COMPAQ GRAND SLAM CUP

September 23, 1997

Marcelo Rios

Q. I think you are satisfied with your start here, first appearance Grand Slam Cup?

MARCELO RIOS: Yeah. Coming from India, playing the next day, I think I play pretty good. I was playing on grass two days ago, and coming to play indoors, very fast. I'm really happy about what I did today. I thought it was a tough match. I think I played really good.

MARCELO RIOS: How did I what?

MARCELO RIOS: It was not that bad. They told me it was going to be really hard. But it was very hot, really hot, and humid, and more playing on grass there was tougher for us that we came from clay. So it was really tough. But it was not that bad.

MARCELO RIOS: Well, I think I have improved a lot my concentration on the court, and don't getting pissed like fast, every time I lose a point getting pissed. I think also trying to fight until the end, even if you lose the first set or you're down, trying to fight every point, because you can win the match. I think after the French Open when I played two matches in a row being two sets down, I realize even if you lose, you can win the match.

MARCELO RIOS: Yeah, maybe. Maybe when you're younger and come, you don't know what you are going to expect, you lose. I think the more you get on The Tour, the more years you're playing, you realize what's going on.

MARCELO RIOS: Who do I play?

MARCELO RIOS: Well, both are tough. I don't care. Whatever.

MARCELO RIOS: Well, I think not because he won the Open, you can't beat him. I think maybe everybody wants to play him. But, I haven't think about it. You just say, but I would like to play Rafter after like being the US Open Champion.