On coach Ivan Lendl: "He is a leader and that is important. I trust in what he says, mainly because of the results that I had under him playing more offensive tennis. I like that he is very honest with me and his team. I don't always like hearing it, but we work well.

On the notes that he refers to at change of ends: "Some of them are the same the whole time. They say general things that I need to do to play my best tennis, and there are other tactical ones. Sometimes, say in the heat of a second-set tie-break, it is difficult to focus,"

On his current form: "The last three months since Monte Carlo is the best I have played in terms of consistency. I have reached the final of the last five events. I don't think I have ever done that in my career before. Part of it is confidence with the team I have in my team around me."