Who's saying what at the French Open: "I was leading, losing, leading and losing and I just didn't really believe in myself. Things here have happened too fast. I wasn't prepared. I need more time."
-- Bulgarian 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva after her quarter-final defeat to Elena Likhovtseva.
"I felt I was the fitter player. He looked extremely tired in the fifth set and that kind of surprised me."
-- Roger Federer looking back on his five-set win over Rafael Nadal in Miami in April. The world number one takes on the Spaniard in the semi-finals here on Friday
"Federer will be the favourite so he will have the pressure. If I play my best tennis I can win. He hasn't dropped a set so far and he has shown he deserves to be number one in the world.
-- Nadal on the eagerly-awaited semi-final "I usually take a week off before a Grand Slam. So I will probably do some retail therapy in Paris and then go."
-- Maria Sharapova on her pre Wimbledon shopping.
"I am who I am and I'm playing tennis for myself and for my family and people close to me. I don't care what people say and I think that looks shouldn't make what you do."
-- Nadia Petrova preferring not to endure the media spotlight enjoyed by glamorous Russian compatriots Sharapova and Anna Kournikova.
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