WIMBLEDON

July 1, 2003

Sebastien Grosjean

MODERATOR: Ladies and Gentlemen, Sebastien Grosjean.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: (Laughing). I don't know. I will try to play a good game, you know. But, no, I know everybody will be for Tim. He has a really good chance to win this year. But, you know, I will try my best to play a good game.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: You know, I play last 16 five years ago here, and, you know, I like to play on grass. It's pretty good and fast game, and I like. It's really a game here. And, you know, I work hard after losing in second round at the French, and I come here earlier than the year past. And, you know, I played well at the Queen's, and I won two good matches over there and I have confidence now.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I play Tim it was three years ago on Centre Court. And, you know, even if I lost, you know, the crowd was, you know, was for Tim but was, you know, good. I didn't feel I was -- everybody was against me. But I know tomorrow maybe is gonna be different, but I will focus on myself.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Centre Court here, it's wonderful. I mean, I really happy to play on Centre tomorrow. I will, you know, focus on my game, don't think I have Tim, you know, against me.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know. Did you ask him? I don't know. But, you know, it's always good to beat a player, you know, like 10 days before when you have to play one more time against him.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yeah, yeah. I play well. You know, against him at the Queen's, I play a really good game. I return so well, and so I have to return well tomorrow again.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: You know, I will, you know, try my best tomorrow and, you know, I will think after. I wannt to take match after match. I don't know, everybody's talking about, you know, Tim's chances here because Lleyton lost and Andre lost. But I don't really, you know, think about the victory, I think about the match tomorrow.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know. You know, maybe, but... I don't really think about, you know, the semis and the final after.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know, maybe. Always when you play at home, you know, you have always, you know, little bit pressure. But is the same for us when we play at the French Open so... But, you know, Tim likes to play, because last past year he always plays pretty well here.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yeah, yeah, I work hard, you know, since one year and a half. I work a little bit in the gym, and I serve more at the -- in the practice time. And, you know, that's help me a lot now in my game.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Oh, yeah? Which girls? Which girls (smiling). I don't know. I didn't see them.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know. Ask my wife, I don't know if she will be happy (smiling). No, I don't really, you know, think about that, no.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: At the net when I talked to the umpire, you mean?

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: No, I told him it bounced twice, and that's it. But I was surprised the umpire didn't see, because it was clearly two bounce there.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: It was a little bit like three or four days ago during my fourth round. But a day off on Sunday, was better and better. Now I feel good, yeah.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: It's better for me to play only one set today, because if you play two sets, can be maybe a long set with a tiebreak in the fifth. But I play maybe one hour today, so it's okay, yeah.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: You know, I didn't really watch his game. Only see -- saw him against Michael Llodra, like a few games. But he only lost one set, so I think he's playing pretty good.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Tim wasn't serving so good at Queen's. He was maybe feeling his shoulder. But I played good there, so I don't know. We will see tomorrow if, you know, he serve better and everything.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: My confidence, yes, you know, match after match. When you win matches, you feel better. But you have to focus, you know, in next round, and, you know, really be concentrated on that again.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yeah, I'm really happy to be in the last eight because is my first time here, in last eight. So I am really happy. But more the way I play, you know? I beat pretty good, you know, players here. So I'm really, really happy now.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know (smiling). No, no, no. Lleyton is really fast but, you know, Clement, too, is pretty fast (smiling).

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: Yes.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: For practice. I mean, I was in Marseille and I moved to Paris for a few months and, you know, I didn't really like the weather in Paris, especially in winter for practice. So we moved in '99, like March '99, and, you know, for practice, play, you know, there is few players over there. And especially in winter, it's perfect.

SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN: I don't know. You know, I have to start the match very well and, you know, to hit the ball pretty well at the beginning. Because if Tim has a good start, you know, with the public behind, he will have more confidence. But, you know, I have to play very well at the beginning, yeah.