November 13, 1997
HANNOVER, GERMANY
Q. Is that a little bit better than yesterday?
JONAS BJORKMAN: Definitely. I thought I played much better today. I was feeling much comfortable out there. Of course, I saw Sergi was not feeling a hundred percent. But sometimes it's hard to play a guy who is not a hundred percent. I was just trying to stay focused and concentrate on my own game.
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Q. Do you feel now that you've got the win, it's not a big step to get to the semifinals? At least you have a fight?
JONAS BJORKMAN: Yeah, definitely. Everything went the way I wanted things to go. Kafelnikov did his job. Tomorrow I have a match against Michael. That's going to be win or lose. That fits me perfectly. So hopefully I can keep up my play like I did today. If I can play as good as I did today, I think I got a good chance.
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Q. Jonas, a lot of people think that you're strong enough to win the tournament. Is that kind of pressure for you?
JONAS BJORKMAN: No, not at all. It's more a nice comment to hear. So they just make me feel more anger to work really hard in these matches, just give everything I have to hopefully make it true.
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