TMS - THE ERICSSON OPEN

March 25, 2000

Alex Corretja

ATP: Questions.

ALEX CORRETJA: I attack the return whenever I see the ball is reachable and I feel comfortable to do it. Depends on which point you're playing. Also when you see the ball is going too wide, sometimes I'm trying to just push the ball and put it on the other side of the court.

ALEX CORRETJA: Yeah, but I stay behind the baseline because I wanted to play with topspin and to play deep. Many of the times, unless I'm playing a serve-volley guy, I'm waiting for the ball, I'm not attacking the ball. I'm playing aggressively, but not playing flat or something, always with topspin.

ALEX CORRETJA: You know normally where the guy serves. Well, you don't know normally where the guy serves, but you have an opinion how he's been serving through the whole match, the important points, like this. So you know a little bit how he's going to serve. If it's an advantage or breakpoint, you have an idea. Sometimes you anticipate it, but sometimes it's difficult to do that.

ALEX CORRETJA: I change grips whenever I can. It's difficult. It's difficult to return a serve which is coming 220 kilometers per hour. You have to be aggressive if you can, but normally it's not easy.

ALEX CORRETJA: Forehand because it's easier to play.

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