TENNIS MASTERS CUP- HOUSTON

November 18, 2004

Carlos Moya

THE MODERATOR: Questions in English for Carlos, please.

CARLOS MOYA: Yeah, I had. I am disappointed because it was a really close match and I had my chances. I made one out of nine breakpoints, so when you do that against Federer, you lose. So there's not much I can say. But all together, I think it has been a good match. If I had won one of those points, it probably could have been different. But as I said, you have to take your chances. Otherwise, you lose.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, it's not just against Federer, it's against any top player. I mean, the difference is two, three, four points during the whole match. So if you lucky and you win a few of those points, you win the match; if not, forget about it. So it's not just Federer. Maybe with Federer even more. But you have to take your chances. If not, you lose.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, it's probably a different feeling. You play against a guy that is dominating tennis in a way that it was a long time ago that somebody did like this. So you may be a little more under pressure. You try to take more risk because you don't expect him to miss that much. You know that if you get to have few chances, you have to make them. So maybe you play with more pressure than against any other guy.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, I think maybe not as much as Sampras, Agassi, Becker, Edberg. But maybe it's because I was much younger than them. Now, I see things different. He's much younger than me. Also, that he talks to all the players, he's very nice guy. I'm not saying that the others are not nice, but they are different - they go, they do their own thing and that's it. Roger is a guy that you can talk to him and he talks to you, he says "hi" every day. So that makes him not as intimidating like maybe the other guys.

CARLOS MOYA: Why?

CARLOS MOYA: Well, you mean that he already qualified and he didn't give his best?

CARLOS MOYA: Well, I think I played pretty good match today. I put a lot of pressure with my serve and with my forehand. I mean, he played 80, 90 matches this year. Sometimes he's gonna play better than others. I guess today maybe he missed few more than he usually does, but, still, he's the No. 1.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, if I am right, I think I still have chance to qualify here, so if I am done here, I am going to start to think about Davis Cup. But as long as I have chances, I am going to still be thinking about this tournament. So let's say that if I don't qualify, I'll go back to Spain and start playing on -- practicing on clay court.

CARLOS MOYA: I heard Thursday or Friday. That's what I heard.