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 Anna
defeated Evgeniya Rodina 6-4 6-3
Q. How do you feel like you played?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Well, I feel pretty good. You know, I
finally passed third round in Wimbledon, so it feels great, and
I'm happy to be in the second week.
Q. Level wise just talk about how you felt like you played
today?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Well, I think I played much, much better
than my previous rounds, you know, especially my first match was
horrible. And then match by match, you know, I feel better.
Q. You're okay that you got off to the fast start in the second
set and then she came back, but at least you closed it out there
at the end.
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Yeah, I think it was okay for me. Because,
you know, two points on her serve, I won that game pretty
quickly. And then 5 Love up I lost concentration a little bit,
but still was able to finish the match in two sets, and I'm
really happy with my result. You know, I had some tough time
this year, and I think to be to play the fourth round, it's a
good result already.
Q. You talked about some of the tough times you've had this
year, and we all know the terrible ordeal that you went through.
How long did it take you to really push that aside
psychologically?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Well, I think, you know what,
psychologically I was okay, you know, already at the Australian
Open. I was ready to play. But the thing is that I didn't really
have preparation because I had a reinjury. Unfortunately I
didn't have a preparation for the season, so probably that's why
it's very tough, especially physically when you don't have a
preparation, like your fitness work, your physical work before
the season starts. It's really tough to play.
Q. So you're going to play Vaidisova who you've played twice.
It's been two years, which probably seems like a long time to
you.
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Yeah, I think it's one of her best
surfaces, the grass court. It will be a very tough match for me.
You know, she serves quite well, and on return she's just
hitting. She's just attacking all the time. It will be a tough
match, but I will try to play my best. I think it's already not
a bad result that I made the fourth round already.
Q. As you say, you've psychologically recovered from it, but can
you go around and look at a tournament the way you once did? Do
you feel the same security you once had? Are there any problems
at all left over from that incident, or none at all?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: There's no problem. Completely I feel
okay. Yeah, nothing bother me. I feel fine.
Q. Mentally, though, with some of the other things you've been
going through this year with the coaching and the loss of
confidence, you go into a match against Vaidisova who's also
been struggling up until this tournament, do you feel like you
can go out there and really play your game? Do you feel like
you're in that good mental space again?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Well, yeah, I feel I'm ready. I had three
straight wins, you know. Of course the level of the players is
not the same as Nicole. As I said, I will try to play my best to
I will try to stay tough on court. It will be very important to
hold my serve. I will have two days off, and that's the good
thing.
Q. You have a style that we don't see that often anymore among
the women, in that you're sort of flowing around the court a
little bit more. Do you wish women's tennis was a little bit
more like that overall instead of bashing the ball?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Well, I think it's more because of
physical conditions, you know. Because if you can banging the
ball, why not do that?
Q. So you would bash it if you could?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Yeah (laughter).
Q. Did you find today that you were trusting your shots when the
big points were there?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: Yeah, I felt actually the game was pretty
on control, you know. But sometimes she got pretty lucky, you
know, especially a few serves on the line, a few net balls. But
I was fighting till the end, I was playing till the end, and
that's why I won.
Q. So this is the best you've felt since when?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: It's tough to say, because every day is
different. All the players are different. So I think this is
probably one of my best matches on grass I can say. |
