Eastbourne AEGON International. June 18 2011 Andrea Seppi

A. SEPPI/J. Tipsarevic

           

7‑6, 3‑6, 5‑3, Ret.

        

        

ANDREAS SEPPI

        

            Q.  How did you feel about Tipsarevic's complaints?  Did you think the match would be stopped?

            ANDREAS SEPPI:  I think the beginning of the third ‑‑ well, it was a little too early to stop.  He already ask after the second set, but we could play for sure for a little bit longer.  Because two days before I played until 9:00 the doubles, and it was just 7:00, 7:30, something like that.  So I think for sure there was a little bit of space to play more.

            Q.  But you weren't worried yourself that with the drop of rain that made the surface slippery that you might have injured yourself?

            ANDREAS SEPPI:  No.  I mean, after the ‑‑ when it starts to rain, for sure it was a little bit difficult to move, or I moved a little bit softer than before.  But yeah, I thought when it start to rain maybe they stop the rally and we play tomorrow.

            Q.  You'd have been quite happy to play tomorrow?

            ANDREAS SEPPI:  No, I mean ‑‑ but for me was better to finish today, for sure.

            Q.  But you wouldn't have had any complaints?

            ANDREAS SEPPI:  No, no, because it was ‑‑ it was getting dark, and for sure the court was a little bit more slippery because it just rained for a few minutes.

            But he went on the court immediately to start to play again, so, I mean, for me, was for sure better to finish today.

            Q.  Your first title?

            ANDREAS SEPPI:  Yeah.  It's for sure a special moment for me.  I didn't expect to win on grass my first title, but I really enjoy play on this surface.  I had some good results also in the past, so I ‑‑ yeah, I'm happy, for sure.

            Q.  Now you're looking to take Wimbledon by storm?

            ANDREAS SEPPI:  (Smiling.)  Yeah, for sure I try to recover in this two days hopefully I get off, because today I had two long matches, and then we see how it goes in Wimbledon.

            But for sure I go there for a good feeling, and we try to get through my best as always.

                       

Eastbourne AEGON International. June 18 2011 Janko Tipsarevic

A. SEPPI/J. Tipsarevic

           

7‑6, 3‑6, 5‑3, Ret.

        

JANKO TIPSAREVIC

        

            THE MODERATOR:  Questions, please.

            Q.  So do you know what you've done, your injury?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  I don't know yet.  I'm taking ultrasound now but it doesn't look good.

            Q.  Problems for Monday?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Problems Monday.

            Q.  Were you complaining about carrying on playing?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Yes.  First day, my match with Ward when we were set all, we stopped at 7:30, which was the exact time what was ‑‑ what it was, when we split sets in the finals.

            I know that matches here are played until late, but that's the case when there are no clouds and then you have enough light.  In this situation, this was complete powering through the final.

            I asked the supervisor and chair umpire and whoever on 4‑3, What now?  It's 8:20.  There is no light.  You're trying to finish this final as soon as possible.

            And he said, Yes, but it's not wet.  Three points after, I slipped.  And I asked him again, What else does it need ‑‑ first of all, I'm not ‑‑ I'm disappointed because I lost and Andreas was the better player today.  I felt he should have clenched the third set much earlier, but I feel he choked a little bit.

            I used my chance, and, you know, he made some errors when he was 4‑Love up that he didn't make, you know, in the beginning of the match or throughout the match.

            So I just feel that why I came back was the reason was because he was a little bit nervous, not because I changed something in my game.

            But it's an absolute disgrace.  The organization ‑‑ not the organization, but the fact what happened today.  At 4‑3, 15‑All or Love‑30 when I slipped, I asked the chair umpire or the referee, What else does it need to happen for you to postpone this match?  And he was just quiet.

            He was just repeating like a parrot that we have enough light, we have enough light.  Everything I said.

            Q.  Were you prepared to come back tomorrow?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Yes, I was.

            Q.  To finish it?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Yes.  I feel that this ‑‑ I mean, it's tough enough for us that we have to play ‑‑ two days I played two matches in one day and with the wind.  I'm not complaining it's just me.  It's for all the guys out there, you know.

