Radek Stepanek: 'I whispered to my parents, this moment is for you'
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2013
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | To think that you would have the weight of your country's expectations on your shoulders in a fifth rubber. |
| 0:07.0 | Just explain what was it like to walk onto the court at that time? How nervous were you? |
| 0:12.0 | I was very nervous before the match when I saw that Thomas is falling back against the Ferrer in the fourth match. |
| 0:21.0 | I just felt that the time is coming and on the other hand I was waiting for that moment my whole life. |
| 0:29.0 | My will to win Davies Cup was one of my dreams and to have that on my shoulders to go on the court. |
| 0:40.0 | That was the thing I was dreaming about. I knew that it's a huge responsibility, a huge moment, big moment, a lot of pressure. |
| 0:48.0 | I handled it extremely well and I played one of my best matches in my life in front of our crowd. |
| 0:57.0 | It was a magical moment since the first point until the last one. |
| 1:02.0 | I had to leave the arena before the match. I went home to my place to see my wife and little dog just to get my mind away from it |
| 1:13.0 | because I felt the pressure in the arena so I let for an hour and then I came back and I was balanced. |
| 1:21.0 | I felt that I'm focused on what I was supposed to do and it worked well. |
| 1:27.0 | Those scenes when you actually won that match, they were unforgettable, really weren't they? |
| 1:33.0 | What was it like for you to feel when you realised I've done it? |
| 1:39.0 | I don't remember first 30 seconds after he missed his back and into the net. I just felt on my knees. |
| 1:47.0 | I couldn't believe that it happened and the guys didn't jump all over me. |
| 1:52.0 | It was like 15 very heavy bodies all over me so I was scared that they don't injure me. |
| 1:59.0 | I said first 30 seconds where I don't know what happened there but I know that everybody was screaming yelling. |
| 2:08.0 | A lot of happiness there and I went and hugged my parents and my wife. |
| 2:16.0 | They've been all crying. That was the biggest moment for me especially with my parents because they are the ones who gave me the opportunity to play. |
| 2:25.0 | The ones they supported me from the beginning in tough times and they are behind me until today. |
| 2:31.0 | It was I told them I was put to their ears that this moment is for them for everything they've done for me and also my wife being there supporting me. |
| 2:43.0 | I remember Thomas Burdich actually put his arm around you and took you over the other side because you had. |
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