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WIMBLEDONJuly 3, 2000Alexander PoppWIMBLEDON MODERATOR: Ladies and Gentlemen, Alexander Popp. Q. Did you expect to get this far when you started? ALEXANDER POPP: It's an easy answer: definitely, no. Q. You've got your family here watching you, your mother and father? ALEXANDER POPP: No, my father is not here. He had to leave because he's got to work back home. Q. I come from Birmingham. Wolverhampton is near to Birmingham. Was it a long time ago she left there? ALEXANDER POPP: She was born there, grew up there. She's been to Germany probably for about 30 years now, I guess. Q. You sound very British to a British ear. Do you sound as German to a German ear? ALEXANDER POPP: I hope so, yeah. I guess I do, yeah. I grew up in Germany, so I think my German is all right (laughter). Q. When was the British thing first raised, considering playing for Britain? ALEXANDER POPP: After I won my first round here. Got worse after I beat Chang here. Q. Never before? ALEXANDER POPP: No. Probably if I would have lost first round here, I think nobody would have sort of asked me about it. Q. You could be our only British quarterfinalist at this rate (referring to Henman down in his match). ALEXANDER POPP: Did Tim lose? Q. No. ALEXANDER POPP: He'll win. Q. Any thoughts on your next opponent? ALEXANDER POPP: Probably Patrick Rafter. Well, it will be fun playing him. I mean, for me it's just great, this tournament. I just know all these guys from television more or less. It's a nice experience, totally different to play them on court. Q. You like playing on grass, like to volley a bit? What do you feel about the surface generally? ALEXANDER POPP: I mean, this is the first grasscourt tournament of my life. I'm very happy up till now. I can't complain. I won a couple of matches. Yeah, I guess it suits my game. Q. If I said to you, What do you know about Wolverhampton, what would you say it has there? ALEXANDER POPP: Not much, to be honest. I've been there a couple of times when I was younger because my grandparents lived there. Since they died, I haven't really been there. That's a long time ago. Q. How do you find Rosset's serve today? ALEXANDER POPP: He didn't serve very well in the beginning, had a couple of double-faults. Third and fourth set was a lot better, I think. It was difficult to break him. You see, it's always a question whether you're up or down. If you're up, you always serve better than if you maybe break down. Got a lot of pressure on yourself, then you hit a couple of double-faults. That's what happened, thank God. Still, his serve is not easy to return. It will probably never be. End of FastScripts.... |
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