VOLVO MONTE-CARLO OPEN

April 27, 1995

Goran Ivanisevic

GORAN IVANISEVIC: I looked pretty confident from the beginning. I felt much better today on the court from the beginning. I served very good today, and I think I returned his serve good. That was the key because he is serving unbelievable when you return some important points when he serves, then we have to play the point and that was important.

GORAN IVANISEVIC: I think I played very good. I think this couple of matches I play in Barcelona and today here, I think this is maybe my best year on the clay. I improve a lot on clay. I think this year I am going to play more tournaments on clay. I think the game on clay is much improving and I have more fun to play on clay. I am much more fitter than before and I am enjoying to play on clay.

GORAN IVANISEVIC: Yeah, I am going to play Hamburg, Rome and the Nation's Cup which I didn't play before the French Open. So I don't know if it is good or bad for French. It is different clay, but I think I am fit now. I didn't play for nine weeks and I am keen to play more and more matches and I think I am going to be ready.

GORAN IVANISEVIC: Yeah, it was tough in the beginning. It was nice to be home and I was not a long time home. But it is also tough. You have to do a lot of rehabilitation every day and you see all the guys that are playing and you want to go and play and you can't run; you have to go in the gym for three, four hours do the same thing for three, four weeks and it is pretty boring, and -- but, I mean, I had to stay mentally tough, and just believe if I followed the rehabilitation program I am going to get back faster so I was doing and I was very patient with that, and I had fun doing it and I came back pretty fast.