Last night I was feeling so bad I thought I would have to go to see a doctor at 3 in the morning because I was such in pain. |
Maria put a lot of pressure on my serve in the first half of the match. I then decided to stand one step up and hit more towards the center of the court and into her body. That cut down her angles a bit. |
Maybe I thought the match was over. I kept fighting, but couldn't do what I did in the first set more. |
Now every match is pretty hard and you need to stay focused and you see the new faces. It's very good for women's tennis. It's the future of the game. |
She fought very hard and she just kept running. |
She had won in the qualification round and that gave her a lot of confidence. I didn't know what to expect. |
She just asked me what was the problem, how I felt. She had very nice words for me. |
She played really well, and I wasn't at my best. I missed a little bit of confidence, so you play more neutral, more in the middle than going for the winners. |
She put me under pressure in the first set, I wasn't feeling very comfortable but I kept fighting and I came through. |
She was playing well and she put a lot of pressure on my serve in the first few games of the match. I wasn't aggressive enough. Then I started to play a little bit better. I kept fighting [in the second set], but she was just better than me at that point. She took the opportunity. Too many ups and downs from my side to consider winning the match. |
She was playing well, she put a lot of pressure on my serve in the first few games of the match, ... I was feeling a lot of pressure, and I wasn't aggressive enough and she played well. |
She was pushing me a lot, ... You need to use your experience at this point of the match, and I did that. |
She was really too good, but I had to do something very special and go for everything. |
That gives confidence, that gives security that I built my own family, ... That's very important that I have the support of my husband, who is traveling not all the time, but to a lot of tournaments. |
That's good. That's interesting. I feel it's good for the game. |