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AUSTRALIAN OPENJanuary 22, 2003David NalbandianMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. After winning the second set, can you explain why things just went so badly in the third and fourth set? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I think I was a little tired from the match from the other day. I don't know, I think I started playing really bad in the two sets. Rainer didn't play good in the last game so, from the second set. So I was thinking I have to take the chances in the beginning from the third set, but I didn't play really good there. And, well, he played really good after that. Q. Did you feel tired? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yes. I just say I feel tired. Q. How quick is he compared with other players about the court? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Feel the court is quickly? Q. How quick is he compared with other players, Schuettler? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah, of course. I think is very fast. Very, very fast. Q. Does he drive you crazy? He drove Blake crazy. He gets everything. Is that the problem? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Maybe. Q. Are you surprised that he is in the semifinals in a Grand Slam? DAVID NALBANDIAN: He's a good player, so he reach - I don't know if the (inaudible), the other guys, but he's (inaudible) in the world. He's a good player. Q. How would you sum up your ten days here? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I enjoy it. Not today, but I enjoy the tennis. Q. Do you feel like it was an opportunity missed today? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Always you have a chance. I don't think this one is gonna be my last chance. I think the match from today I didn't play really good, but this sport maybe next week I play against him and you have the other match other day. So I think you always have another day, another match, and you can win. Q. Do you think there's an explanation why so many people about 30, 30 years old, are at a high level in this tournament? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah. Q. The explanation is why? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I don't know. Q. No explanation? DAVID NALBANDIAN: (Shrugging his shoulders). Q. What are you going to do this year in terms of playing on grass before Wimbledon? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I'm not sure yet. Q. Will you play a tournament on grass, or will you not, do you think? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I have to think about that. Q. Do you think you prefer the grass courts or the Rebound Ace courts of Australia? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I think I like both. This court, it's very nice, is not too fast. I think the grass, it's more faster. But I like both. Q. It's been a good last 12 months for you, hasn't it? I mean, looking back to Wimbledon, what are your memories looking back? You got to the quarterfinal here; you made the final there. Has the year gone much better than you thought it would? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah, of course. I'm 21 years old. So you never think before I started playing tennis, "Well, I want to be Top 10 when I was 20, 21 years old." So it's very, very important for me. Q. You went back to your ciudad, your home, it's not little, but a small place. I think you told us at the US Open that they had a statue of you there, or was it a plaque? DAVID NALBANDIAN: A racquet. Q. Pardon me? DAVID NALBANDIAN: A racquet. Q. In marble or steel? DAVID NALBANDIAN: No, I don't know. Q. But it's there? DAVID NALBANDIAN: I don't make it, the racquet. Q. It's there forever? DAVID NALBANDIAN: Yeah. End of FastScripts…. |
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