Friday, September 5, 2003
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/interviews/2003-09-05/200309051062794291420.html
THE MODERATOR: First question, please.
Q. What happened to your thumb? Did it get cut? Was it a blister that
pulled off? What was it?
GUILLERMO CORIA: I cut it this morning. I put my hand into a racquet
bag and I cut it, essentially. I taped it. When I was playing, the
racquet, the grip, was kind of slippery. So I took it off. It started
bleeding again.
Q. Andre Agassi said in his press conference that he cannot remember
a more frustrating experience than having to go through what all the
players went through this week, not knowing when they were going to
play, having to wait, having to play back-to-back days. Would you agree
this was a very unusual, if not frustrating, experience?
GUILLERMO CORIA: It's been difficult, obviously, because of the rain.
I had to play yesterday on an outside court. Saw the machines making
all that noise and everything.
Besides that, Agassi was kind of more rested. He had like three days off.
I cannot control that. Anyway, I played all right. I wasn't thinking
about the leg problems or my cut. I played as well as I could.
Q. Did the cut hamper your ability to play?
GUILLERMO CORIA: It's not an excuse. But to beat Agassi, you have to
be 100 percent well. But that's not an excuse.
Q. What did you cut yourself on?
GUILLERMO CORIA: The racquet bag. There's like a sharp tool, I was
accidentally trying to get something out and it got in my way.
Q. What was the tool?
GUILLERMO CORIA: Something to take away calluses.
Q. What was the difference between Agassi today and the way he
played in Paris?
GUILLERMO CORIA: Obviously, this is Agassi's favorite surface.
He hit more ground strokes, more winners than in Paris, for example.
It was easier to move him around in Roland Garros than here, of course.
But besides that, I'm happy with today's performance because I played
today on Court 6 -- yesterday on Court 6. Today I played on Arthur Ashe.
It's a bit of a difference, but I'm happy with the way I played.
Q. What was it about Andre's serve today that made it such a weapon in
terms of letting him set up points the way he wanted to play them and
putting him in control when you were on serve?
GUILLERMO CORIA: Well, Agassi always serves pretty well. But today he
broke his serve. Right after that, I broke my racquet, the strings.
That was kind of disturbing. Agassi broke me right away, broke back.
I couldn't do anything else after that.
Q. Do you need any stitches?
GUILLERMO CORIA: I have to go to the doctor now.
Q. How much of an advantage do you think it was for Andre that he did
not have to play yesterday?
GUILLERMO CORIA: It's very important in a Grand Slam to have at least
one day to rest. I've been carrying from the last couple of matches my
leg problems, groin problems.
But as I said before, it's no excuse. That's not an excuse. I played
well. Agassi played well. But I don't want to put that as an excuse.
But it's always important to have one day off.
(This is a partial transcript)
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