REPORTER: Is that some of the best you've played so far here?
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, it would be one of my better matches, under the circumstances. He  serves so well and hard and I think I just came in with some shots at the  right time. I think that sort of highlighted the match more than anything.

REPORTER: Any thoughts on Boris?
PATRICK RAFTER: He was impressive today. I was really impressed with the way he served  against Lleyton, because Lleyton -- you don't want to give him anything in  his zone and Becker just kept hitting his second serves in the corner all day. So, it's going to be a tough one.

REPORTER:Patrick, what's your record with Boris?
PATRICK RAFTER: 2-0 to him. I played him at Queen's a couple of years ago and I played him in  '93 in Indianapolis semifinals.

REPORTER: So, sort of taking the next step, I suppose?
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, I think '96 was when I played him last.

REPORTER: What are your memories of that one?
PATRICK RAFTER: I think I broke him four times or something and lost five and four or  something. So there's a lot of breaking serves out there. So I'll be going  out there, hopefully, to try and get on top of him again on his serves and if
I can keep serving the way I did today, I've got to be feeling pretty  confident now.

REPORTER: Are you feeling more comfortable here than you have in previous years?
PATRICK RAFTER:Yeah, just a few things. As an example, my kick serve that I'm going for is  really working on these courts and I've always tried to stay away from that,  always tried to slice the serve a little bit. That's one thing. The movement
seems to be better this year, as well. But other than that, everything's sort  of remained the same.

REPORTER: Are you working your way out of it, Pat? Getting better --
PATRICK RAFTER: I don't try to have that philosophy. I just try and go out there and as best  as I can every match and if I do play great one day and not so good the next  day, it's out of my control. I just go out there and try to -- I'm not  someone who tries to build up for this tournament. Just hopefully I'm playing  well.

PATRICK RAFTER: Well, I knew I had a good opportunity against Thomas today. Then after he  broke me at 4-3 and at 4-all, I just thought "Hang on, man. I don't like the  way this is going at all." Then he had 15-30 on my next serve at 5-4 and I  was really starting to panic because he was really starting to hit my serve and I wasn't finding any areas to hurt him on. But other than that, I felt very comfortable. It was great to come back out to the crowd, very happy to  stay out there and enjoy the tennis. It's a good feeling walking out there  for the second time

REPORTER: So the court seems to be a more comfortable place for you this time?
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, the first singles win I had on that court.

REPORTER:That was pretty ominous, that form you showed, do you think?
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, the second and third set was really, I was very happy about that. Even  the first set, actually. He never let me play in the first set. I never  really got into the match. He was just too good. And then the second and
third, I was just really happy with the way things changed. I had a good chat to Roger when we came off and he said I should do a few things and that really helped as well.

REPORTER: Are you looking where you want to look, beyond one match at a time? Do you have to sort of fight that feeling where you start to think this is the one
PATRICK RAFTER:Well, not really, because I have Boris next. So, it's definitely one match at  a time.

REPORTER: Winning the final, though, isn't it?
PATRICK RAFTER: We can do finals, yeah. Let's say it's finals. I wouldn't mind playing that  on Sunday. Just to say I've been in the finals of Wimbledon.

REPORTER: What expectations, though, do you put on yourself to take one match at a  time? Do you sort of expect now in two Grand Slams to get through the next  week?
PATRICK RAFTER: You're sort of disappointed if you don't. But what happens is whenever you  lose, you're upset anyway. So, you don't like to lose at any stage of a  tournament. You can come off the court after a semifinals loss and be really mad at yourself because you haven't taken it that next step. There is no  happy time there to lose or what you've got do is try and sit back and at the  end of a couple of weeks, you can say "This was my draw" or "This is how  tough it was" or however I think I did pretty well in the end to get as far  as I did.

REPORTER:  Do you have a sense of the remaining six who is sort of on the reverse like a  Rusedski or anyone like that who might be just playing .....
PATRICK RAFTER: Well, before Thomas died I think guys -- eight or nine or 10 guys who could win this tournament. Nearly everyone is there except a part from a couple. And, yeah, I mean, even going to someone like Gustavo who I think also is  playing very well who I also got a very good chance. You never discount him as well. Someone as a darkhorse.

REPORTER: That same thing... . Is it like...
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah, it is good. It is sort of a put two very good matches together now. I would have been very happy with and I really haven't done that at number four.

REPORTER: The quality of the three matches that got you into the second week would seem to indicate that you are in heaps better shape than you've been on most other visits.
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah. The guys of abaitment have always been of pretty high standard and I was very happy with the last few matches where I put them together and come out on top.

REPORTER:Boris used a lot of body language and I guess there is that thing I guess you faced that with Henman with him having a lot of support on Centre Court. Are you better prepared to face that sort of thing now?
PATRICK RAFTER:Who knows. I like to think I am playing the French Open or the Davis Cup or U.S. Open. Those sort of things should prepare me for what I am going to face out here now.

REPORTER:Technically, about your games then. The last time you played on grass was Queens' 96. What is it about Boris' game, your initial thoughts, on how do you pull it apart?
PATRICK RAFTER:Well, he served very well today. His serve can go off but today that is the best I've seen him serve. He is obviously a little bit slower than what he isn but he is strong and he seems to cover the court well. You got to try to get
him off balance a little bit because he is a big man. And obviously you got to serve well because he is still very strong so you got to try to break him down bit by bit. It is not going anything to be an easy task.

REPORTER: You seem to break Thomas Enqvist's heart with that forehand to win the tie breaker in the first set. I mean, in a lot of ways it was observed that that shot in itself was fairly decadent about your confidence and your movement and everything at the moment.
PATRICK RAFTER: Yeah. That match came up with some shots that really turned the whole table around again. Yeah, I mean, hopefully I can come up with shots against Boris because I am going to need something special.