maybe aren’t going your way or something. It’s easy to get frustrated. Over time and experience and years on tour, I think I’ve definitely helped that.

Q. (my question) You’re obviously really close to beating those top guys. Do you think you’re ready to do it right now, or do you think you might need a little extra advice from maybe some kind of coach who really knows exactly what it takes to beat those guys?

JACK SOCK: I think it’s there. I’ve had chances in the past against some of those guys. No, I don’t think I need any more time. I think I’m ready to beat them.

I think it takes a great match obviously on my end. That’s where their experience kicks in. What I’m trying to do with some of the younger guys now, they’ve been doing it for ten plus years now – a lot of them.

Experience definitely is an advantage for them in some of those situations were tennis-wise I think I’m definitely ready to beat them.

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