ROGERS MASTERS

August 8, 2005

Frederic Niemeyer

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

FREDERIC NIEMEYER: Yeah, I think I do that every week whether it's Montreal or Birmingham or whatever, Zimbabwe. I think a lot of players do that. But in practice, I was maybe a little more looser where I was serving, where my fast ball was working a little bit better. I was able to get a couple free points than tonight. I felt like even when I was serving pretty good, he was coming back with decent, good defensive return. That was maybe the difference between tonight and this week when I was practicing.

FREDERIC NIEMEYER: I feel like I've improved a lot. I'm 29, but I feel like I'm still improving. It's a bit weird to say, but it's true. It's extremely hard. I mean, this year I had a great year. I had success, but it's been also a lot of hard work physically, mentally, on the road a lot. I don't have the chance to have an entourage like some other players, which is fine, I'm used to that by now. You know, this match, I don't think -- 2-1, yeah, he killed me, but tomorrow is another day. I have doubles. I'm going to sit down and see what I can do to improve if I play him next.

FREDERIC NIEMEYER: We'll see. At the end of the year, we'll see. I take it one year at a time. I take it a few months at a time. I give myself till the end of the year, and we'll see if I keep going at the end of the year. It depends on a lot of few things.