U.S. OPEN

August 30, 1996

Gabriela Sabatini

GABRIELA SABATINI: Yeah. It was kind of strange. I mean, I was playing well. I think I served pretty bad by the end of the first set. I just didn't feel comfortable with my game. I feel like I wasn't dictating; I feel like she was doing that. I guess the rhythm was off, you know, just wasn't comfortable hitting the ball somehow, not having too much control with the ball. At moments, I was really frustrated. It was a little hard.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I think she was more consistent today, I thought. She started to make errors at the end of the second set, but then overall, she was playing very well, very consistent. She didn't seem to be bothered with a little particular shot. She was attacking very well. I was surprised how consistent she was.

GABRIELA SABATINI: On and off. On and off, yeah. It's not a factor.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I guess I have to accept that I lost. It's going to be a little hard. This tournament is a big tournament for me. I always did very well here. This is where I really wanted to do well. I'm still not feeling a hundred percent comfortable with my game. I just need to keep playing more tournaments, just trying to look for all the things I've been looking for, really putting everything together.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Oh, definitely, yeah. That was really good. That felt great, to hear the crowd just supporting me all the time. There were a couple points that were very good. The crowd was really into it. That was a very good feeling.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Probably not enough. Probably not enough. Like I said before, I just need to play more tournaments, more matches.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I guess a little bit technically, a lot mental, too. You know, just not thinking about it too much. I've probably been thinking about it too much. That hasn't been helping me very much. It's one of the areas that I know I have to improve on, one of the worst areas at this moment. There are moments when I get tired that my serve just doesn't work very well. I think mentally I need to overcome that. I just need to keep working on that.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Yeah. Many times that happens. I think I was doing very well the first couple matches with my serve. Double-faults are going to come, you're going to have them. You just have to know how to deal with them. I still don't know very well how to deal with them.