            But to power through the final ‑‑ this is not first or second round.  This is a final of an ATP event.  I myself still don't have a title, and I don't want to lose it because of dark.

            It's bad enough that I have to play on a slippery court with wind, but to postpone it because, I mean, for two, three games because they were, I don't know, too lazy or wanted to go home tomorrow or whatever, that's just a complete disgrace.

            Q.  Would you feel that your chances at Wimbledon are pretty small now?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  I don't know.  I twisted ‑‑ I injured my leg, as you know, 10 minutes ago.  I'm taking an ultrasound now.  But at the moment I'm having difficulties walking.

            Q.  Why did you not play out the last three points?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  There is no reason.  There really is no reason to, you know, walk around  because it's bad enough, you know, looking at what everything happened on the court, you know.

            And I really ‑‑ it's not that I didn't want to lose.  But the only thing, if I stayed, I needed to give my best, which means I need to run for every point, which I was not able to.

            So to give the tournament and the other player the satisfaction of beating me with all those stupid things that happened around, I really ‑‑ I really couldn't.  Plus the main thing is that I didn't want to risk my leg for Wimbledon.

            I'm having, as you know, a tricky enough opponent in the first round that if I want to have any chance of beating him, I need to be 100% healthy.

            This grass court is my favorite surface and Wimbledon is my favorite tournament of the year.  Last year I lost first round, which means I'm not defending points.

            Q.  Do you plan to take this any further?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  I think not.  I just feel that, you know... 

            Q.  You've got to accept it?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  I have to accept it, you know.  I lost.  He was the better player than me today.  But all ‑‑ I don't want to call it scam or whatever, but everything that happened around is just ‑‑ it's a complete joke.  It's a parody of tennis.

            If you look at all the facts what happened and what happened in the previous days, it's just a complete mockery of tennis.  It has nothing to do with Great Britain or England or the tournament.  I love playing here for one reason:  Because in this country and in these tournaments, you need to follow rules, which are really, really strict.

            And today, those rules were just like, Yeah, okay.  Let's just finish and let's go fast.  Wimbledon starts next Monday.

            Q.  Did you see him have any problems with the conditions?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Him?

            Q.  I didn't seep him approach the...

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Did I see him having any problems?  No, I don't.  But as you can see, maybe ‑‑ I'm not sure if you saw the final.  I'm wearing glasses and I'm having difficulties seeing when there is not enough light.  This is the main reason why I wear them.

            Q.  So you struggle with vision and...

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  I struggled with vision.  I'm not ‑‑ this could happen to him, as well, you know.  But the course of action was first day, stopping the match at 7:30 at set all against James Ward on Court 1.

            After that ‑‑ we continued playing 4‑3, 8:15.  I asked, Can we stop now?

            No, we cannot.

            Why not?

            The court is fine and we have enough light.

            I slip, I break my leg, whatever.  The court is slippery, there is not enough light.  The freaking scoreboard is shining.  It's shining, which means that there is not enough light outside.

            No, we play.  We play.

            Q.  Are you resentful it might cost ‑‑ it might well cost you at Wimbledon, then?

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  The only thing what will cost me at Wimbledon is if my leg is not 100%.  I have a goal this year is to break for the first time the top 20 and I intend to do it.

            So this is a tough loss, but I really feel that I am old enough and big enough professional that this, if I'm healthy, will not affect Wimbledon, my favorite tournament of the year.

            Q.  I think you ought to go and get it seen to.  We thank you very much for coming in.  That was very kind of you.

            JANKO TIPSAREVIC:  Thanks.

Eastbourne AEGON International. June 18 2011 Marion Bartoli

M. BARTOLI/P. Kvitova

           

6‑1, 4‑6, 7‑5

        

        

MARION BARTOLI

        

            Q.  How does it feel to win again?  You have had a lot of near misses.

            MARION BARTOLI:  Yeah.  Well, I had a great start of the season, honestly, best I ever had.  I was pleased with my results.  But of course coming here with a title, especially here it was extremely tough.  I think we were 7 out of the top 10 players plus Venus and Serena Williams.  So it was definitely a very hard task to win the tournament.

