At this morning’s get-together with the media, Goran Ivanišević and Patrick Rafter, who were in the company of tournament director Lawrence Frankopan, announced this evening’s exhibition match. This is not the first time the Australian has been to Croatia, but it is his first visit to Umag and Istria, and he is looking forward to this evening’s event. Both Goran and Patrick said it would be an excellent show, stressing the fact that they were slower than they had been 18 years ago. “I see the ball and I think I will get to it in time, but in reality, I’m really far away from it,” joked Rafter, while Goran said he sweated buckets in his attempts to get to the ball. The likeable Patrick said that when entering Croatia, the policeman had asked him for his autograph, and then jokingly added that perhaps it was a good think he had lost to Goran in 2001, as that move had made him a star in Croatia.