Words after losing to Vento in the first round in the US Open, in 1998, by 6-7, 7-5 and 6-4.

    It’s been a strange match. I haven’t started well and I wasn’t comfortable in any moment. I didn’t have enough initiative. It was a strange situation because I was confident. Maybe the reason is that I spent two days in bed last week, that might have made me lose the rhythm. I could have won if I had got a 2-0 and my serve in the second set, but I missed the chance.