COMPAQ GRAND SLAM CUP

December 10, 1994

Magnus Larsson

MAGNUS LARSSON: I was surprised; it went almost too easy from 4-All in the first set, then I broke and it -- I just played great all over the court, and I made him miss a little bit, but I think I provided him to do the mistakes.

MAGNUS LARSSON: Maybe both, I played really good and Martin maybe played not so good, but I beat him in two times before in very important matches, so I think he felt that when he walk on the court.

MAGNUS LARSSON: It is two different things. I mean, Davis Cup, that was what we were dreaming about when we were small, to win the Davis Cup with Swedish Flag and everything what it means, and it is a bit hard to compare. Davis Cup we play almost for free, and we don't even think about money there, and here it is so much money, I mean, you can't just ignore it. It is that easy. I think it is very hard to compare. But Davis Cup will be much longer in people's head than this tournament.

MAGNUS LARSSON: Yeah, I didn't play good first couple of months. We were practicing hard, and always looked forward to next tournament, and even if I lost first round, we were still positive and practiced the same, and we really believed in what we are doing. So now in the last three months, I have been playing just great, and it is fun -- fun that it pays off the hard work.

MAGNUS LARSSON: Davis Cup, for sure.

MAGNUS LARSSON: Yeah, seems like that. You win Davis Cup once in a lifetime, of course, you celebrate. It was late, but we could still stand up the next morning, so it was no problem. And I didn't play until Wednesday, so, I mean, that was no problem.

MAGNUS LARSSON: I am 9 right now, and hopefully, I can get better next year, but I really don't say I want to be 10 or 5. I just want to keep improving my play and if I do that, it gets better automatically. So I don't really look at numbers. Of course, I want to get higher than what I am right now. It is going to be hard, but I think I have a few ways to improve my game, and I still think I can play better. I hope.

MAGNUS LARSSON: I am playing a lot of golf in the summer. In the winter, I watch mostly ice hockey and when I am home, go out with my friends like a normal human being, so when I am home it doesn't really -- I am not that much different, I mean, I play tennis a few hours in the day and in the evenings I am with my friends.

MAGNUS LARSSON: Sure.