Q. I was in Comack last week, and things didn't go well for you
there. Obviously things didn't go well today. Was last week a
precursor to how your game is?
ALEX CORRETJA: It's not just Comack. It's been a while already
that my game hasn't been at the place I would like to. But I'm
in a process which I'm working hard to be back at my highest level.
Of course, it will take a while. This is not going from one day to
the other.
It's been a difficult season for me in the tennis way. I'm just
trying to do my best. It's not just because I lost last week. I
come up here lack of confidence. It's already been a few more weeks.
Q. How did it happen that you've had this kind of season?
ALEX CORRETJA: Well, I believe after many good seasons and many
years on the tour and traveling and playing and practicing,
spending time out of house, sometimes you feel a little human
being and you feel tired. That's all. I mean, there's not much
to say. It's just regular life. I believe everyone goes in a
process which is not easy to solve. You just got to find the
solutions.
I'm working on that. It's nothing have to be too much worry.
It's just that I need to continue in the same way I am right now.
Q. With Pete Sampras' retirement last night, people were asking
about the famous 1996 match. Is that your most memorable match?
ALEX CORRETJA: No. For me it was a huge match. It was the beginning
of a nice career for me, I would say. Since that match, I started
to play much better.
But for me the best moment it was winning, probably when I won
the Masters or when we won Davis Cup, when I was winning like
a few Masters Series and many other titles.
But I learn a lot from that loss, but of course it's not my
best memory.
Q. Todd Martin came in yesterday and said Pete Sampras ruined
a lot of careers. Do you think if you had won that match that
day, your career would be any different?
ALEX CORRETJA: That will be impossible to know. I don't know if
on that time I was ready to be on that kind of level. I was
pretty young. For me playing on hard courts, it was at the
beginning pretty much difficult. It change already. I mean,
it brought me to a different step.
I don't care about if I would have won. But, of course, sometimes
there are winnings or losings that affect yourself. But on that
situation, it only gave me confidence. I don't think that was the
match that it took me down. It was the opposite: it took me pretty
high up.
Q. Do you think on the ranking that a guy that doesn't win a
Grand Slam in a year should be a No. 1 or should the rankings
work that way, that even if you don't win a Grand Slam, you can
probably get to No. 1?
ALEX CORRETJA: Well, probably if you can stand at the No. 1, it's
because you been playing pretty solid and pretty consistent during
the year. The rankings are there. I mean, maybe you didn't win the
major, but you be playing semis or quarters or finals. Plus then
you win Masters Series.
So why not? I don't see any reason why you only can be No. 1 if
you win a Grand Slam. There are other tournaments are pretty
important, too. I believe that if you been playing through the
whole year in a good, consistent level, you deserve to be there.
I mean, this is something pretty obvious.
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