Q. Pat, how much -- was fatigue a factor at all?
A. No, not really. I was -- I think it was more disappointment in the third  set that I lost my service game with three pretty bad volleys and I should  have put another one away. But, you know, it was just a matter of being  outplayed once again there today.

Q. Was Agassi the toughest you've faced so far?
A. Yes. That's a good question. No.

Q. Why?
A. Everything was on for him today. He was very strong. He was very powerful  with everything he did, his serve, it's the best I've seen him serve, very  strong from the baseline, never really gave me a chance to try to control the  points. I mean, I'm not someone who tries to control it anyway, but I felt  like I was never in those points.

Q. When someone like that is that locked on with their return of service, how  much pressure does that put on you in your game?
A. Yes, you know, I thought I played very well for the first two sets. You  know, I had my chance, I didn't realise that was the only chance I was going  to get. I had a couple of other games, 15-30s, 30-30 points, he never let me  put pressure on him, and when I thought I did, he came up with something very  good. So, you know, he was just too good and too strong for two sets today, the third one too.

Q. Were you surprised, Pat, at his serve, how good it was?
A. Yes, everything today, you know. I know he's capable of doing that, but he never let me in at all in those first two sets. He was -- the return was quite good, and it was solid. He's always strong on the returns. I thought I  serve and volleyed very well, but on the baseline points he was very good.

Q. How do you think he'll do against Sampras?
A. Well, I'd definitely give him a very, very good chance. Yes, you know, obviously Pete plays very well here on the grass and at Wimbledon, but if he  can play like that today, he's going to be another tough battle for Pete.

Q. Have you ever played that well, Pat, and yet lost in straight sets?
A. Easy to get a set somewhere, but no, today, just totally outplayed again.  It was really good tennis from him.

Q. Do you think you're starting to get the hang of this place, then?
A. It's a step in the right direction anyway. I mean, it's been a great tournament. I'm very happy, just very happy to be in the semi-finals here finally. That would have been great to have kept going, but I ran into someone too good on the day.

Q. Will you watch the final, Pat?
A. No, I don't think so. You know, if I'm not doing anything I might watch it, but I won't go out of my way. I'll probably go and try to do something with my girlfriend and just sort of chill out, but if I'm just sitting at  home I'll put it on and watch it, for sure.

Q. You seem a little less diappointed than Tim a moment ago. Is that because  of what you've said, how far you've gone at Wimbledon?
A. Maybe that, but I just got totally outplayed. I'm coming off thinking I  gave myself the best opportunity, I thought I played pretty well, and I felt  like I tried different things, but, you know, he was too good.

Q. Have you ever seen him playing at this level?
A. It's been a while since he's played this well. At the Aussie Open '95 I  think he was playing as well, but today he was strong, on all wings he was  hitting hard, you know. Pete is going to have to play well.

Q. What do you do now, then, Pat, wait for your day to come along against an opponent like that, or you go away --
A. No, I think there's going to be another opportunity, and I'm just hoping I'll be playing better.

Q. Will you work on anything specifically?
A. We're going to the hard courts, the serve and everything is going to change a little bit. The return is going to be the same, and I was very happy with the way I hit the ball from the baseline today. I couldn't find any inroads. He was too strong. If I'm playing at the top of my game and he's playing at the top of his game, I think you've got to put your money on Andre, you know, the way he's playing.

Q. Do you want to prepare yourself specially for US Open, to play some tournaments before?
A. I will be, I'll start in Montreal, I'll play four tournaments before the US Open, one less than I usually do, but there will be no other special sort of training. I'll be just doing the same.

Q. Pat, when you say if you're both at the top of your game you'll have to put your money on Andre, do you mean on all surfaces? Let's say the same thing happens at Flushing Meadows.
A. Yes, it will be interesting, actually, yes. You know, if I'm in the semi-final, I'm playing well again at the US Open, yes, I think maybe the  lighter ball there will help me a bit more, but I don't know. He's won on all surfaces, and he's gone down as a great champion and I'm not going to go down as someone greater, probably, so unless I do something radical in the next couple of years. But, you know, we're on a bit of a different level and I understand that.

Q. What did he say to you at the net when you shook hands?
A. He said, "Suck shit" -- no, he just said -- I just went up and said, "Too good", and he said, "Bad luck", and I said, "Good luck in the finals", and he said, "Yes, thanks very much" sort of thing.

Q. What is it specifically about Andre that makes it that although he's a  baseliner and yet that disadvantage on this surface really doesn't seem to matter? I mean --
A. He's -- I was really impressed with the way he served today and I thought
actually again I put some pretty good approaches in and he just came up with
some great shots, and it's just the serving today, I thought -- I was very
impressed with. He's always going to be strong from the baseline but he hit
everything very deep as well. I was trying to slice him around and I couldn't
find anything there to help him with. I think the difference is also I can
hit my forehand a little bit heavier and sort of change the pace up a little
bit, and I tried that today, but I never felt like the ball was coming on to
my racquet the way it would, you know, if we were using the hard court as an
example. He just kept the ball coming back hard and deep all the time.

Q. Pat, do you take a short break now before Davis Cup?
A. I've got a few days off, yes. A couple will be spent here in London, and
I'll go back to Bermuda for four or five days and get -- I'm going to
probably take one extra day and get to Boston on Saturday.

Q. At least he's not playing there?
A. That's right. I hope Pete's there. I think they've put him on a reasonable
slow court, I think Bud might know, but I think the balls are pretty heavy.
I'm expecting Pete not to play. It's not going to be great for Pete either.