U.S. OPEN

August 29, 1995

Sergi Bruguera

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, always you win, you have to be happy even if you play bad. First matches always are difficult to get to the match and in a tournament and I think I played okay.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, I ask him because it was my father and me thought it was good idea for me to improve my game on this surface that I have trouble to play on this, because I never play and I think I can learn so much from him, and he has helped me a lot this week and before, and I am very happy about it.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, to play well on this surface; how to play the surface.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Looking to win. Doesn't matter the way.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Yeah, one week.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, a lot of things. We talk a lot of things about my volley, my serve, the way you should play on this surface, you know, the mentality. Also, I have to change from clay court to this surface and a lot of aspects in the game. Everything from every--

SERGI BRUGUERA: The same as always.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, at the moment we spoke for here, but maybe we can work sometimes more if he wants to. I think it would be a good idea.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Very good. I think working very good. We have fun and I have good relations and I am very well with him talking with him, practicing with him. I feel very good.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Because I was injured, my knee.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Yeah. We are working also, you know, to play this surface. The most important thing is the serve by far, 80% of the game, and as much as I serve better, is much easier to play on this courts, you have free points and then you have easy balls to attack; then after your good serve and of course, it is one of the most important points of the game.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, I am not 100%, but I am feeling much, much better than before. I am feeling every time much, much better.

SERGI BRUGUERA: For the moment after the U.S. Open we finish.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, we talk very few because he have to go to do the match, and he knows that to change your game completely is impossible. You have to change very little, and little and then and he is saying a lot of things that it is difficult for me and he knows that it is difficult that I cannot change and do whatever he says every time. I think -- I don't know, but I think I play okay. I do a few things that he has told me and I did it right. I am happy about a lot of things that I didn't know that was better for this surface or a little like tricks that normally on clay I know everything and here, sometimes I was waiting too much for the ball and you have to -- basically -- everything is much attack, attack in the match, much faster and have to be more -- on clay you have more time. Here it is less time, so you have to be very concentrate. The ball is like all the time going fast and stop and going fast; whereas, in clay, you have more time to recover the balls even though you don't hit any good shot. Here it is different.

SERGI BRUGUERA: No, we just talk for him to the Open and he is always very busy doing a lot of other things and he is like a favor that I am working with him; I am so happy about this, whatever -- we didn't talk. We just talking about this tournament and after when we finish, we talk about sometimes to work a few weeks or whatever he wants in the future, but we don't -- we didn't say nothing specifically.

SERGI BRUGUERA: My father's idea and then he talked with me and I was very happy about this idea too.

SERGI BRUGUERA: I think after the French Open.

SERGI BRUGUERA: No, right away.