TENNIS MASTERS CUP

November 14, 2003

Rainer Schuettler

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

RAINER SCHUETTLER: I think I started pretty well. Then at the end, Carlos was serving much better. He was putting more pressure on me with his forehand. Yeah, he tried to play more aggressive on my backhand side. Yeah, I missed a lot of backhands, that's right.

RAINER SCHUETTLER: Uhm... As I said, I think I played pretty well in the beginning. But then he was playing better. He put more pressure on me. Definitely it wasn't my best day; otherwise, I wouldn't miss so many backhand shots. But, yeah, he was playing better at the end.

RAINER SCHUETTLER: No, of course I wanted to win. I mean, I don't go on court and want to lose; I wanted to win. But, yeah, today he was unfortunately too good for me.

RAINER SCHUETTLER: Yeah, for me, it will be -- I hope it will be fun. I mean, he beat me twice; I beat him once in Montreal. I have nothing to lose. He's such a great player, he's playing home. I didn't expect before I came here to be in the semis. I was hoping that I can be in the semis but I didn't expect it. Now I am in the semis. Of course I want to go further but it will be a pretty tough match. As I said, he's a great player. I just try to go out there, I don't have any pressure, and try to enjoy myself.

RAINER SCHUETTLER: It's normal that whenever you play home that the crowd is behind you. Andre is playing home, so the crowd would support him more than they would support me.

RAINER SCHUETTLER: No, I think that's pretty normal, yeah.