I really don't know how it got to 6-0. |
I started to feel unwell at the beginning of the second set, after two or three games. I was feeling dizzy like I couldn't coordinate what my legs and what my hands were doing. I felt like a beginner out there. |
I think I still have some timing issues to improve to feel more comfortable, ... I was happy with the returns and serving so that was good. |
I think it was just generally that my footwork was really not good. I just felt uncomfortable moving around the court. I was missing the small steps to really have a good position and move good and come back in the games and to defend. So that was frustrating that I never got better. |
I think just generally, my footwork was really not good and it was uncomfortable to move around the court. |
I told the crowd 'Please support me from the first point on tomorrow, |
I was just off and she was all over me. |
I was just off, and she was all over me. She just took advantage and didn't let it go. I had the feeling when I rally with her, I was getting tired and pushed back too much, just too much power. It's really one of the rare ones where there was no match at all. I don't really know what happened to me. |
I was never really feeling my game. My serve was not really there. |
I was not very happy with the way I played, but I got through. I'm really struggling a bit because normally here I just could place the ball anywhere I wanted and really not miss too many. So I definitely want to get that feeling back. |
I wish we could play more weeks here and why not the U.S. Open, move it down to Charleston. They make me feel at home and it's just a very few weeks where you really feel that support and I'm proud of it. |
I'm happy to win the opening match. I came here to win one or two matches, ... I just don't see the way I can win this event. |
I'm not too disappointed because I've reached two finals in the past two weeks, |
I'm playing well and looking forward to competing in Los Angeles. |
I'm really excited about starting the year like this. It's always nice to play five matches in a row like this and leave a place as a champion. |