U.S. OPEN

August 29, 1995

Thomas Enqvist

THOMAS ENQVIST: I am very happy that I won. Of course, when you play a long match you are a little bit tired in your body, but I feel pretty good.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Oh, yeah. It is very good feeling to have after you win five-setter it is more fun, I mean, afterwards to win a very close match then it is to win easy match, I think. I was a little bit nervous today. I put a little pressure on myself because I have been playing very well for a long time right now and, I really wanted to do well in the Slams and I was a little bit nervous, but Rios was also playing very well, I think. I should have won a little bit easier in the fifth because I have so many chances and matchpoints and breakpoints, but I am very happy that I won.

THOMAS ENQVIST: No, I never played him. But I have seen him play a lot. I think he can be very good player. He played very fast and today he did some very good shots. I was not serving that good, I think in the match today and that was the key, I think because I break him a lot, but I couldn't serve like I have been doing for a long time, but that is maybe because I was a little bit tight and nervous.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I had a very good year so far and I haven't been doing that well in the Slams, so when you know that you are playing very well, I really want to do well in the Slams this year, maybe I put a little bit too much pressure on myself because I know it is a lot of good players; you really have to be playing very well and to play relaxed to win every match. It feels good to me to be able to win because I was not playing my best, maybe, but I played, I mean, been able to win anyway. It is good.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Yeah, I mean, when you play a tiebreaker and in the fifth set, it could go either way. I have so much chances, so I think this was really my match. I just tried to sit just one point, so I did a good forehand down the line.

THOMAS ENQVIST: No, never.

THOMAS ENQVIST: I like it very much.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Yes. Today I like it. I don't know, I mean, I think -- always tiebreak here?

THOMAS ENQVIST: We always play tiebreaker at ATP tournaments when you are in the third set, so we are pretty used to that. I play a lot of 7-6 in the third matches. It is not that big of a difference.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Very hard to say, I think. Like I said, it is very -- a lot of good players out there and I think he can be very good, but I mean, it is very hard to say if someone is going to be top 10 or top 50 or whatever, I mean, when you play him, I think you feel like he is a very good player, but also a lot of other guys who are good players too, then everybody will be top 10. It is very hard to say. But I think he can be a very good player and he is a very good player.

THOMAS ENQVIST: Well, I don't think about that that much, actually. Of course, it is a lot of fun to be ranked in the top 10. For me, it doesn't matter if it is eight Swedes before me. I am just happy if the other Swedes are doing well too.

THOMAS ENQVIST: In the fifth set I was up all the time and I have so many chances. I just thought I have to win because I had breakpoints all the time. I have matchpoints. I had double break and I have a lot of chances, so. . . But like I said, I was nervous, but I am very happy to get through.