IBM/ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

November 16, 1995

Wayne Ferreira

WAYNE FERREIRA: At this stage, yeah, I can't complain now. I am just satisfied even if -- I think Boris still has a chance to get in and if I don't, I can still be pleased with the week. I have played exceptionally well. Up until now, I have had 2 great wins the last two days no matter what happens. Today, especially, it will mean a lot to me for a while, one to remember.

WAYNE FERREIRA: No, I think I have been playing about this level the last three tournaments that I have played, so, it has been about the same.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I think a little bit of both. I beat Pete in Lyon which was special too and I thought maybe it would have just been one of those things that I wouldn't beat him again. When I came out today, I thought I would give it another go and I beat him twice in a row now. So, this is, for me, confidence-wise, it makes me feel really, really good that I can do well against him and against everybody else every time I go out and play now.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Well, I think today -- I mean, today, it was very difficult for him to break my serve because I served exceptionally well. I didn't really give him much chance at all to break my serve and, you know, it is the kind of game that he has -- he is normally like that. His serves are really difficult to break and he is always getting a lot of aces. I think I gave him -- served today like he normally serves. I think that put him under a lot of pressure; then there were a couple of games-- well, the game that I broke him in the think set, he didn't serve that well. Maybe a little bit of pressure because I was returning well too, so, you -- it was good for me to keep serving well the whole match and keep him under pressure instead of, you know, letting him blast me away with his serve.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Advice can I give him? I don't know, I might have to talk very, very nicely to him tomorrow. I am actually warming him up tomorrow morning, so might have to do something special in the warmup.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah. I might give him a few tips or something.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah, more or less. I didn't really know 100% what the whole procedure was, whatever. But, you know...

WAYNE FERREIRA: I was aware of it. But I mean, there are so many different ways that it can go. I really didn't look at it. I just wanted to win the match. I wasn't really worrying about too much about what is going to happy with Becker and Kafelnikov; that is their match. I just want to play mine. I just wanted to win; even if I don't make it, just wanted to win this match.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I heard a couple of times to Pete "help out Boris, help out Boris," well, he helped him out a little. Still giving him a little bit of a hope there, so maybe he can try and do something about it.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I don't know. I am not quite sure what I am going to do yet.

WAYNE FERREIRA: It is very interesting. I have never played anything like this. I mean, after I lost against Boris, I almost thought that I didn't really have much of a chance at all. And now I am actually in a good situation right now. It is just weird that you can lose your first match and still be in contention. I guess, maybe I don't know, how if -- it could have worked -- somebody said to me, even if I had lost in three sets today and Boris lost in straight sets, I still had a chance to get it. So ...

WAYNE FERREIRA: The whole thing is really weird. It is interesting. It is not something that -- we do only one time a year. It is good to do something different now and again.