U.S. OPEN

September 4, 1994

Patrick McEnroe

Jared Palmer

PATRICK McENROE: No, I don't think guys are complaining. I just think that you can't deny the fact that they are entertaining. I think, you know, the players admit that that is good for tennis, that is the bottom line. I haven't heard really too many guys necessarily complaining, you know, I can't say that many guys didn't come up to us and say, "Hey, you guys win this match."

PATRICK McENROE: Maybe the players, I don't know about the fans.

PATRICK McENROE: I think they are, yeah. Why not? You got a lot of people; we have got packed grandstand out there for third round doubles match, it is great. I think, you know, we are happy to go out there and play in front of a lot of people and we are also really happy that we showed who the best team was and that is the bottom line.

JARED PALMER: Yeah, I think the same thing, that you have a third round doubles match that normally might get put out on an outside court and you get a packed Grandstand court from the start and a lot of interest. I mean, I have never seen so many people there for an early round doubles match. That can only help the game and it is a step in the right direction, I would think.

JARED PALMER: We won today, so, you know, they weren't really much of a factor. I didn't think, at least for us. I think that that was a pretty straight-up match and I think maybe if we had lost, we might feel differently, but I thought that they were fair. They didn't do anything to try and get under our skin, really, other than just getting really excited, which is how they play well.

JARED PALMER: Yeah.

PATRICK McENROE: Of course, we didn't let them go crazy. They were champing at the bit wanting to do something. We just played well, played our games. Of course, if the match was closer, if they had more chances, you know-- they would have been going nuts?

JARED PALMER: That is okay. We don't -- why not. We, as players are used to anything both Jared and I played some Davis Cup matches in foreign countries, so that is not really going to be a problem for us.

PATRICK McENROE: Not as far as I can see.

JARED PALMER: I haven't seen that either. It's like Bud said, it wasn't a close match.

JARED PALMER: I don't know the extent that they are willing to go to pipe out. Today wasn't that close, so we didn't have much of an opportunity to see.

JARED PALMER: Not really. They won the French Open. I mean, they can play, but.

PATRICK McENROE: We took them seriously today and I think it showed. If we didn't go out there and be ready to play and be ready to deal with not only their games, I mean, they can play well. They can serve well. They can return some good shots, and if we weren't taking them seriously, we would still be out there. We took them seriously and we played well and did what we had to do.

PATRICK McENROE: You got me.

JARED PALMER: Do what?

JARED PALMER: No.

JARED PALMER: I don't know.

PATRICK McENROE: I don't think so, no.

PATRICK McENROE: Well, yeah, same color.

JARED PALMER: I couldn't wear A black shirt.

PATRICK McENROE: Used to have to wear the exact same thing?

JARED PALMER: A little bit. I thought a little bit. He got me a couple of times. Because you get used to reading the ball going one way and then it comes the other way, but it is not like you can't see it coming either.

PATRICK McENROE: If he can throw it up and then decide in the air, that would really be tough.

PATRICK McENROE: Didn't work too well.

JARED PALMER: I don't know because he would otherwise have had to have hit a high backhand volley, probably would have been in the point any way. So, I mean, he should have ended the point. It looked like because he switched hands, but if he hadn't switched hands, I mean, that is a difficult shot.

JARED PALMER: Which players?

PATRICK McENROE: I think they definitely should. I can't, you know, no one is going to deny that, you ask me before about would it annoy you in a certain sense. There are guys that get annoyed by their antics, no question. I don't think they deliberately do it to try to mess with the opposition. But I definitely think, guys, go look at this, they are doing -- you know, high fiving the guys in the crowd. Hey, I mean, like you said, I definitely think that guys should take notice. I think you have to draw a line at some point, you know, to when-- I think tennis should be able to speak for itself, but at the same time, you know, we can do more things to get people involved.

PATRICK McENROE: I noticed getting the crowd into the matches more. Having a bit of rapport with the crowd; you know, everyone is their own person is the bottom line. You are not going to turn Jared into, you know, high fiving with the crowd or me or something like that. But at the same time, you know, a little bit more interaction. Just, you know, do your own thing and not to feel like, hey, that is their thing, and if that is good and if that is what they want to do, you know, more power to them.

PATRICK McENROE: That is a good point.

JARED PALMER: This is actually a question not concerning the Jensens.

JARED PALMER: I don't think -- I haven't talked to him and-- I mean, about specifics. I think he is just waiting to see what happens.

JARED PALMER: I would think, yeah.

JARED PALMER: I would think, yeah.

PATRICK McENROE: I thought it was absurd. I mean, if they did it during my match, you know, I wouldn't-- I think you can disallow it. I think you can say.

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