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US OPEN


September 4, 1997


Marcelo Rios


Flushing Meadows, New York

Q. Marcelo, how frustrating is it after such a great comeback you made in this match?

MARCELO RIOS: Well, I think I was playing really good. In the third set, I serve against the wind. That was the key game. I think I win that game for 4-All. Have some breakpoints after. I think he's a tough guy, tough guy to beat. To beat him, I don't have to make mistakes in important moments.

Q. You lost to him before four times. Did you feel like you were really close of breaking that?

MARCELO RIOS: I think every time I play, even if he beat me, I'm always up a break, always a break in the first set. Also that's the important game. Maybe if I win the first set in any match, the score will be totally different.

Q. What makes it so difficult for you to play him?

MARCELO RIOS: Well, I think it's not for me. I think it's for everybody. He's a great player. He play really good from baseline. He run every ball.

Q. Did you realize this could have been kind of a breakthrough for you going to the semis, being so close? How does it feel?

MARCELO RIOS: Like any tournament. Nothing special.

Q. You complained quite a bit about the calls. You think that the American linesmen are biased in favor for Americans?

MARCELO RIOS: I don't think if they're bad. I think they make really a lot of mistakes. That's for both. They make a lot of mistakes. They should have something like another system, maybe a computer to make the cause. If the linesman is not ready, you can't do it.

Q. Were you aware in the crowd, the people waving the Chilean flag?

MARCELO RIOS: I was really concentrate on the match. I wasn't looking to the crowd. It was full place. But I was only concentrate on the match.

Q. What was the difference today? Why you actually didn't win?

MARCELO RIOS: I think this was the first set, the break, I was a break up, and I didn't win that set. Then in the fifth, breaking me 3-All, I think that was like important game.

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