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DAVIS CUP FIRST ROUND: USA v AUSTRIA


February 8, 2008


Stefan Koubek

Gilbert Schaller


VIENNA, AUSTRIA

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. For the captain, are there positives that you can take out of today? Although you didn't get a point, both matches were very close.
CAPTAIN SCHALLER: Of course at the moment it's not easy to say it's a positive day, but all along I would say we had really great matches. Both players, I mean, they were very close to win a point. The atmosphere and the tennis was alive, so it was really nice to be in the stadium.
It was for me a nice place to be with these players, with my team, to face the U.S. team. Unfortunately we didn't make a point today, which was our goal.

Q. What do you tell your team going into tomorrow?
CAPTAIN SCHALLER: We have nothing to lose. Against the Bryans anyway it will be very, very difficult. But if we manage to make a point tomorrow I still believe in our chance, because I think Stefan is capable of beating Roddick and I think Melzer is capable of beating Blake. We saw it today. It was very close.
If we make a point tomorrow, the chance is alive.

Q. Stefan, what happened after the first set when the momentum changed in your match?
STEFAN KOUBEK: Momentum changed.

Q. Yeah.
STEFAN KOUBEK: That's what happened.

Q. Was there any particular reason for it?
STEFAN KOUBEK: I mean, I gave it away in the second set. He started to play unbelievable. I heard he said it was one of his best matches, maybe the best match ever on clay. I believe him.
I didn't know what to do anymore. I was only reacting from the third set on, and I tried to stay in there. I thought he's not going to play through, but he did, and I mean, that was -- at the end it was too good.
The second set he was risking and winning, and I made a lot of unforced errors in the wrong situations.
I gave it away the second set.

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