U.S. OPEN

September 1, 1995

Jaime Yzaga

JAIME YZAGA: Well, he played pretty well. He served great and for me it was tough to get in a rhythm with the lights and all that. It is hard when somebody starts serving that big and the lights and all that, but I mean, he played a great match. He didn't make any mistakes. Almost any mistakes. It was hard.

JAIME YZAGA: No.

JAIME YZAGA: No, there is no relation. No.

JAIME YZAGA: Well, it is something that I remember all my life. It was a great match that I play and I guess the No. 1 player in the world U.S. Open, you know, I mean, you need to put it out of your mind and keep playing tennis and trying to improve. It is not something that it is in my mind all the time. It is something that is past and it is over.

JAIME YZAGA: I expected to do a little bit better, I mean, to play better and, you know, I am disappointed I played like that, but I mean, you have to give him credit. He played great, you know, he didn't give me any chance at all. I didn't have any breakpoints or anything, so I was always down and always struggling my serve and so it is hard. It was hard.

JAIME YZAGA: Well, of course, I mean, if you see the score, how am I going to be happy? No way I am happy, but, you know, he played a great match and that is part of it. I mean, that has something to do with it also.

JAIME YZAGA: I just said, he is hard -- I was coming all the time from behind and struggling my serve and, you know, the way he served today, or the way he served, he didn't give me any chances in his game, so, you know, if you don't have a little bit of advantage somewhere in the match, it is tough to get confidence.

JAIME YZAGA: Well, I am sure he played great against Agassi. I am sure he has played great against -- he is not unbeatable. He has lost matches. I don't know, I mean, how can I say, I mean, -- how -- what am I going to say to that question, I mean, I don't think anybody is unbeatable even at his best.

JAIME YZAGA: This is a tournament where it is three out of five sets; until you don't look to the last point, you haven't lost the match, so there has been many matches here and in all the Grand Slams that these people are coming from behind, from two sets down, a break down in the third, they still come back, so you play until the last point, and that is what I did.

JAIME YZAGA: Well, I had-I have been playing not great. I mean, not really good the whole year; the whole year has been really bad. You know, I mean, last couple of days I have been hitting the ball great, really, coming to the Open I always expect a lot here and I always feel great playing here and my game raises a lot, you know, really, you know, two weeks ago, I was hitting the ball terrible, I was really having a lot of trouble. But coming in here and the few days after I arrived here, I was hitting the ball great and yesterday, the day before, I mean, and even the match that I had in the first round, it was a great match, so, you know, I don't think I hit the ball bad tonight. I mean, probably, you know, like I said, I mean, he didn't give me any chance at all. He hit good serves and every time I would go to his forehand, he would hit a winner, or things like that. So he kept me out of my rhythm all the time. But anyway it has not been a great year, so I didn't come with a lot of confidence, of course.

JAIME YZAGA: No. You know, last year was a very tough schedule. I travelled a lot and I played very, very much last year with Davis Cup and so, I think that was kind of the problem and this year, you know, we kept on going and going and we really never took a rest; never really took a rest and maybe a month off, and go back to the basic and start again, so I think I made a mistake in doing that, but, you know, the year is almost over and I have to give an another push.