ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

November 14, 1994

Sergi Bruguera

"A player who can classify for the ATP finals playing only clay court tournaments is a phenomenon. Anyway, the rules are the same for everybody, and to choose the kind of surface you want to play on during the year, it's a personal option."

"The difference in me between this and the last year is that I noticed a very big improvement on my game on every surface. This, you can see on my calendar because I just played seven tournaments on clay court and most of the points I got, I got them on other kind of courts. Every time I feel more and more comfortable on clay court and I notice it mostly because I don't get so forced to the ball. I think that if we had in Spain indoor courts, we would also be the best ones in that aspect."

"This court doesn't seem so fast as it was last year. I would say it's faster than Bercy's court and not as fast as Stockholm's court."

"I have much more possibilities here now this year than the last year, although, to start with Chang will be very tough. But anyway, every player here would be, although Chang is specially difficult to play against because he is preparing here for Frankfurt since last Wednesday because he wants to do it very well. This says a lot about him."

"Berasategui's season has been incredible as it has been the season of many Spanish players; even the not so important ones to remember; some of them I am referring to Corretja, Costa, Martinez and... And of many other young players who prove that we are on the very top."

"I arrived to this Masters playing very well, although I'm a little bit tired because instead of taking a break, I prefer to play indoor to be prepared to play here. The last year I left Frankfurt very satisfied just to be able to participate here, but I don't think that the experience from the last year will be a very big advantage for me this year. My favorites are Sampras, Becker and Agassi. Of my group, Agassi seems to be the stronger one; afterwards, I would say Chang and then I. The first march will be crucial."

"I don't think the new rules are very good for tennis, and I don't think that they will incorporate them. No player wants them because they are very difficult to accomplish. The proposal comes from the USA because there they have a very big problem with the audience and they think that installing those rules, the audience would increase. This happens because there are many Americans in the circuit who put pressure to make it so. I wish they will never get it."

"I saw myself in No. 3 right when the indoor Paris tournament started. And, in fact, I knew that if Agassi was losing in semis I could even reach the No. 2."

"To avoid the group of servers has been very good for me because at least I know I can get to play. In the other hand, it's also true that if you can reach very good return level, the players who bet everything on the service have a very big handicap if you have a very good day on the return. It depends on the point of view."

"My first official competition next year will be Davis Cup in front of Austria. I want to go to the Australian Open because I need a break. And anyway, I don't like to go there without specially preparing for the event. I want to play so much. And play in 1995 I will go only to Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Hamburg and Roland Garros as big events."

"If this would be in my hand, I would change as a rule the extreme fastness of some indoor courts so that the audience could see a little bit more of tennis. I think that the most complete game for the tennis player and also for the spectator you can see it on clay because there is where you need to be in better shape in every aspect if you really want to win. On other court, you know, the points finish after one or two exchanges, and this is very boring."

"Many people think it's very strange that we have in this Masters a tennis player who got to qualify only for his -- their success is on clay court. But they have to think that there are some tennis players who specially like those surfaces. And we could also complain about the fact that the ATP Finals are always played on fast court or that there are many tennis players who don't play on clay except for in a very special occasions. But this is how things are and merits to get here can't negate to anybody because it was very difficult for everybody. It was the same difficulty for everybody."