Day 7 - An interview with Carlos Moya - Saturday, June 2, 2007 Q. What about this match? CARLOS MOYA: Well, it was beautiful for me, an hour and a half of pleasure, great pleasure. I felt I could dominate the ball, doing what I pleased with it. And that's something you don't very often experience. You know, it was a day of great inspiration, and I was very happy. Now, maybe he started feeling pressure, and there was the pressure of the circumstances as well. This is the third round of a Grand Slam tournament, and that was new for him. I know it's the combination of these two elements I could play very well. I had an opportunity to finish early with two sets at 40-15, and I managed to finish early. I'm very happy about the way I played. He was not an easy opponent here, and I'm very happy about the way I played today. Q. Second week here, you haven't lost one set. What else can we say? CARLOS MOYA: No, I did lose some sets. But I have improved my game match after match. My experience here is great, and I have improved the way I play since Hamburg. Now I'm arriving in the fourth round with an opponent that could come out as a big surprise for everybody. So I need to remain focused, and I need to fight all my opponents like Bjorkman, who I am going to meet. But I'm going to do that exactly the same way I have fought all my matches in my career. It's never been easy. I'm very happy I'll be here in this second week. Q. What happened with the T-shirt? CARLOS MOYA: There was the advertisement, the commercial on my shirt, and, apparently, it wasn't well-placed. Q. You are 30 in tennis. You're almost a veteran. Is it fun for you to play with all these young kids? Is it motivating? CARLOS MOYA: Yes, absolutely. I'm just looking at the ranking this year. I should be ranking No. 15. And I've played players who are 15 years or 10 years younger than me. And I've played on great courts. And, you know, just playing on a big court like this one and winning, or even losing by a close result, this is what motivates me. Sometimes when you don't feel well, like in Rome against Baghdatis, that's very difficult. Not because I lost the match against him, but because of the way I played. And then it was Hamburg, and I realized that I still had the means to go on fighting. That your tennis is still there, and that it's more difficult each time to play tennis at this level. And each time you can play it at this level, you have such a great pleasure. Q. You're the most veteran on this tour. Maybe you have a different way of playing. CARLOS MOYA: Well, for people like Henman, Santoro, Bjorkman, they do something different with the ball. And maybe this is a generation which is a slightly superior to mine, because they do things differently. They feel the ball differently. As far as I'm concerned, I'm trying to do things differently. I try and serve a very strong service. I try and serve well. I try and be dominant with my forehand. And it's not very usual to see veterans like me to dominate and win a match. But, for me, it's a great honor to be here at the age of 30 and play one of my best levels in tennis, the best since the beginning of this year. Although, this year began very well for me. And, you know, I remember Agassi. Of course, I can't do the same. He is unique. He was still playing at such a high level at the age of 35, and he reached the semifinals at the US Open. So he's a legend. But I'd like to approach the legend. Q. One question for us for the Argentinian Press. I see that you said a few words to Juan when you were walking outside the court, what did you say? CARLOS MOYA: Well, I congratulated him. But I don't know what his ranking is. He is 134. Okay. But his presence was not usual in Grand Slam or Master Series tournaments. I think he played an excellent tournament. He reached the third round. It's a pity for today, but he said it was an honor for him to play me, and that's it. That's all we said. Q. You don't want to talk about it too much, but there is a revenge underway against the Spanish in the fourth round. CARLOS MOYA: Well, I don't know. But right now, I don't want to talk about this. I want to think about Bjorkman, about my next match. And if I win, I'll think about what comes up next. I've always done it like this. I want to focus match after match and little by little. --

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