TMS - STUTTGART

October 15, 2001

Wayne Ferreira

MODERATOR: Questions for Wayne.

WAYNE FERREIRA: It was pretty good for me. I mean, I actually hit the ball pretty decently the last few weeks and lost some matches that I hoped to do better in. I was very disappointed with that. I came in here not expecting too much or hoping to do too well. I had some good memories. I actually played really well. I'm kind of happy with the outcome.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Oh, it's difficult for me right now at this stage. I've had a very poor year this year, a lot of different injuries and things like that. Last year I came in here ranked 18 and felt that I was playing well and I had a chance to do pretty good, and did well. This year, I came in here just basically hoping to survive a couple matches. So it's a bit of a different outlook in the way that I'm playing. I'm still struggling injury-wise with a few things. So I'm not really asking too much from myself. I played a very decent match today. If I do carry on playing like this, I mean, I have the ability to do well, just depends if I can hold up.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I have a back problem. It's more of a hip and a back problem.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah, it's much worse now, the last few months.