U.S. OPEN

September 4, 1996

Javier Sanchez

JAVIER SANCHEZ: Well, I don't feel anything. I think I was two breaks down. I made the first break and I thought I still have chance to win this set, but -- and then I win the set and I think the fourth set, when I lost my serve, I made two doublefaults and it was two mistakes that I made by myself. Then he break me and I think that is the key of the match. If I don't make these two mistakes, maybe we still play.

JAVIER SANCHEZ: I don't know. You must ask him.

JAVIER SANCHEZ: Well, he is a tough player. He is always in the game. He never -- he play all the time and he never -- so he is pretty consistent and he fights a lot and he stay all the match playing and fighting every point and that is pretty tough. I think he is playing okay. Made pretty good passing shots to me today and I think he played normal. He played okay.

JAVIER SANCHEZ: Well, you never know. He has pretty tough match now, winner of Muster and Agassi. I think it is going to be a pretty tough match also for him. But he is No. 2 in the tournament and I think he has good chances to win the tournament, but you never know. He play pretty well. He is a tough player, like I said before. I think he chances, but the other guys also have pretty good chances too.

JAVIER SANCHEZ: Well, I think I made pretty good passing shot. He take the volley like he can and he make a pretty good drop shot and the ball come back to his side and I was running and I don't have time to stop and I jumped the net; if not, I go to the net. It is better to jump then to hit it.