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EXCLUSIVE 108 MIAMI LIVING M A : S O H O W D O E S S H E C O N T R I B U T E ? A N Y T H I N G S P E C I F I C A L LY ? T E C H N I C A L LY ? S U P P O R T ? AM: It is an overall thing. Technical support not so much but on the psychological side, tactical side and the preparation. So the first time we really got to do any hard preparation work was during the off season in December and obviously my results in the beginning of the year in Australia were pretty good and I think my game made a pretty big improvement in that period. I think the preparation, the training and to be with someone that has been on top of the game, they understand the hard work and the sacrifices that you need to make. M A : S I N C E YO U ' V E C O M E B A C K F R O M YO U R B A C K S U R G E R Y H O W W O U L D YO U R AT E YO U R P E R F O R M A N C E ? YO U H AV E W O N A G A I N S T P R E T T Y M U C H E V E R Y B O D Y E X C E P T N O VA K D J O KO V I C . AM: I think since the surgery last year was a tough year for me, but I feel like I started to make some improvements once again, so I would say that last year was hard but I am hoping this year, right now, I'm number 3 in the race this year (calendar-year Emirates ATP rankings) in same stage and last year I would've been 9 or 10, so I'm doing a lot better than last year. M A : A N D W H AT D O YO U T H I N K A B O U T YO U R M AT C H U P W I T H N O VA K ? I K N O W YO U H A D S O M E S U C C E S S W I T H H I M I N T H E P A S T B U T YO U H AV E L O S T I N T H E L A S T S E V E N M AT C H E S YO U G U Y S P L AY E D . W H AT D O YO U T H I N K YO U N E E D TO I M P R O V E O R N E E D S TO H A P P E N ? AM: I think I need to play better. I think at the Australian Open I felt like I played very well there and I was extremely close in that match. But definitely for me I felt like I was behind physically especially. I felt he (Novak) was stronger, while this year I hope that is not going to be the case and I can turn around that soon. MA: W H E N YO U F I N I S H A M AT C H L I K E T H E A U S T R A L I A N O P E N F I N A L S O R M I A M I O P E N F I N A L S , D O YO U WAT C H I T O N T. V . ? D O TA K E T I M E TO R E V I E W YO U R P E R F O R M A N C E ? AM: Some matches, it depends. Not every match you do the same thing after. It depends really, sometimes I like to watch matches back, some- times I feel like I don't gain much from watching them. It really depends on the match.