U.S. OPEN

September 2, 1996

Jakob Hlasek

JAKOB HLASEK: Sorry?

JAKOB HLASEK: Well, I thought, you know -- obviously in a match like that, there's always going to be some mistakes. Unfortunately, you know, there were a lot on my side, four on his side. It would have been nice if it would have been equal. He just played really well, really solid. I just feel like he likes my game, he likes to be the counter-puncher. I have trouble breaking him because he has such a great serve. I played a good match. He was just much better today.

JAKOB HLASEK: I don't know. I don't know if they are bad here this year. I mean, as I said, it's not possible to have a perfect match. Bad calls are everywhere. I just -- I think the players complain because they lost a lot of trust into this tournament. I just feel the same when there's a bad call, it's just the trust is not there as in another tournament. I'm sure that had something to do with what happened at the beginning of this tournament. But I don't want to judge the linesmen. I think it's very difficult to have a perfect match. It's just a little trust, for me, my feeling, it's lacking. That's how I feel.

JAKOB HLASEK: Well, my expectations are to play well at the Grand Slams, play well at the big tournaments. Basically now that this Grand Slam is over, I did really well in the other Grand Slam events. At 32 it's difficult to go further. But I reached twice fourth round in Wimbledon and here. That was my expectation for the Grand Slams. I had another expectation for the Davis Cup. I have no expectation for the rankings. The big tournaments are important at this stage of my career obviously.

JAKOB HLASEK: I don't know. I don't know. I'm sure that I would like to play some tournaments in the future, but I don't know if they would be day-to-day workout or something like that, something serious like on a Tour basis. I think the life changes very drastically after you stop playing tennis, like being on the Tour. You never know what will happen, how your future life will proceed.