TENNIS MASTERS CUP

November 18, 2005

Stephen Huss

Wesley Moodie

THE MODERATOR: Questions in English or Chinese, please.

STEPHEN HUSS: Structurally, the knee is solid, which is very good news. The ligament and the miniscus and everything, the ACL, in there is solid, which is good news. When I first did it, I thought it was completely gone. I thought it would be probably six months. So, you know, coming out of there, I guess it's good news. I shouldn't be out for -- I mean, I'm not planning on playing for two weeks. So, you know, after that I'm going to have to be careful, but I don't think it's going to be anything that keeps me out for more than a month. After I did it, trying to play on it, initially when I first came back out it felt better than I thought it would feel, and that's what encouraged me to keep going a little bit. And then after a couple more points, after we came off, you know, the change of ends, I could feel it starting, you know. The pain started coming more. I felt like I had no stability in the knee. I knew it was pretty much over. I was hoping the big fella could roll down a few big serves and we could hold serve there, and I don't know... But I knew it was over after a couple of points on that next game.

WESLEY MOODIE: Yeah, I mean, it's been a great partnership. I, unfortunately, am playing with someone else next year. It's been great fun. Hopefully, we can maybe team up again at some stage. Yeah, I mean, well, we won a Grand Slam together, a couple other good results. I certainly wouldn't have expected that in January when we played together for the first time then so...

STEPHEN HUSS: Just echo Wes' thoughts. In January if you had told me I was going to win Wimbledon this year, I would have laughed at you. So, no, I mean, very disappointing today. No fun getting injured. But, you know, looking at the whole year and winning a Wimbledon title and having a lot of other good results and playing, you know, with a guy, you know, who's got Wes' character and personality has just been a lot of fun. It's been sensational. You know, I hope we can play again in the future.