Mario Ancic

June - July 2004, Diary of a giant-killer
Mario's Wimbledon Diary - "Sunday 20 June: I arrive in London with my coach, my brother and my sister, who is in the junior draw. We are staying at the Chelsea Village Hotel."

30 June 2004
"But I knew I'm playing better from match to match, and already felt good in fourth round. You know, just want to go out there and, you know, I knew I had a shot. I was just happy that I could show that on the Centre Courtel."

03 July 2004
"Well, I think I'm already improved from when I played Queen's with him because now I was rallying much better from the back. I knew what to expect. I was returning way better than in Queens, volleying, serving and volleying better also. It's great to see I already improve in last three, four weeks. It's great that I, you know, manage."

20 August 2004
"And I think whatever we did, whatever we do later on in our career, we will always, you know, we won a medal for Croatia and that's just huge honor for us because we love to play for it."