WIMBLEDON

June 25, 2001

Martin Lee

MARTIN LEE: Yeah, well, I lost serve first game. Didn't play that bad a game. Just started a bit slow. But after last week, I was feeling very confident, and I just got into the match more and more. I felt as though I was getting better and better. That's what the scoreline said, as well.

MARTIN LEE: I haven't really thought about the match at all really. Just come off. But I'm looking forward to it. I'm just going to wait and see what happens. I played Greg last week, had the chances early on, didn't take them. I know what I didn't do then. I've learned from that. I'm going to try to take them against Tim.

MARTIN LEE: Yeah, there probably will be. There will probably be a bit for me, but most of it for Tim. But I know that's going to be the way before I go on, so I'm not going to let it affect me.

MARTIN LEE: You never know. You can use the crowd both ways. Probably the less they cheer, probably means I'm doing well.

MARTIN LEE: Hopefully he feels pressure when I play him on Wednesday. As I say, I'm at my highest ranking ever. I'm on the way up. I'm going in very confident.

MARTIN LEE: Most definitely. I've been seeing a lady called Gloria Budd for about eight months now. Barry has just started seeing her. For me, it's helped tremendous. I think Barry is -- he just started and he's enjoying the work, as well.

MARTIN LEE: No. I think it's totally -- everyone has different ways of trying to relax. I found a way that worked for me. I think he's probably found a way that works for him. You've got to try and block everything out, especially I think when you're winning. Used to trying to look ahead. If I win the first set, I'll be thinking about who I'm playing next instead of just playing one point at a time. If you let your mind go for a second, that's when you can lose it in this game. That's the best thing that's happened to me so far is that I'm just playing one point at a time, and it's helping me tremendously.

MARTIN LEE: I think the main thing was I probably smashed 20 racquets a year. Just got too angry, got too frustrated when things are not going your way. She was the masseur at Bisham Abbey for probably six or seven years, and then she did a course on the psychology side. For me it helps a lot when you know someone, you trust someone. You can open up much better to a person that you know. I think that was the main reason, because I tried to see someone before, but it didn't work out.

MARTIN LEE: The first couple sessions I just went to see if I liked it. I liked the way it was progressing. I think the main thing was just using my mind more, learning how to control it. It's helped in the tennis and everything else.

MARTIN LEE: No, Prince are still nice to me, still gave me racquets. This year I haven't broken one. So it's working that way, as well.

MARTIN LEE: I haven't really thought about the match so far. I've just warmed down. Haven't really talked to my coach much about it. But the way I was playing is the way I want to play tennis - going not so much serve-volley, but always looking to come in. That was the most thing I was pleased with today. Even though I didn't come in all the time, I was still trying to push forward most of the time. So in that way, it was a very good match.

MARTIN LEE: I think the first thing she said, "What do you want me to help you with?" I listed a few things. That was one of them, to not get me angry. Another thing that's helped me a lot is that probably every match I played, I was probably about ten points, I even won the points, and I was still angry in the way I won it. But now if I win a point with a bad shot, I'm happy. That was another big thing that's gone out on my game.

MARTIN LEE: No, just on the tennis court. Off the court, I'm relaxed all the time. It just built up on the tennis court. If I thought I was playing well and deserving to be winning, suddenly the guy played a bit better, he started playing well, it wasn't my fault, I'd still think it was my fault, just get more and more angry.

MARTIN LEE: I was on the Davis Cup last time, been on the Davis Cup before. We practised together a bit down at Queen's Club. I know him quite well. I -- I think I played him once in a doubles match at Nationals about four years ago, but never in a singles match.

MARTIN LEE: Yes.