adidas International

January 6, 2003

Peter Luczak

PETER LUCZAK: Yeah, a bit of nerves, I'd say. I think I was also trying to play a little bit too aggressively in the wind. Out there on Court 1, it was a hurricane blowing out there. So I don't know, was just tough. He wasn't missing, and I was just doing all the missing. But nerves as well, yeah.

PETER LUCZAK: Yeah, it is disappointing. I hadn't had too much time to think about it. I was just out there watching Crabby, trying to pull him through. I'm sure I'll think about it tonight, will be hard to get to sleep because I had a good chance. It was so windy, it was a great equalizer, like anyone could have won out there. But I don't know, just maybe got tight in the end, and that was it.

PETER LUCZAK: He stayed pretty solid, and I just made a few mistakes here and there. I had a chance at 15-all when I was serving for it. Had an open court with a forehand volley. Hit the tape, and I think that was the turning point really.

PETER LUCZAK: Yeah, I think so. You know, got a bit of confidence from going through the qualifying. Hopefully -- all I wanted was to come up here and get some match play before Australian Open. Lucky enough to get a wildcard, so I got my match play. Hopefully, I can maybe win a couple rounds next week.

PETER LUCZAK: Yeah, I'm probably hoping to go Top 100, maybe play a few more qualifying of ATPs and hopefully qualify for a few of these, get to play some of the big guys. You know, I love it. I love traveling. I love competing and playing. So hopefully I have a chance to play a few more of these really top guys.

PETER LUCZAK: I love it. Yeah, I love it. Yeah, no one really knows us. We just have a good time. We just battle. You know, I don't know, I really enjoy it. We just, you know, try to stay at cheap hotels and, you know, always find the cheap rent-a-car. No one hassles us. I was lucky enough to be a hitting partner in Davis Cup. Saw Lleyton every single day. There was not a day where he wasn't like, you know, thousands of people just bothering him with signing autographs and stuff. Me and Jaymon just roamed the streets. No one knows us. No, I really like it. I like being the underdog and playing like that, you know. I think I play a little worse when I'm expected to win, so, yeah...

PETER LUCZAK: Oh, yeah, obviously. Yeah, I'm sure when it comes, I'll be able to deal with it. Right now I like being the underdog and being right here and hopefully a few big scalps, yeah.

PETER LUCZAK: Just the Australian Open, that's it. Just practice, and probably take tomorrow off. Practice, go back to Melbourne because I'm from Melbourne, just practice every day until the Aussie Open, yeah.

PETER LUCZAK: My coach, he's Tum Rakete, he's from Melbourne as well. I've been with him since I was 12, 13. Then I went away to college, and I was with a different guy, another Aussie called Mark (inaudible) for four years. But when I'm traveling, I don't really have a coach. I just, when I come back to Melbourne, do some work with Tom.