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This is an archive article published on February 7, 2005

Perfect verbal volleys

8226; Do you get bored of winning titles?MN: Do you get bored of life? Come on, tennis is my life. I8217;ll stop playing if I get bored....

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8226; Do you get bored of winning titles?

MN: Do you get bored of life? Come on, tennis is my life. I8217;ll stop playing if I get bored.

8226; How does it feel, at 48 playing players one-third your age?

MN: I haven8217;t faced any 16-year-olds, but 18-year-olds yes. Besides, when on court the ball does not know the age of the player it probably knows it got to be hit around.

8226; About having equal prize money for both men and women?

MN: It pure and simple 8212; it8217;s not a matter of quantity, but quality when one talks of tennis. It8217;s not about playing five sets, it8217;s not about hitting the ball more or less, but the effort it takes. Mind you, in Wimbledon it8217;s women matches that see the ball more in play.

8226; Are you taken aback by the reception you8217;ve received?

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MN: A never-like-before reception. The one thing I need to be protected from is the photographers smiles. In some countries there is no freedom of press, in some there is no freedom from press!

8212; MA

 

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