Kuerten: "Next year I'll try to do it better"
10/14/2003
Q. Did you think at any time you could win the match? Did you think you
could recover?
GUSTAVO KUERTEN: During the first set, I was not very confident. I didn't
think I could make the right shots. When I was able to finally break his
serve, I felt the match was close to being mine. When the set was 5-4, I
had the points to win, I made errors. I don't know, I felt more in the game
during the second set.
I thought in that set, things were going to be closer to being mine. But
until the end I fought, tried to find a way to recover and win the match
until the end, until he beat me.
Q. When you were 5-4, you had a massage. What happened?
GUSTAVO KUERTEN: My right leg, I had surgery. When I play on these courts,
I get tired. That's why I asked for help, to be more relaxed towards the
end of the set. Tried to calm the situation to see if I had any chance of
winning it.
Q. This is the second year you're in Madrid, and you lose in the second
round. Why?
GUSTAVO KUERTEN: I don't know. Maybe the fact of going through the first
round makes a difference in a tournament in general. Maybe the situation
is going to be at least until next year. Next year I'll try to do it better.
Well, this is a very important tournament, so I really want to come back
and play well.
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