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TMS MONTE CARLOApril 19, 2000Juan Ignacio ChelaMONTE CARLO, MONACO Q. You are having a very exciting start to this year? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: Yes, it was a very good year for me. I started with Mexico where I won. I was playing very well and I have a very strong desire to play. Q. Did you think that you had lost the match today against Henman when he got back? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: Well, at 4-2 he started serving better and he started winning some few games in a row and it was difficult for me to return his serve. It was quite difficult but I was able to make it and I was able to win. Q. He had a point for 4-1 in the third set. JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: Yes, he had a point for 4-1 and this was a very important moment. I believe it was the key of the match. Q. You beat Gustavo Kuerten in Mexico City but this is a Masters Series event, so would this - bear in mind Henman is also a Top-10 player - be the biggest win of your career? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: It is the most important victory for this tournament, but I think Kuerten was more difficult. Q. Would you have expected a Top-10 player like Henman to close out victory when he had the chance in the final set? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: Yes. In the beginning of the set I thought I could lose the match. It was very difficult on his serve but I was able to pull it out and I am very pleased. Q. Are you aware that the British tennis players are not particularly comfortable on clay courts and were you surprised how you were able to dominate Henman in the first set and a half when you were able to sort of make all the play, were you surprised or were you expecting that knowing how British players are on clay? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: I knew that for Henman clay was not his best surface. I came in playing very well and I was very confident and I was very much decided to go ahead. That is the reason why I believe I won easy in the first set and a half after the match became more complicated for me. Q. How much experience have you on other surfaces? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: On cement I won a Challenger, but this year I lost in the qualies and on grass I never played. Q. Will you play Wimbledon this year? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: Yes, I am going to Nottingham and Wimbledon. Q. Was it a shock that Argentina was defaulted in Davis Cup and are you looking forward to Davis Cup or are you -- is it too early to think about it? JUAN IGNACIO CHELA: What happened was very ugly, was very bad. There was no good conditions to play in Chile. I hope Argentina will be able to play other rounds in the Davis Cup because I believe the Argentinian team could play at the World Group level. End of FastScripts…. |
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