AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 18, 2001

Carlos Moya

THE MODERATOR: Questions for Carlos, please.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, it will be interesting and pretty exciting I will say. Because he's a great player. He's playing very well. First round was very tough for him, and you know, I'm very confident. I think if I'm playing the same level I am playing right now, I am able to beat him. Why not. It will be a great match. But he still has a tough opponent which is Haas, you never know what is going to happen. But if Hewitt is the winner, I'm going to be ready for that match.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, it's not really, you know, he doesn't make you feel comfortable about that. But I think he's not fake at all. He does it because that helps him to increase his level, to play better, and I don't think he does it to bother his opponent. But he does it because it pumps him up a lot. And, you know, he's happy being like that and I have nothing to say about that because he's doing that for himself, not to bother the opponent.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, I think my tennis right now is very close to my highest level. I know my ranking is much worse than it was during those days, but the level I would say is the same. I am very confident right now. My fitness is great. I am healthy and, you know, maybe if we wait few months, I'll be where I was. But I don't want to hurry now. I just want to go step by step and hopefully I'm gonna -- is not going to take long to get back where I was.