she said. ''But second serve, it's still, I slice it too much. There is not much I can do. |
After last year I've been dreaming about [the final on] Saturday night every single day so who knows? |
Although Anastasia lost today, if she hadn't beaten Venus Williams in the semifinal (against the U.S.), we may not have been here, |
Amelie feels almost at home here. ... I think she really likes to play on this surface, and that's why she's coming here every year and being so successful. |
Amelie was starting to impose herself, so I had to be aggressive and come to the net more. |
Both of us knew that winning the first set was the key to the whole match because we were both getting tired from the week-long tournament. |
But I still feel like it was a great tournament for me, big win yesterday. Even that I lost today 6-1, 6-2, I feel like I have a game to beat her ? but not today. |
By taking like 12 minutes time out, I don't think it was a fair play, but she could do it, I mean, by the rules. And she did it, |
Do I think she had something? I don't think so. But she could do it by the rules, and she did it. |
Do you know that Russian girl Dementia or something like that? Her serve is no more powerful than mine. |
For me it's very important to play one week before the U.S. Open and to have this match practice, ... Just to play on the same surface and use the same balls they use at the U.S. Open. Especially after the great results at the U.S. Open last year, I decided I would do the same thing this year. |
For me personally, it will remain as a great memory. I'd been waiting for a moment like this for years. |
For me, it's a great challenge to play against young Russians, ... With Vera, we never played each other before, but we know each other very well. It was very interesting to play and to see who's coming up and what kind of game she has. |
Hopefully we're in a different part of the draw, ... I think it's going to be a good draw. So many tough players are coming this year. |
I arrived from Tokyo on Monday evening and I'm glad I got to play in the morning today, because I really want to go to bed now, the time difference is really starting to hit me. |