AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 25, 2006

Sebastien Grosjean

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know, but one of the toughest, yeah, for sure. Almost five hours and, you know, many rallies. It was tough physically. But I just felt a little bit tired like maybe last two or three games. I mean, it was a pretty good game.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Mentally it was tough because I had twice the break in the fifth. Especially after winning, you know, 7-6 the fourth, you know, I'm a little bit disappointed the way I serve in the fifth set.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yeah, I don't know. I didn't know you are allowed to throw your racquet when you play, so I ask the referee. He said he has to go with the call of the umpire. And the umpire said I hit the ball. But it doesn't matter. I mean, he was on the way to the volley. If, you know, a ball drop from my pocket, I mean, we replay the point, or even the hat. Anything happen on the court, we replay the point. But didn't happen like that. He gave the point right away.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yeah. I mean, a let. At least a let. I mean, I think I deserve a let and we play the point. I mean, that's the minimum. And after, maybe he has to give me the point because he's not allowed to throw his racquet, you know, if the point is not over.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yeah, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if he's expecting to lose the point or win the point. You can't throw the racquet.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yes, it did.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Not really. Not really. Because I still focused even after that bad decision, I think. You know, I hold. I had two game points in 7-6 after.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know. Not in the locker room for sure, no.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: The referee is a friend of mine? Not really, no.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I mean, "friend" is a big word, I think. No, I think I was a little bit disappointed in, you know, the way he throw the racquet, you know, on such a big point. So even if he was expecting to lose the point, I mean, that's not the way it is. But I stay focused in the game, you know, try to forget this point.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: No, I had many chances in the fifth, for sure. But he's good returner, so is tough to hold, especially when you break early in the set. But after, he was a bit better at the end.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I didn't see the stats, so I can't tell you about that. At the end, you know, when you win 8-6 in the fifth, it doesn't really matter, the stat.