TMS - MADRID

October 16, 2003

Carlos Moya

THE MODERATOR: Questions in Spanish for Carlos, please.

CARLOS MOYA: Fine (smiling). It's not the best thing that has happened to me, to lose a match like this. I had chances in the third set I didn't take advantage of. At this level, if you don't take advantage of things, opportunities, you get what happened today.

CARLOS MOYA: Every loss hurts. But this one especially because of how it went. I've said it before, I had my chances. I didn't play well. My arm was a bit tight. I don't know if it was because of altitude, because of game, maybe a mixture of all. I had chances. A victory would have brought me closer to the Masters. But still my chances are there. Okay, yeah, the loss hurts, especially because I'm in Spain.

CARLOS MOYA: His style of serving is very impressive. Besides, there's altitude. Those points, yeah, they bothered me. I don't usually think the line judges are wrong, but today I think they judged always against me. I was a bit desperate. I was lucky a few balls were on the umpire's side and he saw them, but some of them weren't. Finally when we played points over, it was me the one who won them. But at this level, the fact that judges misjudge one point, it's very important, because we're risking a match. It's very frustrating.

CARLOS MOYA: Yes. Line judges are not professionals. It's a very high speed. It's normal they make mistakes. This is a very important sport. They should have professionals on it because it can change the direction of a tournament and of everything. They should try to be as precise as possible, with video or anything. Clay has the advantage that marks are there, and they can see them. But this surface does not have that advantage. I guess it's difficult to change the line judge's decision, but that should be changed.