            So it's great just to come up with a win.  But, you know, it was a huge challenge again today.

            Q.  You had to fight really hard for that, didn't you?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Yeah.  Playing two matches back to back in the same day, I was not used to that anymore.  It reminds me of my junior time when we had to play two matches a day.

            But, you know, I think it was an entertaining match even if I had the lead the second set, I could close it out, but Petra start to play very well.

            She was hitting the ball very hard and very deep, so she had all the credit to coming back.  Then at the end it was just fighting and trying to find a way to win.

            Q.  How is your thigh?

            MARION BARTOLI:  It was more the hamstrings, but I think because of the wind, you know, I land funny on my side.  I thought the ball would be coming much more towards me.  At the end, the ball stops so I have to go to the ball, and I think I just ‑‑ my muscles start to get tight and stretch a little bit.

            So I think I just stretch it a little bit too much on this ball.  After, with the tape and the support I receive with the tape, it was better.

            Now I have two days off, so I'm definitely gonna be okay for Wimbledon, 100% sure.

            Q.  The wind was worrying you a lot, wasn't it, in your matches out there?  Did you find it was a real worry, the wind?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Not worried.  You know, when you play a match it happens.  Sometimes you're leading and your opponent keeps coming back; sometimes you're losing and you're coming back.

            My first‑round match I had match point against me, and I ended up winning the match and winning the tournament.

            So, I mean, it's like this.  Especially on a day like that when it's extremely windy, you can have the wind against you and then all of a sudden your opponent has a lot more power into her shots and it happens.

            So I was not worried.  I was just trying my best out there.  Of course I would have been happier to finish in two sets, but Petra fought extremely well, and she deserved to come back.  It could have gone either way, and in the end it went my way.

            Q.  Stosur said it was the worst conditions she had ever played in.  What did you find really bad out there?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Well, of course it was difficult.  But I think it's the same for both players.  At the end, on my opinion, I'm trying not to get too complaining too much about the conditions, because otherwise I can't focus on my game.

            So they are there.  There is nothing I can do against it.  I just have to deal with it.  Of course it was tough.  I can't say it was easy.  Definitely was very tough to play in those conditions, but you have to try your best.  I just try.

            Q.  What do you feel this does for your Wimbledon prospects?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Well, you know what?  I'm too tired to think about anything right now.  I just think I have to pack my suitcase and drive tonight towards Wimbledon.  My mom is waiting for me to with a nice dinner.  That's the only thing I want to think about.

            Q.  It is a more open year for women, people are saying.  Would you agree with that?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Well, I have been hearing that every single Grand Slam or every single tournament since the beginning of the year, so, you know, I think it's great to see some new faces.  For example, Li Na from China winning the French Open has been the first woman ever from China to win a Grand Slam.

            So it brought some new faces in the first place and to win Grand Slam, so I think it's great.  But I think everyone is extremely difficult to play against.

            Again, my first‑round match I had the match point against me.  So you have to be really careful for every single match and not thinking too much of winning in Wimbledon right away just because I won there.

            So I know my first‑round match in Wimbledon is going to be a new challenge and another start, and I have to be extremely careful with my two days that I have now off to take some rest and get ready again and be mentally focused.

            Q.  How does this tough wind compare to others you have had?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Well, it reminds me a little bit the one I had in Stanford in 2009 where also the draw were extremely tough.  I had to beat back to back Jelena Jankovic who was top 10 at this time, Sam Stosur in the semis, and Venus Williams in the finals.

            So the draw was also extremely tough at this time, and the match in the final were lasting for more than three hours or something like that.

            So it really reminds me this kind of tournament.  But after that I took one week off and I rest.  So now I have a Grand Slam that's coming up.  It's another story.

            But I think since two years I really improve physically, as well.  I'm going to have 48 hours to really relax and get ready again.

            Q.  Is grass your favorite surface, or can you explain why you play so well on it?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Well, I can't say now I play really bad on clay because I just made the semifinal of a Grand Slam.  But, you know, I think playing flat and early really helps on grass because obviously it's tougher to defend.  But now I can enough enjoy on every surface.

