Q. Patrick, what happened at the start of the match?

PATRICK RAFTER: You know, I went out there and missed a few volleys. I couldn't get any penetration out of my serve. I was putting all of the effort into it and I couldn't get any out of it. I thought maybe that was just a warm-up game. And then, you know, I couldn't find any feel, couldn't
calm the ball, he got on top of me, he played very well, you know, and he made me pay for all my mistakes. And then -- that was really the beginning of the match, as it turned out.

Q. Is he one of the cagier players you've played?

PATRICK RAFTER: Pardon me?

Q. One of the cagier players?

PATRICK RAFTER: How do you mean "cagier?"

Q. American word for crafty.

PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, maybe. I didn't really notice it. He played some good shots. He was playing very well in the beginning, I thought.

Q. How much of a distraction for either him or you, was the problem he had in the second set with his foot or ankle, was that -- how much of a distraction was that; more of a distraction in the end to him than to you? Besides, sometimes it's difficult to play someone --

PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, it had a lot of nerve -- all I know is that I have to get the ball back into play. I was getting very tired. Then he started moving okay, all of a sudden, you know, on my -- when I'm serving for the second set, he starts moving. I think, oh, here we go. He's just toying
with me, I'm tight, I can't get out of it and I'm just trying to push the ball back into play. It is such a relief to win that, incredible relief. I was in all sorts of trouble.

Q. Wouldn't it be harder than you might have expected for him to have been as injured as he at one point seemed?

PATRICK RAFTER: He pushed me; he made me fight hard.

Q. For the second straight match between the legs points have come into play for you?
 
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, that's nice, bit of improvisation, I suppose, I don't know, Bob is going to have a word to me after about it. That's what I thought of at the time.

Q. Patrick, your thoughts on being in the semifinals; your feelings about it, you must be pretty happy?

PATRICK RAFTER: Yes, I'm ecstatic. It is a great privilege to be playing in
the semifinals of this event. Such a big event and I'm really looking forward to it tomorrow night.

Q. Will this be your biggest payday?

PATRICK RAFTER: Probably, I haven't seen the check.

Q. You know how much it is, don't you?

PATRICK RAFTER: No, I don't.

Q. How about your thoughts on playing Andre?

PATRICK RAFTER: I've played him before, I know his game a little bit and he
knows mine, and we're going to have a good match.

Q. Are you going to hope he doesn't get hurt so you play your best?

PATRICK RAFTER: He can get hurt, I don't mind.

Q. How many players play in all white instead of wild colors?

PATRICK RAFTER: White. I seem to be a lot hotter the other colors, you know, that's all I have, that's why I play in all white.

Q. Because you are just a traditional guy or --

PATRICK RAFTER: I couldn't care, whatever they give me I wear.

Q. Is there -- how much satisfaction do you take out of winning tonight?

PATRICK RAFTER: Tonight, I don't take a lot at all. I mean he was on top, and I was under pressure and I was trying harder, who knows, I may have gotten back into it on my own, you know, it is more of a relief than anything. No satisfaction at all, unfortunately.