PACIFIC LIFE OPEN

March 10, 2003

Juan Carlos Ferrero

MODERATOR: Questions for Juan Carlos.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah. I expected that it's going to be a tough match for me because at least I know he plays very good in hard court. I played against him one time in clay and he had one match point against me. Finally I won. You know, always is difficult because he's very fast in the court. He run very fast all the time. You know, you see the match. It was very difficult.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: My game is okay. You know, I came playing very good in hard court, Australian Open, Sydney, Shanghai Masters, you know. My confidence on hard court right now, it's really good. I think I can play very good game here, very good tennis, Indian Wells here. Last three years I lost in first round here. This time I could win the match. I hope to pass through the next round.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's really nice. It's fantastic. The weather is good. It's a little bit hot for me. We came from Spain. There, it's a little bit cold. The city is beautiful. The hotel is very close. So everything, it's very good for the conditions.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yes.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Could be for me because I have a lot of motivations because I'm No. 3, very close from the other two. I try to give my best here to do a good tournament. If not, I'm going to see in Miami. So I have three weeks, two opportunities to try to go up in the ranking.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Yeah. Why not? It's special to win the first time here in the United States because I never won here. I'm going to try. I'm going to try. It will be okay.

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: Alex?

JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: No, I didn't talk to him. I saw him to win here because I was in the finals in him that year. It was a good experience for him and for me.