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PILOT PEN INTERNATIONALAugust 15, 1996Marcelo RiosNEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT JOE LYNCH: First question, please. Q. Marcelo, what happened today? MARCELO RIOS: I think I'm not playing tennis very good today. I'm playing like pissed, not concentrating. I'm not playing good. Q. One of the things we understood yesterday is when you start out hot, you stay hot, but when you start out cold, you stay cold. Is that true? MARCELO RIOS: Maybe, maybe. I'm a little bit play a point, if I get pissed, that like make me go down, not play very consistent. Didn't have a good time. I'm not playing very good. Q. You played him at least twice before. Both times you were victorious. Did you go into the match thinking that you beat him twice before, this could be a little easier? MARCELO RIOS: I knew it was going to be tough. I knew he serve good. I have a chance to break first game; I didn't do it. I knew it was going to be tough. He play good. Not because I beat him two time I knew I was going to win. Q. What did he do today to make such a difference? MARCELO RIOS: Sorry? Q. What did he do today to make such a difference? MARCELO RIOS: Well, I don't think he did much. I missed a lot, too many free points, I served bad. I think I lost the match. Q. Marcelo, how much pressure is there on you these days? MARCELO RIOS: How pressure? Q. From the media, up and coming star. MARCELO RIOS: Not pressure. I haven't feel the pressure. I feeling like I feel always. Think nothing to do with my game with the pressure. I'm just playing bad and having a bad time. Q. What do you do now to regroup and get ready for the Open? MARCELO RIOS: Well, I'm going to Toronto, try to play good. Q. What does the Open mean for you in relation to the other Grand Slam tournaments? MARCELO RIOS: Well, I think it's one more tournament. Q. Just another tournament? MARCELO RIOS: Yes. Q. No one special tournament for you? MARCELO RIOS: Well, I say I always like French Open, but I think every tournament's important, all the same. Q. Do you think you're your own worst enemy sometimes? You're very hard on yourself, too hard on yourself? MARCELO RIOS: Maybe. I don't know. Q. Are you a perfectionist? MARCELO RIOS: Sorry? Q. Perfectionist? MARCELO RIOS: I try to be, but not always. Q. What does that mean? You take it easy on yourself when you want to? MARCELO RIOS: Yeah, try to do things good. Sometimes I can't do it, but always I try like to do my best. Q. How frustrating is it for you to play a match like today? MARCELO RIOS: Well, I know I'm going to have bad matches and bad months. I know not everything is going to be right. Now like this, I have to continue. JOE LYNCH: Anything else in English? Q. Marcelo, do you think (inaudible) six foot and more and serving 110 miles an hour or more, that being 5'8", it makes you a special player? MARCELO RIOS: I don't think so. Q. Just another player; not more special because you do different things better than they do? MARCELO RIOS: I don't think so. Q. Marcelo, are you especially proud for what you've done for tennis in Chile? MARCELO RIOS: Sorry? Q. The impact you've had in Chile, in your home country, are you especially proud of that? MARCELO RIOS: Yeah, sure. Never been a Top 10 player. First time in the history of tennis. Q. What does that mean to you? MARCELO RIOS: Well, being like the first one, I feel proud of myself. If I'm happy, I'll try to prove it again. JOE LYNCH: Anything else in English? Thank you. End of FastScripts…. |
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