            Q.  How did you enjoy Eastbourne this week?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Well, I always love to come back to Eastbourne, even sometimes I was not winning the title.  It has been my ‑‑ I have been in the semifinal for four years in a row, and this year I got the title.

            So I always love to come back here.  I think we had some great matches, and it's very good preparation before Wimbledon.  The courts are great.  Of course it's windy, but then when you get in Wimbledon, it's not windy, I think it makes it a lot easier.

            I really love to come back here.  Obviously this year it works out well for me.

            Q.  Did you try the fish and chips?

            MARION BARTOLI:  Did I try the fish and chips?  No, that's not good for my diet, I guess.  (Laughter.)

            No, I have been sticking to ‑‑ no, I tried ‑‑ well, one day it was sunny, I think it was Tuesday, I got an ice cream.  It was the only day it was sunny.  (Laughter.)

But I'm gonna celebrate this time with something a bit special because I got the title.  Yeah, I think I played two matches today so I deserve a bit of something.

            Q.  Do you know what that something is?

            MARION BARTOLI:  I'm sure I'm gonna find out.  Don't worry for that.  Anything will work, I think.

Eastbourne AEGON International. June 18 2011 Petra Kivtova

M. BARTOLI/P. Kvitova

           

6‑1, 4‑6, 7‑5

        

        

PETRA KVITOVA

        

            THE MODERATOR:  Questions, please.

            Q.  You have had a lot of close matches this week, haven't you?

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Yes.  I fighted a lot, but this is ‑‑ this match is whether you have to fight.  It's more important.  Then if you win, you are playing amazing.  I'm happy for that, for sure.

            Q.  How did you struggle with the wind?

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Well, yeah.  I was confused all week here.  It's something for both players, and you have to fight with the wind there, also.

            It's not about tennis, but you have to think how the wind came.  So yeah.

            Q.  How big of a step was it in your career for you to reach the final here?

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Well, yeah.  For sure it's a big step, but now I have to be focused on Wimbledon.  I'm happy that I played many matches here, and it was practice a lot for Wimbledon but now is bigger tournament.

            Q.  How much difference did reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon last year ‑‑ you've risen up the rankings, haven't you?  How much confidence did that give you?

            PETRA KVITOVA:  The Wimbledon or ‑‑ Wimbledon last year?

            Q.  Yeah.

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Well, yeah.  Of course I played very well there, and I beat many good players.  Afterwards I was confident, but I lost five first rounds in the row.

            So I was thinking I have to win everything that I play, what is ‑‑ it cannot be.  After this I was a little bit down mentally, so it's good experience.

            Q.  This year you won tournaments on three different surfaces and final today.

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Yeah.  I thought about it in the final, actually.  Yeah, it's nice.  It's good that I can play on all surface.

            Q.  What do you think is your weakness and what is your...

            PETRA KVITOVA:  You mean where?

            Q.  In your game.

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Well, I think everything can be improve, fitness, tennis.  So I don't know.  But I have to improve everything.  (Smiling.)

            Q.  Kim Clijsters in Paris say that probably you and Makarova are the youngest players that are the most impressive.

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Really?  I didn't heard about it.  It's nice from her.  But what I can say about this?  Yeah.  But, you know, it's a lot of work.  So we will see.

            Q.  You obviously reached the top 10 after Madrid.  Then you went and played in Czech Republic.  How different is it when you go back home?  Are you much more famous now?

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Well, after Madrid it was very nice, because when I played there, it's many people came for watching.  It was very nice.

            Of course I'm famous there, but it's good for the tennis, for the fame of tennis in the Czech Republic.  I'm happy for that.

            Q.  Can you still walk down the street without...

            PETRA KVITOVA:  Yeah, of course I can.  (Laughter.)

            It's not too bad.

Eastbourne AEGON International. June 18 2011 Daniela Hantuchova

P. KVITOVA/D. Hantuchova

           

7‑6, 4‑2, Ret.

        

        

DANIELA HANTUCHOVA

        

            THE MODERATOR:  Questions, please.

