WIMBLEDON

June 29, 2000

Arvind Parmar

MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Arvind for you.

ARVIND PARMAR: Yeah, he served pretty well today -- well, very well today. For a while, for long periods, I didn't have enough answers for it.

ARVIND PARMAR: I think at the start of the third, I really was pretty down, I think for the first game at least. The first two, I was fine. Certainly at the start of the third, I felt, you know, pretty down. It was so disappointing not taking the second set to a tiebreak, you know, because all you have to do in the tiebreak is get one or two back, not get four or five back as in a normal game. Yeah, it was very disappointing for me to lose my serve at 5-6.

ARVIND PARMAR: Yeah, also that was a bit of a downer, yeah. You eventually break him, you're not a break up, just back on even terms again. To lose your serve immediately afterwards was a bit frustrating really. I think he was playing the better tennis and deserved to win today.

ARVIND PARMAR: Definitely. As far as my tennis is concerned, as far as me hitting the ball, I think I'm hitting the ball fine. I think what he means is, you know, mentally I've still got a couple levels to get to. So, yeah, I agree with the comment he made.

ARVIND PARMAR: Definitely, yes. Otherwise I wouldn't be trying.

ARVIND PARMAR: My wrist was fine, a hundred percent. Nothing wrong with my wrist.

ARVIND PARMAR: No. I mean, I'll hang around for a couple days. Obviously, next week I think the team for Davis Cup is going to be announced. I could be here for another week hopefully. I think it will be announced in the next couple of days or so. I'm going to be hanging around here at least until the squad's announced.

ARVIND PARMAR: I think if they go on current form, yeah, I'm in with a good shout. We'll wait and see.

ARVIND PARMAR: I felt fine, I felt really good. I was tested in both five sets. I came out of it fine. This morning I felt great. There's no stiffness, no soreness. I think I'm a lot stronger now. That's really helped my recovery.

ARVIND PARMAR: Just slight tendonitis. I didn't feel it once today. My wrist is fine.

ARVIND PARMAR: My first one was in Newcastle against Ukraine. My second one was in Ostrava against the Czechs.

ARVIND PARMAR: I think for me it's more mental. I think just believing that I can play at this level week in, week out. It's going to be very tough. As far as my tennis is concerned, I think that's going fine, that side of it. Just a couple tactical things here and there. No big deal over the tennis. I think for players around 150, 130, 120, to get to that next level is a lot of mental work.

ARVIND PARMAR: There's no better way to do it than play, you know, matches. You learn so much every match. I think there's only so much you can do when you're practising. It seems you can improve very quickly if you play a couple of tight matches and come through it.

ARVIND PARMAR: With me, in the past four or five years, I never really had the belief to see myself, you know, in the Top 50. But now I think the last year and a half, two years, you know, it's not that far away. I think if I keep listening to the right people around me, my coaches, the people that are involved in my game, I think, you know, I can do that.

ARVIND PARMAR: I think just consistency. My consistency the last year has been very good. I think when you're consistent at a thing, you learn a lot quicker. I think I haven't had many lapses over the last 18 , two years really. I've just got to keep on trying to improve that. You know, I'm not going to go away from this tournament a lesser player; I'm going to go away a better player. This loss is disappointing for, you know, a few hours. After that, I'll see all the positive sides. That's where it really counts, where you can take some positives away.