TMS - STUTTGART

October 30, 2000

Richard Krajicek

MODERATOR: Questions for Richard.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: 6-2, 1-Love, till then I was playing good tennis, serving solid, making the returns I had to make. Of course, he's not an indoor player. Then, yeah, I kind of lost my timing a little bit, especially on my baseline shots. Yeah, then I just held my serve. My serve was big enough today to hold relatively easy. But, yeah, if I would have played a little bit better in the second set, I probably would have broken him one or two more times, and it would have been a more comfortable victory. Till a set and 1-Love, I was pretty happy.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: It's an indoor event. I like playing indoors. Maybe because I've already played a couple tournaments before, so I use it somehow as a warm-up. It's inexplicable. I mean, I played basically always good in Stuttgart. I basically always play bad in Paris. I don't know why that is. It's very weird. In a way, Paris is a very nice city. There's more to do. I think maybe I can focus more on tennis here, I don't know. Something is definitely good here for me that makes me play well. If I knew what it was, I would make sure I would have it every tournament. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: Yeah, that makes it a little bit tougher. It's a good challenge. I hope I finally start winning now, get back into the Top 20, Top 15, back to being seeded. I have to say it is a little nicer feeling to know in the third round, quarterfinals before I start meeting guys of this kind of caliber, like Hewitt and Henman. In other Super 9's, the seeds have a bye, but in another Super 9's I have met them in the first round. First round in Toronto I played Norman, and first round Cincinnati against Kafelnikov. That's the tough part of not being seeded. I have to work hard. Hopefully, here I can make a better start, and next year are back to the good old times, being seeded.

RICHARD KRAJICEK: It would be nice. I'm looking forward to being here five more times after this. It would be nice.