TENNIS MASTERS SERIES - ROMA

May 8, 2002

Carlos Moya

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

CARLOS MOYA: That's not a good draw, to play Hewitt in the first round in a Grand Slam. Still, I hope I'll be seeded there. Otherwise, that means that I'm not in the first 32 players in the world.

CARLOS MOYA: Yeah, that wouldn't be good for me. So hopefully I'm going to be seeded, I'm going to get really far.

CARLOS MOYA: No, I think that he didn't behave bad. You know, he was down, you know, and there was that close ball that the umpire gave me that point. And could be, I mean, my point or to play a let. The umpire decided to give me the point. That was a game I was 3-1, and he reacted I don't think that bad. Maybe -- I don't know what he told him, because the warning was for something he said to the umpire. But, you know, it didn't bother me at all. I was very focused. And I don't know, I don't think he deserved to get that penalty point, but these things happen in tennis. And only the umpire and him went on there. I didn't hear anything, so I don't know what he said.

CARLOS MOYA: Not surprised. Usually they don't give you those points. But I knew that he had no chance to put the ball back, so it's up to the umpire. He thinks that he has no chance, he gives me a point. But usually they don't give that point. But I think it has to be up to the umpire usually. And, you know, I think he -- for me, he made a good call (smiling).

CARLOS MOYA: Well, I didn't hear the penalty point, so... He went to the other side. I didn't know what was going on, so... But he told -- the umpire told me that he got the penalty point and that was it. But I didn't hear it.

CARLOS MOYA: I don't know. In that point --.

CARLOS MOYA: I guess -- yeah, I don't know. I was surprised to get that 15-love without playing the point even.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, he had -- with his serve he had game points. Then with my serve he had break points. So it could easily be 3-2 for me, and it was 5-love. Sometimes it happen the opposite - I have many chances and I am down. Today he had chances, and I was up 5-0. He start to play better after that, and I kind of relax a little bit. But I was lucky to hold that serve in the 5-3, because otherwise you never know what can happen. I mean, it's Lleyton.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, that was a long time ago, so I don't remember. But...

CARLOS MOYA: Yeah. All I can say is that I am healthy now. I am very confident and 100%. You know, I think my tennis is there, is at the same place where it was. Now I need the confidence to win a big tournament. And I think confidence is very important in tennis. So when I won the French Open, a month before I won Monte-Carlo. This year I played a final in Monte-Carlo, so maybe I play a final in Paris. But my tennis, I feel that it's there. Now I have to adapt some other things, and hopefully I'm gonna be ready for the French Open.

CARLOS MOYA: Enqvist won?

CARLOS MOYA: Well, not that good. I play like five or six times against him and I beat him just once.

CARLOS MOYA: He beat me once on clay, I think. So trouble... But last time I play him on clay, I beat him. So hopefully this time is gonna be the same. But I'll try to play my best here in Rome. For some reason, I never play well here. I just got to the third round my best year, and now I am in third round. So hopefully I'm going to be in quarters. But, you know, I have to go step by step and, you know, just play my best and be 100%.