TMS MONTE CARLO

April 19, 2002

Carlos Moya

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, so far this tournament I've been playing very well. And I know how far I am from getting that form, but the feelings out there, I mean, I have been playing very well. And I'm very happy the way I won these matches. I had very tough opponents all these days. You know, you're not playing well, you don't beat all of them. So that means that I am playing well. I cannot tell you if I am back where I was, but, you know, I feel that my tennis is there.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, I don't remember that match, but I remember that I won the first set and I also had chances in the third. And he ended up winning in the tiebreak. So today was almost the same story but with a different ending, you know. I won today, which I think I' have been very close to lose, too. But I think I played better in the important moments, and, you know... But the match was pretty similar to two years ago or three years ago in Mallorca.

CARLOS MOYA: Not against him, but today I felt like the dropshots were working well, and that's what I did. I think I've won many points from the dropshots, and I lost some of them. But, you know, I think is a good tactic sometimes.

CARLOS MOYA: Not really (smiling). Not really. But he deserve it. He's been playing great tennis, and, you know, he's gonna be very tough opponent for me.

CARLOS MOYA: It was different, yeah, of course. I will have to be focused on my return. I think it will be very important because he's trying to get to the net a lot. And I play once against him on clay, and I beat him 7-6 in the third so that shows how difficult it's gonna be, the match, for me. And I respect him a lot. Doesn't matter what surface we play, even if is clay, I think he's a very tough player to beat.

CARLOS MOYA: Yeah.

CARLOS MOYA: Well, that's why I've been late here.

CARLOS MOYA: The adductor.

CARLOS MOYA: Groin.

CARLOS MOYA: Yeah. That's what happened. It was in the match against Corretja yesterday. And before the match, I got the treatment today and it work very well because during the match it didn't hurt at all. But afterwards when I was not playing, I felt the pain again and that's why I got the treatment. But now I'm okay.

CARLOS MOYA: I don't think so because I cannot be worse than I was last night, so... And today, I mean, you didn't know, you wouldn't feel that I was having any problem at all because I been moving very well. And I didn't have any problem during the match. I'll try to get the same treatment tomorrow before the match and I'll see if it works.