U.S. OPEN

September 2, 1995

Patrick McEnroe

PATICK McENROE: Well, just kind of kept me going, you know. I was really struggling the first two sets and I was just trying to find my way somehow to get into the match just anyway to just make it competitive, you know, to get in the points. And once I started to do that a little bit, I got a good start in the third set and they just kept getting behind me more and more and just picked up my game, you know, my level just pick up and I was able to get back in it and, you know, slowly work my way back into the match.

PATICK McENROE: The tiebreaker obviously I had a lot of adrenaline going and I felt like I would win the tiebreak, you know, to coming back from 5-2 and certainly they were on my side and everything. I just felt like I was in a zone when I got into the tiebreaker and everything was just so still and I just felt like I was going to hit the right shots. Maybe he was going to have to come up with great shots too to win the tiebreak. That's the way I felt. I really didn't feel nervous or like I was going to lose it. I felt like he had to win it because I felt like, you know, I was -- I just felt confident.

PATRICK McENROE: Oh, for sure. I mean, I've always wanted to play my best here, and I played well here but not consistently and to come back like that in a match like that, it's satisfying. It makes me realize that the work I did I've been doing, it pays off because, you know, if physically you can't handle it there's no way you could come back in that situation. So, I knew that I could if I could get just get into the match that I could go as long as I had to go.

PATRICK McENROE: Well, obviously -- you know, even in that game when I served it 2-5 I think I might have been down 15-30. So I knew I wanted to make him serve for it, and I still felt like -- it wasn't like the first three sets where he was really dominating me. You know, he was up that one break but I still felt that I could get into the points and have a good chance to break him whereas in the first two sets he was just all over me and playing real well. I didn't feel comfortable. But at that point I didn't feel like I was out of it by any means. I knew I was in the match and if I could just somehow break him that I could get the momentum on my side.

PATRICK McENROE: Well, hopefully all of them. I think, you know, all those things and I think, you know, my style of play and I feel like I'm always fighting and I'm always giving my best and that's what I did, and I think the people here enjoy that. And obviously they enjoy seeing more tennis, you know, they wanted me to come back. If I was up two sets they might have started cheering for him. And that's the way it goes, and obviously it was a tremendous feeling to have the people into it like that and hopefully I can keep going a few more.

PATRICK McENROE: Well, this is a big one just because of where it is and I think the situation and coming back from two sets and, you know, Volkov's a very tough player, especially at the Open. He's got a great record here and I knew it would be tough. I expect the next one to be tough and hopefully I can get a little bet better start in my next match and play better, but this certainly was one of the bigger ones that I've had and I hope it becomes less big because I can win a few more here.