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US OPENAugust 30, 1997Alex RaduleskuFlushing Meadows, New York Q. You played Pete several times in your career. How would you describe where he is in his game right now? ALEX RADULESCU: Well, I think he's in good shape. Just one breakpoint today. He's playing good. I had not so many chances. Q. Do you expect him to cruise through this tournament? Do you think anybody can beat him right now? ALEX RADULESCU: Well, if he's playing like this and if he keeps his shape, he can win the tournament. No question about it. But he has to win some more rounds. In a big tournament, everything can happen. Q. It's so rare you get a breakpoint against him. I mean, you got one in the third set. What happens to you when you get it? Do you get a little tight because it's so rare when it happens? ALEX RADULESCU: Yeah. You don't get many chances. When you get one, you have to take it. If you don't take it, then it's tough. On the breakpoint, I don't have a big chance to win that point. Q. Disappointing? ALEX RADULESCU: Yeah, of course I'm disappointed. But I came into the match pretty tired after the first two rounds. I thought that I have to be very lucky to win today because I didn't feel that good. Q. You seem to be serving real well today. What separates Pete's serve from maybe yours? ALEX RADULESCU: Maybe the difference, the key point, he's serving very big key points. He was once Love-30 down and served two aces in a row, and it was 30-All again. So I think the big points, he's serving better. Q. He's serving better than when you've played him before? ALEX RADULESCU: No. It's actually almost the same. When I played him times before, I also had just few chances to break him. Q. Were you serving better than you served before? ALEX RADULESCU: No. I was serving okay today, but when I played him before, I played him indoors. Indoors, the serve is more important than outdoor on hardcourt. And I think it was okay today. Q. Do you have a flight out in 15 minutes or so? Did you book the flight right after your loss? ALEX RADULESCU: Well, I'm trying to catch a flight now tonight. I think it's going at nine or ten o'clock. Q. When did you book it? ALEX RADULESCU: Well, I didn't book it. My coach is doing this. He left already. He's trying to bring me on a flight. Q. You didn't have reservations, plane reservations, before you played Sampras, did you? ALEX RADULESCU: No. My reservation was for next Monday. Q. Where are you going? ALEX RADULESCU: I'm going back to Germany. Q. What city? ALEX RADULESCU: Well, probably fly to Frankfurt. Either Hamburg or Munich. I don't know. I have to decide. End of FastScripts…. |
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