VOLVO MONTE-CARLO OPEN

April 26, 1995

Sergi Bruguera

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, I think probably my first match since the injury, in Barcelona, I was not ready, and for me, it was very tough. No, the competition is very different and everything is tough to go again, with controlling everything, and it was very. When I finished the set I feel like I was very tired and I have to give a breath, you know, and that is why I lost. Maybe if I make the break in the first game I would try, but I lost. Then I get break; then I was going down, so then I was preparing for the third set.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Yeah, I was not tired; not completely tired from that. But the rhythm of the match was very tough. And then I am not used to it yet, so -- but I think it was good to make set like this or matches like this, I need as much as possible.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, I think it was good match for me for -- to get in shape and to try to play like before.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, it was one drop shot that I was running to the ball. It was very close and then I don't know if it was going in or not. Then they call out. Then I stop running and then the ball was very close. I thought it was out, but the umpire said it was good and it is because of this I said, okay, because he was not changing his mind. I said, okay, about two words, he said that no, no, that it was point for Javier. Then I was so angry because it is two words because I stop running because he -- the lineman called it out. Nobody stops to maybe it out or maybe it is good because if it is good, you cannot arrive; you are arriving until they call out. I was running; then they call out and I stop and he said, no, that he said that I stopped much before that he called out, that is why --

SERGI BRUGUERA: Yeah, very important because I was disconcentrated, then he get breakpoint to come back.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Well, when I came here I was not very good and then I make a tendinitis very bad because I was like block (sic) my knee and thanks to the physical therapist from here, from the tournament, I was much better. I didn't play for five days. It was raining and I didn't play. So it was first day I was playing.

SERGI BRUGUERA: Yeah, my knee was okay during the match. But still, I have to gain a lot of muscle because there is a big difference still with this. Sometimes when I finish I feel like sore or a little bit painful, but during the match it was okay. Sometimes I feel it, but it is painful at the moment, but then it is goes away. It doesn't stay, the pain, because I think it is the circuitry.