ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

November 16, 1994

Stefan Edberg

STEFAN EDBERG: I mean, yeah, sometimes when you play Goran -- I played him a lot of times. Sometimes when he gets his serve going he is a very, very difficult player, but he made a lot of errors today, I thought. He didn't serve very well, and I took the opportunity today and I played my tennis; didn't make many mistakes and that was pretty much it. I thought about the match. It went very, very quick.

STEFAN EDBERG: Yeah, I can play pretty loose here. I came in here as the last one to qualify. I am happy to be here and I feel if I am playing my tennis; if I am playing relaxed, you know, I have a chance here, as well as anybody else.

STEFAN EDBERG: I felt quite good the last two days. I mean, obviously I felt terrible last week getting sick, and I had to stay in bed for a couple of days, but sometimes when you have been sick and suddenly you start feeling healthy again, you get a little bit of a kick-in and that is what I feel.

STEFAN EDBERG: No, I have stayed in bed. That has been the preparation. I mean, I have played a lot of tennis and I played -- this is my 6th week in a row where I am playing. I wasn't supposed to play last week, but I really had to in order to make this week so it has been a lot of tennis.

STEFAN EDBERG: Yeah, I think that was a very important stage of the match because I was in total control up 'til then and I played, you know, he played a good point. I played a couple of dodgey points and suddenly I was down Love-40, but, you know, then I hit some good serves and suddenly it was back to deuce, and once I got over that game, he never really had a chance after that. That was really the only chance he had to get back into the match. So it was a very crucial, you know, time of the match.

STEFAN EDBERG: I have said so, you know, he has qualified here. He has done what he had to do that is playing well on the clay and he took his opportunities; well done to him, I think. But on the other hand, you know, it is always a questionmark where you have somebody having their best 14 results only on clay and haven't won any other matches on any other surface, but everything is possible and, you know, he came through the system, so well done.

STEFAN EDBERG: The best balls I played with. They have been a little bit inconsistent in practice, but the balls we were playing with tonight were beautiful.

STEFAN EDBERG: I played as well in Hong Kong, the exhibition that I did win, and that was only a couple of weeks ago, and if I can play relaxed and play the way that I did play tonight, then I got a good chance tomorrow as well.

STEFAN EDBERG: Well, we have to discuss something and it is a lot of things up in the air at the moment, and of course you take part of it because it is part of tennis. There is a lot of issues that we are discussing at the moment because very much because of an article in Sports Illustrated earlier this year which created a wave of questions about tennis and we have to try to answer some of them and that is what is happening.

STEFAN EDBERG: Well, I think it is good that you have somebody in order to take their place here if something happens and I am not quite sure what does happen because I am not quite familiar with the rule because it is a new one, but why not.

STEFAN EDBERG: Yeah, yeah they did. They asked everybody their opinion. I said my opinion and probably they drew the conclusion from what everybody said and what was in the biggest favor from the players. That is what happened.

STEFAN EDBERG: Well, there are things we are discussing. I think we are going to see some changes because I think we need to make some changes and I think in the next couple of months, I am sure you will hear something about some changes that will take place very soon. I am sure about that.

STEFAN EDBERG: Players discussions; we are talking about the ATP Tour representatives and there are quite a few issues which are under discussions and what it is, you have to guess, but you will know soon, I am sure.