IBM/ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

November 13, 1995

Thomas Enqvist

THOMAS ENQVIST: No, I didn't. End of last year I had surgery on my right knee and so I didn't expect anything. So I just -- I just sort of tried to get -- just play and see if I can play and I get very good start of the year, winning a lot of matches and (Inaudible.).

THOMAS ENQVIST: I try to play my game. This year, I think I have been more steady, been playing well; not just -- playing a lot of good weeks. I have been moving much better. Working a lot on the movement on the court. I think I do that much better. I think -- it is a long way to be good. You have to work very hard. It is not this year. I have been working hard for five, six years now and you get very excited when you get -- I mean, to compete with the best players in the world; now you know you are on the right way and you try to improve even more.

THOMAS ENQVIST: We have been working for three years. We have been working a long time. It is not just this year. It takes time to be a good player, I think, and it is a lot of good players out there and sometimes you play good for a while and-- there are a lot of good players out there. We have been working hard for three years.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I haven't expected anything. I am just happy to be here. I think it is very good for my tennis to be here and to play with the best players in the world.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I think all of the players have a chance. Obviously this surface suits Sampras and Becker. I think they are the favorites. Like I said, only good players are here, so anybody can win.

THOMAS ENQVIST: He showed this year that he can play really good on indoor court too. He won Essen. He beat Sampras there. Very impressive. He is having a good season; won many titles.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I start to practice. We have a long season, so during December you should try to prepare yourself as good as possible to do the beginning next year.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I feel confident. Played very good last week, so I feel very good.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I have the knee surgery end of the last year. The important thing to me was to start the year off to feel that I can play and to be free from injuries and I had really good start of the year. Played a lot of matches. And when you win a matche, you know you have a chance when you can beat the best players in the world.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I think it is a lot of good players in this tournament. You can play very good tennis. You can still lose every match. I am very happy that Pete said that, but I think you have a lot of good players out there and I don't know how to answer that question.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Working hard.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I have been practicing a lot. Practicing a lot with footspeed on the court. That is one of the reasons I think I have been doing well this year that I am moving much better on the court. Of course you need a little bit talent, a little bit tenniswise, but it is a lot of hard work.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I don't want to say. I need to practice more; to come in after my serve; to play more volleys. That is why what we try to work on.

THOMAS ENQVIST: No. I am too tired in the morning. I never go out so early.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I don't think I sacrificed anything because tennis was the thing that I really wanted to do and that is the thing I like to do most, so I felt lucky that I could do the thing that I like to do.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Not particular, but I look back to all the Swedish tennis players, all of them.