It was much tougher for me to play against Venus yesterday because she is playing on a much higher level. Today I knew that we had a great chance to win, and if I were to miss it that would have been terrible for the team. |
It's a tough match between us, it's every time like this. It's really poignant to win this match. |
It's amazing because I had to control my emotions, it's Roland Garros, a Grand Slam and I was playing against a friend. |
It's every time like this between us. We grew up together, we play together, we still compete together, so it's tough between us. |
It's my first tournament on clay and the girl was playing pretty good. Just a couple of mistakes and the match is over. I saw her for the first time in my life so it's a little bit difficult to play her. |
It's very special to win this title because it's been nearly a year since I won a tournament. It's only the start of the indoor season, and this is a time of year I normally play well, so it's good for me to win here. I really want to be in the Top 10 at the end of the year, so this will obviously be good for my ranking. |
Karolina's a tough player, ... She's obviously playing with a lot of confidence right now, but I've also had some good results lately, so I'll be going into the final believing I can win. |
My coach even said that I played well. That's really new. I'm really happy with that. |
Right now it's really difficult to understand what I have to do on court, ... When the ball comes to me, I don' know what I have to do, where I have to put the ball. I have no confidence at all. |
She did a good thing to move me around. Then I got really tired by the second set. If I would have won the first set, maybe that would be different in the second. |
She's a great tennis player. Whatever she's doing on the court, she's doing amazing - especially the way she moves on the court, it's just unbelievable. So for me it's really going to be tough tomorrow. I have to play unbelievable to win the match. |
She's a great tennis player. Whatever she's doing on the court, she's doing amazing. Especially the way she moves on the court, it's just unbelievable. |
Some moves it really bothers me, but some of them were OK. I didn't really think that Gisela played really smart with me today, so that was big advantage for me. Definitely, the drop shot was the key, but she didn't use it. |
That really helps my confidence coming in here. It hasn't been all that good of a year. |
That's the worst I've ever played. What can you do when you play like that? |