VOLVO MONTE-CARLO OPEN

April 26, 1995

Paul Haarhuis

PAUL HAARHUIS: I knew I hit a forehand winner and I kind of turned around too, so I didn't -- then I had heard the crowd going like "Wooooaaaa!" I guess it was, first for my forehand. Then I had noticed that it was more; that I saw him kind -- I saw him more stumbling afterwards, after it happened. And I thought he was just -- lost balance and was just trying to hop on one leg just to keep from falling, but then he kind of limped; then I knew something happened. But then he kind of walked to the ballboy. I thought he was just going to ask for a towel to clean his hands; then he went to sit down. Then I knew, but didn't see anything, actually, so....

PAUL HAARHUIS: I mean, I just got off the court. I came straight here. I didn't have a problem, so -- no, but, I mean, he twisted his ankle on top. He felt that he twisted the ankle on top of his foot. He went, like, over it. The physical therapist saw it on TV. He said he went with his foot like this - (INDICATING SIDEWAYS) - but it was -- right away, it started to swell. So I don't know what it is; maybe something more or bad, I don't know.

PAUL HAARHUIS: He played very well. I was, you know, you could say pleasantly surprised, but I mean, I was really surprised with his backhand how well he was playing. He was playing his backhand like a clay court specialist; high over the net, good length, a lot of topspin, so very heavy. So it was very tough to do anything with that. Usually, you know, his forehand is his big weapon. You don't go to his forehand. His backhand was so solid. So it really surprised me today that he was playing so well off the baseline with his backhand. He was playing well. I mean, I felt I was playing well and having a good match out there; some good rallies. He was playing as well, I felt.