NASDAQ-100 OPEN

March 25, 2003

Robby Ginepri

ROBBY GINEPRI: I'm not concentrating on that right now, but hopefully I can make it.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I like the whole idea. I think James and Carlos look good in it, you know. But I haven't worn them, so I don't know how it feels or whatever. But I'd wear them if Nike would want me to.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Yeah, I was sitting next to Bob and Mike Bryan in the locker room, telling them how it felt a little weird, not the whole winning thing, but just being here with everybody and competing at a high level and getting these matches under my belt. I'm on cloud nine right now. But to come out here maybe tomorrow again, I just got to keep my head focused and get ready for my next match.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I was talking to both, but I didn't know them apart (smiling).

ROBBY GINEPRI: Yeah, I've been playing well. Last week gave me a lot of confidence coming off of Indian Wells and coming here. I've been playing well the past two, three weeks. Just I've been serving really well at big times. So it's helped out a lot.

ROBBY GINEPRI: No, we usually play the credit card game, where we all throw in the credit cards and shuffle them up. Whoever one's left is buying dinner.

ROBBY GINEPRI: It's a little of everything. It's all coming together right now. I've been working hard, conditioning, getting stronger, faster. I've been working on the serve a little. I think just more the experience has kind of sunk in now, and I know what to expect. I think just being out here with all the top players, day after day, that I'm finally getting used to it.

ROBBY GINEPRI: My backhand is a little more solid than my forehand, but I can hit more winners, I think, off my forehand and kind of dictate the point a little more.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Yeah, Hyung-Taik's got a great backhand. We were just matching up backhands. I would try to step around and hit a forehand.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I'll probably talk to him later today about it.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I haven't played him; practice, one time.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I don't remember.

ROBBY GINEPRI: It was at the US Open.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I don't think last night really had an effect on today's match, but playing with Andy last night was a lot of fun. The crowd was into it. I was just enjoying every moment last night, as well as today.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Uh-hmm. She's been here every match.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Erma.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Ginepri.

ROBBY GINEPRI: She's living in Fort Lauderdale.

ROBBY GINEPRI: No, my dad. I mean, he came down.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I never really expect anything going into a tournament. I just try to focus on the first match and take each match at a time and just worry about what I can control. So I don't know who I'm going to play or any of that, going into the tournament, so it's kind of hard to expect how I'm going to do in it.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I actually just finished lunch, so I had to kind of hustle up a little; they gave us about 30, 40 minutes to get ready. I was happy. I've played one match out there already. I like it out there. It's a big court, and it plays really well, so I was happy that we got there. But if we didn't switch, you know, it wouldn't have -- I wouldn't have cared either way.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I haven't really thought about winning the tournament, like I said before. I'm just trying to concentrate on each match at a time and, you know, when I play Carlos, we'll see how it goes out there.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I like golfing a little and just hanging out with friends, relaxing, listening to music. Nothing special.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I like a little hip-hop.

ROBBY GINEPRI: My parents played, and when I was about five, I would follow them down to the courts. I'd watch them play. Then after they were done, then I'd hit some with my dad after.

ROBBY GINEPRI: It was in Georgia, yeah.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Uh-hmm.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Well, I'm kind of ready for the clay, to tell you the truth. I haven't had much experience on the grass or on clay, but I'm kind of fired up for the clay court season to begin.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I think within a week or two, just getting used to the sliding and the pace of the ball, a little slower, I think it should only take a couple weeks to get used to switching.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I don't think so. I think that the Europeans, they're out there all the time and they get a little more practice and they're used to it because they grow up playing on it more than we do. But, I mean, we play on the hard court more, so it kind of balances out.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I think playing on clay at a younger age kind of helps the hard court game out because it allows you to make more balls and put more balls into play. I think that's good starting off for younger Juniors growing up to, you know, make a lot more balls and just stay out there a little longer and not miss. But on hard courts, the points are a lot shorter.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I mean, Gustavo Kuerten, he's been around, of course. Juan Carlos. All those guys, they've been out on the clay a lot and they know what to expect. So they're going to be the ones to beat.

ROBBY GINEPRI: I just think my whole game's just kind of clicked together these past few weeks, but nothing really stands out in my mind.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Uh-hmm. I'm trying to cut down a little more on unforced errors and just, hopefully, good things will happen.

ROBBY GINEPRI: Steve DeVries.