DAVIS CUP - SWEDEN vs ITALY

December 6, 1998

Carl-Axe Hageskog

Q. Can you talk about if you heard anything home about your winning effort here, reaction from Sweden?

CAPTAIN HAGESKOG: Yes, we have heard some from the Prime Minister of Sweden, Goran Persson. We got a fax from him, and a lot of friends. The old team members, Magnus Larsson called me today, Tillstrom and Enqvist called me also. So, yeah, a lot of people have sent us faxes congratulating us.

CAPTAIN HAGESKOG: I think we saved it for today. We like to be professional and give the crowd good matches today also, and fight to the end. I think that's the way it should be. Today, after the game, our job is done, we can celebrate.

CAPTAIN HAGESKOG: They are sitting here around me (indicating). They are the secret. We have eight players who has competed for Sweden. They did a great job this year. That's the secret. Also we have a unique system in Sweden with the tennis clubs where people are working on their free time with lots of juniors. I think that's the main reasons.