GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE ATP CHAMPIONSHIP

August 8, 1996

Wayne Ferreira

WAYNE FERREIRA: I think I played pretty well in the last set. I came out; I tried to be more aggressive on the groundstrokes and hit them harder and flatter and Jim missed a lot. I don't think he played as well, but I definitely played a lot better. First two points were -- could have -- he was up 15-40 on my serve in the first game and 1-Love in the third and if he had broken me, it might have been different, but besides those two points, I think I had played very well.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I just think I came out a little bit more aggressive and -- I mean, at 15-40 he tried to be aggressive on those two points and did the right thing, but missed them and then from then onwards, I think he struggled a lot. I mean, I wouldn't say he -- he tried to do the right thing. It just didn't pay-off. Then after that, I just got really aggressive; played well; served well, but also made every return and he struggled.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I think I am playing a lot better. Those times when I played him he was at his best and he was playing very well and he was dominating a lot. Now, he is not really doing that as much, but I think I am a lot better tennis player now than I was back then. And I don't -- I have -- mentally, I feel a lot better against guys like him and the top guys, and I know I can beat them. I mean, that is a step that is important to get over and which helps me a lot now when I play.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I actually slept, actually fell asleep, to be honest.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I have just come back from a run. I went running.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Just for 20 minutes.

WAYNE FERREIRA: 20 minute jog, put it that way. I don't know how far it is.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Well, there is no one out where we are running. It is pretty quiet out there.

WAYNE FERREIRA: No, I think I was pretty aggressive. I tried to go for it a lot. I hit the ball really -- a little bit flatter and a lot harder and deeper. And it is not really like he didn't play that well. I think the way that I was hitting it-- the difference in the first two sets to the third set made it a lot harder for him because I was hitting it a lot differently. It is much harder to do something when the ball is coming flatter and harder and deeper, so I think the way that -- the better that I played made it more difficult for him to play well.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I don't think it makes a difference. If he is going to win he is going to play, believe you me, a lot longer than an hour. He is a tough, tough guy to play. Doesn't matter whenever you play him, whatever time, whatever surface, he is always going to be difficult.

WAYNE FERREIRA: It is about time, isn't it?

WAYNE FERREIRA: Thanks.