EUROCARD OPEN

October 28, 1998

Tommy Haas

Q. How did you feel today against Rios?

TOMMY HAAS: I think it was a pretty good match. We broke each other once. He broke me right away in the first set. I broke him right back. He broke me again; he played some fantastic tennis at the end of the first set. I didn't play so well 'til 3-Love, then I decided to not give up and have another chance and see how we do. I came back real strong. 5-1, Love-30, if I could win that game I thought maybe I could have a good chance coming into the third set. He won two very good points. He was better today than me.

TOMMY HAAS: Well, a little bit. It is tough. Got a little tight playing doubles last night. Finished late. No excuse, trying to fight, and it was a close match in the second set, Rios was better.

TOMMY HAAS: Definitely. I don't think he was injured that bad anyway. I am sure he is feeling good and hopefully he is going to go far in this tournament.