IBM/ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

November 15, 1995

Wayne Ferreira

WAYNE FERREIRA: Well, it was pretty tiring. I think it was a great match. I tried the best I could do and tried to play as well as I could and I started getting better when I started not thinking about it too much and I played great tennis. I mean, I am totally happy with the whole match. It is always a match like this that you remember and down the line can help you in future matches.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah, definitely. I mean, I definitely was behind and he was looking a lot better. Then at 5-4, I thought, well, I got one more game; I will keep the ball going and let him win the point. He didn't get one first serve in and he missed a couple of balls from the baseline and I broke pretty easily in that game. I think after that, he lost a lot of energy and a lot of mental energy and I was able to get a little bit better and he got a little bit worse.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I guess if I win tomorrow I have a chance, sure.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Well, at 5-4, I was thinking to myself, I wasn't supposed to be here in the first place and, you know, I got one more chance at breaking him. I might as well give it the best shot that I have because if I do win this match, I do stand a chance, so I just thought I will just play it and see what happens. I always want to give the best that I could, here especially, and winning something like this probably will help me for tomorrow, hopefully.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah, it has been. Officially we are playing on grass now.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah, it was. Well, it was what we hoped for. The players -- we think that is the best surface. That is what we are trying to do.

WAYNE FERREIRA: That is why we are playing on grass. I think it's the best chance we have got. It is going to be more difficult for them than it is for us. I think it gives us the edge above them. Against somebody like Thomas, you could never count him out. Anyway, we have the best surface; we still have to beat them.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Yeah.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Will have to come back?

WAYNE FERREIRA: Maybe. Maybe. I am not sure what he is going to do.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I don't know. In a cricket beach somewhere. We will build one somewhere.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I think we will probably play it on one of the cricket fields at Wandress (phonetic) Country Club. We actually played, I remember a couple years ago, we played a challenger there on the cricket field; made some courts there; actually came out pretty good. So I think they will probably do the same thing again.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I think it is the same. I think all they have to do -- only thing you have to be careful about, you have to get it where it is flat. I think this cricket pitch is in really good condition. It is pretty flat. All they have to do is just cut the grass really thin and I think that will be it; paint some lines; that will be it. That is an easy court today build, I think.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I mean, it is always, you know, if you see him doing something like that, it kind of -- it is a good feeling for myself, because I feel like I am getting on top of him. And when you can get that kind of a feeling, it always inspires you to do a little bit more.

WAYNE FERREIRA: I don't know if they were on my side or if they wanted me to play three sets so they can watch it. But I think towards the end of the third set just because -- I guess because of the points we were playing, and I played some great points; a lot of people got behind me. And that helped a lot. You hear it a lot and kind of inspires you to play well as well.

WAYNE FERREIRA: It is a lot different from yesterday, I tell you that. But I had more people on my side and I think at the beginning it was pretty even. They were just watching the game and enjoying it and then I think when I won the second set, they kind of switched to my side which was always nice.

WAYNE FERREIRA: Well, you always have a chance. I mean, a lot of times when he has played like he did today and yesterday, you always look at it and be like, wow, you are going to maybe break his leg or something to beat him. He has played exceptionally well the last couple of days. I just hope he doesn't do that tomorrow, but if he does, I don't know, I have to try and do something, something extraordinary.