            Q.  How bad is it?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  It's not great; that's for sure.  It happened at 3‑Love in the first set.  I was running for a wide backhand and kind of felt a sharp pain and just was getting worse and worse from then.

            Q.  What are your plans between now and maybe your first match?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  I don't know.  Hope for some magic and get as much treatment as I can.  Seeing the doctor now, and as soon as I come to Wimbledon I will try to work with the physios and try to do something to be able to be ready for Monday.

            Q.  What do you feel the odds are to be able to play?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  I don't know.  It's hard to say right now.  I'm hoping every day, every hour will help.  But unfortunately it's quite frustrating knowing the way I played.

            Yeah, just have to take it one day at a time.  We will see.

            Q.  Would you say the windy conditions would have had anything to do with it?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Yeah, for sure.  Because I was kind of like reaching for the backhand, and then the wind took it even farther away.  That's where it happened.

            But probably I irritated it already before, trying to, you know, find the ball on my serve, not with the shoulder being great.  So I'm sure I was kind of overcompensating and trying to figure out how to hit the shots without any pain with my shoulder, and probably that's why the abdominal happened.

            Q.  It makes it extra frustrating, because you were playing so well.

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Yeah, it is.  I mean, I feel like I have been having such a great two weeks.  Yeah, even today ‑‑ I mean, the conditions were just, I think, 10 times worse than with Venus.  Obviously already that was quite frustrating; plus with the injury.  Yeah, it was not an easy day in the office.

            But I still got a lot of positives to take with me, and I feel so confident for Wimbledon.  I just somehow have to take care of this, and I will give it every single effort I've got to be able to play and  hopefully do well.

            Q.  It's hard because of the mental ‑‑ I mean, the physical side you can hopefully get right, but it's the mental effects of it.

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Well, I'm trying kind of to forget it now and really already be looking forward to Wimbledon.  Obviously that's the highlight of my year, and, you know, in whatever shape I will be, I will take that and give it my best shot, whatever happens.

            Q.  Do you feel you made it worse by playing on after it happened?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Probably, yeah.  But I'm the kind of player, I will not give up until I know it's impossible.

            Yeah, probably was not the smartest thing, but I just kept trying, kept fighting, because I felt like I was playing so well and really wanted to win another title here.

            Q.  Is it an injury you've had before?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  No, first time.

Eastbourne AEGON International. June 18 2011 Sam Stosur

M. BARTOLI/S. Stosur

           

6‑3, 6‑1

        

        

SAMANTHA STOSUR

        

            THE MODERATOR:  Questions, please.

            Q.  Pretty ordinary conditions out there?  Not much fun?

            SAMANTHA STOSUR:  No.  (Smiling.)

            Yeah, I mean, I thought the other day when I played Vera it was the worst I had ever played in, but I think today was even worse than that.  It definitely wasn't easy at all.

            Yeah, it's one of those days where you've just gotta try hard and do whatever you can to try and get through, because it's very hard to hit, you know, the shots that you want.

            Q.  Frustrating when you're trying to be attacking in those sort of conditions because you have such a small margin of error?

            SAMANTHA STOSUR:  Yeah, absolutely.  It's the same for both of us.  Marion hits the ball pretty hard and flat and kind of goes forward and whatever else.

            But, yeah, it was almost like she could get that first short in more times than I could and I was kind of on the back foot.  Yeah, it's just not easy.

            Q.  Is your mind already on Wimbledon today?  The draw is out.  Any part of that today?

            SAMANTHA STOSUR:  No, I don't think so.  I think, you know, we work up today all four of us knowing that hopefully we're going to have two matches to play today.  Yeah, I haven't thought about Wimbledon since I've seen the draw, so it's just one of those things.

            Q.  In view of the conditions, how good of preparation is this for Wimbledon?

            SAMANTHA STOSUR:  Oh, it's been great.  It's been a really good week for me here.  You know, in spite of this match today, you know, I'm going to into Wimbledon feeling good.  I think I played some really good tennis here and got through some really good matches.

            So it's pretty much been exactly what I would want going into Wimbledon, and hopefully I can play well there as well.

