November 18, 1993
FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Q. Stefan, it is a bit hard to lose a match like that in which you contributed so much to the quality of it and seemed to be playing very well for much of the time?
STEFAN EDBERG: Yeah, I think I am a little bit sad. I did play pretty well today. I think Pete played unbelievable in the first set. The quality of the tennis was just really, really good. Even in the second set, you know, after I broke him back, I started to play really well, and I had a few chances; had him Love-40 and, you know, it didn't really run for me when I needed it. So I mean, that is one just one of these matches. It was pretty close though.
Q. Confident; you could beat him if you met him in the final?
STEFAN EDBERG: I believe so. I beat him twice this year. It was a very close match. If I would have got the second set, things could have turned around a little bit. I actually started to play really well from the beginning of the second set. I just was a little bit unlucky in the beginning of the tiebreaker. I played a really good third point. He just got the ball back and hit the let cord and next thing I hit a doublefault. That gave him a little bit of an advantage in the tiebreaker. That made a difference.
Q. Before this match, did you feel that you had more chances against him than against Goran?
STEFAN EDBERG: I mean, I only take one match at a time. I felt I am playing well enough to beat him at the moment. And I have played well the first match, so I really thought if I just could concentrate and do my thing, I had a good chance, but, you know, he played a little-- just a little bit better when it mattered today.
Q. ATP will give its annual review to us tomorrow. Are you happy with the way the Tour is running; anything that you think could be improved on?
STEFAN EDBERG: Well, you can always find things that you can improve on. I mean, I won't spend a whole evening here telling you what could be changed, but there are a few things that could be changed and there are a few changes on the way. There is always room for improvement.
Q. Anything specific?
STEFAN EDBERG: I don't want to mention too much before you get the review. If you ask me tomorrow, maybe I will give you an answer.
Q. Thank you.
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