Let me get this straight. I'm totally against drugs in sport and believe that cheats should be kicked out. But for suggestions about an Australian Open boycott over Petr Korda, I'd like to hear the guy's side of the story first. Some people have formed very strong views on the situation already. Korda has been fined and had his ranking points taken away from reaching the quarter-
finals at Wimbledon - so obviously there is an area of concern. The subject has been talked about a lot this week and a few of the boys, such as Jonas Bjorkman and Jim Courier, feel strongly enough to say Korda should be kicked off the tour.

I want to know the whole story and the only story I know so far is that Korda has been busted for having a steroid in his body. The International Tennis Federation has given him the benefit of doubt in exceptional circumstances. What everybody now wants to know is what those circumstances are.

If Korda can convince the players of his innocence I don't think there will be a problem. But there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. At the moment, I'm sitting on the fence because I want to know just what happened. I've always been of the opinion that you need all the evidence before you hang someone.

To lose in the second round of the AAPT Championships in Adelaide was disappointing and now I've got to work really hard to be ready for the Australian Open in Melbourne. I need a lot of matches to play my best and hopefully I'll get them in Sydney this week at the Adidas International.

I arrived in Sydney yesterday and have been working flat out on my movement with Muddy Waters and Tony Roche. The simply fact is I need to move well to play well and I didn't do that in Adelaide. I thought I played well against
Takao Suzuki but was still half a step slow. I was worse against Slave Dosedel. I don't plan to lose early in Sydney. I want to win every tournament I enter, but if the worst comes to worst I'll be on the first plane to Melbourne. The Australian Open is now the tournament I want to win more than any other, having already won a Grand Slam. I know I need to crank it up and that's what I hope to be able to do in the time that's left.