            Q.  Do you think this is perhaps the most open Wimbledon for some years for women?

            SAMANTHA STOSUR:  Well, possibly.  I mean, it seems like every time a Grand Slam rolls by, everyone thinks it's the most open Grand Slam that's ever happened.

            You know, again, all the same players are in it once again.  There is a big group, I guess, that could do well and possibly win it.

            So I guess it's hard to say who the favorite would be right now, but as the tournament goes on, I'm sure it will become clear.

            Q.  A question regarding Serena Williams, how did you find her here, her games?

            SAMANTHA STOSUR:  Well, I didn't watch too much of her play, but yeah, a first tournament back in a year is always difficult.

            I'm sure she was ready to play here.  I guess the biggest test will be next week now that she has had a couple of matches and kind of got her feet back and whatever else.  So I guess she's ready to go.

Eastbourne AEGON International. June 15 2011 Daniela Hantuchova

D. HANTUCHOVA/V. Williams

           

6‑2, 5‑7, 6‑2

        

        

DANIELA HANTUCHOVA

        

            Q.  You must have enjoyed that today.

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Yes, I did.  Obviously a great win and just nice to be able to continue from a good form from Paris and Birmingham, as well.

            Q.  You're having a great run.

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Uh‑huh.

            Q.  Is this the best you've felt in quite a while?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Yeah, it is, but I still feel like there is a lot of room to improve.  I'm not there yet where I want to be, but I feel like I'm on the right way.

            Q.  Did you feel you had to beat two opponents, the wind and Venus?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Yeah, it was unreal.  It got really ugly for both of us.  It was difficult to play.

            I felt like I started off well before the wind came.  First set I was hitting the ball as good as I could, and then obviously it got very difficult.

            So it was really mentally important to try to stay in the points and not to fight against myself and just try to play every point as it came.

            Q.  Mentally, you played her 10 times.  You haven't done too well against her in those matches.  How do you go into the 11th match?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  I was not thinking about it absolutely at all.  I was just really trying to focus on my game.

            I had a good win yesterday and wanted to build on that.  Again, you know, on grass it's about trying to improve every day.  Especially before Wimbledon I just want to give it my best in every match to feel good into coming for the next two weeks being ready as good as I can be.

            Q.  What do you think of her comeback?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Well, it's obviously nice to see them both back.  I think they're great for the game.  I was really looking forward to the match today and really pleased that I was able to win.

            Q.  You have obviously been playing really well the last few weeks and months.  What's made the difference?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Like I said, just trying really hard with my coach and fitness coach trying to improve every part of my game.

            I'm really enjoying my tennis, enjoying the time out there when it gets tough.  That's what I'm looking for to try to find a way how to get through the matches.  It's really exciting times for me and I'm really having fun.

            Q.  Why do you think you handled the wind so much better than she did today?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Well, it was the same for both of us, and I just tried to move well and tried to get under the ball.

            Obviously I think having so many matches behind me helped myself much more than ‑‑ you know, when you're coming off a break like she had, it's never easy with the timing as well.

            But I felt like I did make her play on her serves, and when I needed to, I stepped it up and that was the difference.

            Q.  Do you feel you're in as good of form as you've ever been entering a Grand Slam?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Definitely I feel very good about myself, but in Wimbledon it starts from the first round.  Nobody's going to give me anything.  So I know I will have to fight, but overall I'm feeling very good.

            Q.  Your next opponent is Petra Kvitova.  Not an easy match.

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Of course not.  She made the semifinals of ‑‑ I don't know, the last year in Wimbledon.  And obviously she likes grass.  She's got a huge serve and big game.

            It will be a very difficult match, but I have nothing to lose.  I already beat three great opponents and had a great time on grass so far.

            So I really will have no pressure tomorrow.  Just gonna look for ‑‑ try to improve few things here and there and have fun out there.  Hopefully the wind will be better.

            Q.  Venus told us she gets in the mood for matches by singing, Blondie and things like that.  Do you have anything that you do to prepare yourself for a match?

            DANIELA HANTUCHOVA:  Of course.  I've got my routine that I like to do, but no, I just really get excited once I'm on the court.