NEWSWEEK CHAMPIONS CUP

March 8, 1995

Todd Martin

Q. Fairly quick day's work. Was there anything in particular where you were very sharp today?

TODD MARTIN: I thought I served very well and I had never played Horst before; never really seen him play too much, but I didn't think that he had a whole lot to hurt me with and when I got out there, realized that was the case, but he did serve -- he served fairly well and made some good volleys.

Q. In the stadium court now, Andre is playing his first match of the tournament as a competitor and a teammate on Davis Cup, if I remember right, what is different about him in the last eight or ten months? Why has he on such a great rise?

TODD MARTIN: He is not a Davis Cup team man of mine.

Q. You didn't --

TODD MARTIN: We didn't play on the same team together. If I am not mistaken, he hasn't played Davis Cup lately.

Q. Not in a couple of years. As a competitor then, what could you see different?

TODD MARTIN: As a peer and a competitor and a friend, I think he is playing well. I think he is doing everything probably a little bit better than he used to as far as stroke production and that business; then on top of that, he is really doing that point after point after point rather than doing it for a couple of points, a couple of games, and then going out to lunch for a game or two. Really, most of the guys on the Tour can play at an extremely high level - if they avoid those lunch breaks.

Q. What do you need to do particularly well this week? This is such a crowded field.

TODD MARTIN: Well, I think got to play well and also I have to be disciplined and do the right things at the right times; play aggressively, but since the court is maybe a little slower than usual, be patient and maybe wait a shot or two longer for my chance to take and get to the net.

GREG SHARKO: Anything else for Todd?

TODD MARTIN: That was easy.

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