AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 19, 2001

David Prinosil

THE MODERATOR: First question, please.

DAVID PRINOSIL: I'm feeling pretty okay now. I had little heat problem, you know, it was very, very warm outside. And I think the temperature on center court was like 52 or something. 54 on center court. There's no wind on center court. That's why it's like a little worse than on the outside courts. I was feeling all right until 5-all I think in the first, and then I was trying to go for the quicker points and I played actually a very good match in the first set and I had 6-2 in the tiebreaker. I think I could have won the tiebreaker. And was gonna look a little bit -- a little different. But it's tough to go a few sets down and to go in best-of-five sets. It's tough to continue. I just said, "Okay, it's my health, I want to stop. I don't want to play."

DAVID PRINOSIL: The pulse was like, I don't know, when I sat down was like 160, 150. And normally after one minute it's going like 120, 110, you know. Didn't go. Got to like 140, stayed like 140, 150. So our physio trainers also said that it's better to stop.

DAVID PRINOSIL: 5-all in the first.

DAVID PRINOSIL: I don't know. But, you know, it's mentally a little different. It feels little different for me, feels a little different for Andre if he sat down. I was up. I couldn't tell. Probably not. I had to see the first games in the second set. But as I said, I had, in the past, I had a few problems with the heat. Last year at the US Open also was very hot, and maybe I have to train like in the sauna next time.

DAVID PRINOSIL: No, I didn't withdraw, but I was feeling really dizzy in the US Open first round.

DAVID PRINOSIL: I've played, a few years ago I played in Adelaide was also. But, you know, on the center court is a little different. In Adelaide was like 42 outside, on the outside courts. I think this was much hotter.

DAVID PRINOSIL: Feels like 85. No, as I said, I mean, good first set, good chances. But if your body is not coming, it's difficult.

DAVID PRINOSIL: I feel much better. I feel a little tired, but I feel much better. I hope -- I have to play doubles tomorrow and I'm gonna see. Tomorrow should be much hotter than today. I'm gonna see in the morning how I gonna feel and I'm going to decide if I play doubles or not.