4,000 people sleeping. |
Her game is so dominant. It's very tough to stay with her. |
I am very happy. I think I played perfect tennis tonight. |
I can feel it happening. I (could) tell after I lost in the French Open to Mary Pierce. She had an unbelievable run and I played close. But close is not good enough for me. I want to get to a final. |
I could not handle the pressure because her strokes are so powerful and very deep. And she really played good, very solid. |
I didn't know what to expect and I was very happy. They were there for me. |
I don't know really what happened to me. She just took advantage and didn't let it go. I just lost my attention a bit. Off the long wait, I don't know. I could really never feel comfortable. |
I expected it to be tougher against her. |
I faced an opponent who was just ready for everything I had today. She was maybe lucky in the first set to win it, but she was definitely better over the two sets. She deserved to win, but I made her play. |
I felt like I had her there. Of course, if you come back from five match points, no way you are going to lose. |
I have just two things to say, ... Rainer (Hofmann, her husband), I love you, and to the crowd, next time try cheering for me in the first set as well. |
I just cannot play on this surface. I play maybe 50 percent worse on hard, ... I just played for every point but it did not work at the beginning. |
I knew if I mixed it up, like either her forehand or backhand it could break down a little bit. That's what happened. |
I know that she does it and that's her way. I was not too much asking the umpire to speed things up because I know it's her way, but still, I think on the serve, you should go with the pace of the server. |
I really dominated. I stuck with my tactics and kept my concentration. I tried to change speeds on her backhand ... I served well. That helps a lot in exchanges. |