A lot of people say the older you are the more experience you have. I think there's a little more advantage to being young, too, they probably have a little more energy. |
Anna-Lena played very well, she served very well and I struggled a little bit with my serve. She took advantage of that. |
I actually had a lot of fun out there. In the beginning I was trying to go for too much. Once I got over, I got into a groove. |
I gained a lot of confidence with my play in that tournament that will hopefully carry over to this event. |
I was struggling with my serve from the start and she was putting pressure on it. She played great, but I came through at the end to hold. We competed well, it was just a point here or there. |
I'll do my best to stay in there. |
It doesn't matter how old you are, I think, just as long as you feel good and feel great about what you're doing. |
One of the fans told me they won. |
She came out determined to win and she was hot from the start. |
She is No. 14 in the world, today was another day. |
That went through my head, just like everybody else. I just tried to stay in the moment and rally and just keep rallying. |
The more you play top-10 players, the more you get used to just being out there, getting used to the atmosphere. The mental attitude has a lot to do with it, and that's what has improved with me. |
Today I just could not find my rhythm out there. She was making her shots which kept me from finding my game. |
We don't look at it that way. We look at it as our next match and we will go out there to win. We always go out there to win. |
We know it's not over yet. |