ATP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - 23 November 1996
November 23, 1996
HANNOVER, GERMANY
P. SAMPRAS/G. Ivanisevic
6-7(6), 7-6(4), 7-5
Interviewers - black
Goran - sage.
Goran, there has been some talk about a letter or petition some players have apparently signed here asking for a slower court for next year. Did you sign this one too?
GORAN IVANISEVIC: I don't know. Why should I sign? The court is okay, I think.
But do you know about this letter?
GORAN IVANISEVIC: No.
Goran, in a long match like that, which is so close, how difficult is it to maintain one's concentration when just an occasionally point will change the match?
GORAN IVANISEVIC: It is not easy. I knew I have to keep my cool and -- every time when I was up 30-Love or 15-Love, I never put my first serve in and sometimes I was risking - sometimes went in; sometimes went out. Two most important points I made two doublefaults matchpoint and, in the tiebreaker in the second set. So, he doesn't give a lot of free points. You have to work for every point. And it is not easy when -- he is serving good and I am serving good. It is like war between two servers and then somebody has to crack and I did. I mean, okay, I made two doubles faults last game and he played one good shot and that is it.