ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

November 17, 1993

Michael Stich

MICHAEL STICH: I think so, yeah. Took a lot of hard work to win it, and I think first two sets were very close, and Michael played a terrific match. So did I. I mean, I couldn't do any better than just hanging in there and trying to, I mean, win that second set. He made it very tough for me.

MICHAEL STICH: I think it was a great atmosphere, especially because it was a good tennis match and I kept hanging in there and try to take my chances, and they supported me. It always helps. If you play well, you have a couple of good shots, even a couple of bad shots, and they are still trying to push you and trying to help you to win the match. I mean, it was just a great atmosphere and it was a lot of fun to play out there.

MICHAEL STICH: It is better than two years ago.

MICHAEL STICH: Not at all. Two years ago was a different story. I was a different player. I have changed. I was different. I am concentrating really well on the court. I am prepared; knowing what I have to do to be successful. I did that the last two matches.

MICHAEL STICH: Jim was surprised about what?

MICHAEL STICH: Yeah, I mean, he served probably as many aces as I did and that is not normal for Michael. I think he improved his game a lot. His whole game not just his serve. He played so aggressive today. He was probably more at the net than I was and that just shows that he had a good idea; good tactics how to play the match. You see him, he is so quick and fighting everything down and I just waited for the moment when he was going to make a couple of mistakes. But he played -- in the first two sets he played really well.

MICHAEL STICH: Today was much better. Winning the first match yesterday was great and playing against Michael is always normally good matches and it is not just serve and volleys, something like that, you have to really try to play the points, but I was looking forward to that and I really was thinking about enjoying this match and that is what I did.