TMS MONTE CARLO

April 19, 2004

Guillermo Coria

GUILLERMO CORIA: Well, in fact, I started preparing last Monday because after my final in Miami against Roddick, I had to stop for a week because I had kidney stones. I only had one week rest, and I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to prepare this season.

GUILLERMO CORIA: I cured my stones by just going to the toilet. There were two stones.

GUILLERMO CORIA: (Nodding yes). It could have lasted even two or three weeks because what I had to do is drink a lot, drink a lot to eliminate them. Fortunately, they went away in one week, but they could have lasted longer. Until I eliminated them, I couldn't play.

GUILLERMO CORIA: Yes. I was lucky because when I went to the hospital in Miami, they told me it was a discal hernia. It would have lasted five or six months. I went to Argentina, and in Miami they were wrong; it was kidney stones. So I was lucky it was just that.

GUILLERMO CORIA: Yes, but I still have to drink a lot of liquid because they can come back. I didn't have time to study because it happened to me.

GUILLERMO CORIA: Yes, I was a bit surprised, but I played very well, very deep. My tactics were perfectly all right. I'm very pleased it went so fast because now I'm keeping physical condition for the next matches.

GUILLERMO CORIA: Two weeks.

GUILLERMO CORIA: Yes, exactly, more than normal - I drink three liters a day.