THE LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 24, 1997

Sandrine Testud

VERONIQUE MARCHAL: Questions in English first.

SANDRINE TESTUD: I have to speak English.

SANDRINE TESTUD: Yes, sure. Well, I think I played a really solid match today. I mean, 6-Love, 5-2, I didn't make any mistakes almost. I don't know, she didn't play great, but I didn't give her the chance, you know. I was just concentrate on my game, try to don't make any stupid mistakes, and that's it. It came out good until 5-2, and I was a little bit nervous of course to finish. She's the kind of player, she's tough to beat because she doesn't give you many points after. So 5-2 she came back. At 5-All, I just tried to stay concentrate on my game. I served good, so hopefully I made the game 6-5. Then it finish. The game after was good for me because I was starting to be a little bit tired. That was a good end. It was better to finish for me in two sets than going for a third set.

SANDRINE TESTUD: Well, not really because last week I played her in Indian Wells. I was the same. I won the first set. We play more or less the same match. I just made more mistakes. You know, she's the kind of player where she didn't look really tired. She was running everywhere. Maybe she was tired mentally, I don't know. Well, for me it didn't look like she was really tired, and she didn't give up. I mean, she was still fighting. She came back.