U.S. OPEN

September 2, 1996

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: What do I think about what?

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I mean, I think -- they doing their job, they have linesmen, they call, they see it better. You just have to go with the calls. I mean, you know always is happening that there's been some bad calls. The umpire maybe overrules. I think that has been very close calls for either her or me. We both just waiting because it was very late calls. I think you know that's going to happen. Something that just has to continue. Normally if they're there, they can see better than the umpire. I guess the umpire also is trying to see it clear, you know. Nothing you can do. I think they have to go with the call that the linesmen saying first.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No. I mean, it's like playing another player.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I didn't feel any pressure because I played at 15 years old. I just know that it's getting -- the farther you get into a tournament, the tougher matches you going to have. It was going to be a difficult match. I didn't put any extra pressure on myself or any different pressure playing at all.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I think she's a very, you know, talented player. She has very good hands. I mean, first set I was not on the court at all. I think she did play well, but I was missing out the balls. I come back playing better. I do think that I have my chances in the third set. I do let her come back. That was a mistake for myself. I mean, I'm a little bit disappointed with myself because of that reason, because I let her, you know, get back. I do have my chances to close it out and I didn't do it. Not because I lost. I mean, I would have preferred to win. Under those circumstances, I do have to feel a little disappointed with myself because I know that I have my chances.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, we play on clay the first time, so it was much slower, the points were longer. I mean, first set she played really well, and I come back and winning very easy the second and third set. Now we play on hardcourt again. I mean, I lost the first set again, you know, come back and almost win the match. Last time I closed it up. I was winning also set and break up, finishing the match playing really well. This time I let her, you know, come back. She played good shots also in the third set. I guess, you know, I have my chances. I didn't take it. That happens. It's so hard often to come back and win the match. I give my best and I think that it was a good match. I should have, you know, finished it up in three sets, and I lost the match.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, like I say, I mean, she's a very talented player. I mean, she has good hands, she can come to the net, stay back. She got good groundstrokes. I mean, she's a player that -- I mean, she's improved a lot, she's young, she's there in the top, you know, and do very well. I think that if you play your game and you move her around and she's not in position, she has much more trouble. If you let her play, she can probably, you know, come back with the good shots.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I mean, the way she plays, you have to watch her. I mean, I don't know.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No. Like I say, for me it was another match. It was nothing different because I play at 15 years old, or she's so young, coming in the top. For me, it was playing another player, really tough. You know, that she's also beating other players, she's doing very well. I mean, it was not an easy match, I think. It was a very good match. Finally, you know, I do have chances and I lost. But she did play also pretty good.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I didn't see her match. I mean, I did not have the chance to see her play because we always play different times. But, I mean, she's another young one that has done very well. She comes from the qualifying, win a couple matches here. It's great that other players are doing so well so young, be able to win so well. I mean, I didn't see her play so I cannot tell you. But, I mean, she's playing now against Steffi. She has nothing to lose. Depends how she plays today. But I think she can also do pretty good. She's the youngest one that can do very well.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think that I didn't have tough losses. I just think that I lost two finals in the Grand Slam, in the Olympics. I think, like I say, if I would not get to the final is when I have to worry more than if I'm not there. I'm very happy with the year that I've been having. Mostly most of the players would like to be in my position. I mean, it's better to win when you get to the final, but I just think that I have a great year. You just have to see that I didn't stop play for three months, not injured, doing my best, getting to the finals, losing three sets all the time. That seems that I'm in very good shape, I'm in very good condition, so I have to be very happy. Most other players would like to be where I am right now. I don't feel that it's been really bad at all. I just think it's been very positive and very success.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Not at all.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think -- like I say, she's a talented player, so she has good hands, she can come with different shots. You have to be also, you know, kind of like smart to do different things, if you have a chance. But I just think that she only 15, she's doing really well. She hits the ball really, you know, very solid. That's why she's winning so many points. Intelligence, I think you have to ask her. I think she's playing the type of game she used to play when she was a junior. She's improved. I think if you play your game aggressive, then she doesn't have so many chances to do all those things.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I mean, when I was down is when I start playing, you know, more aggressive and I win more points. You know, I was 2-Love up. That's when I lost my chances. If I would continue, go for it, but I miss more shots, then she be able to come back with good ones, we get more tight. I mean, I lost my chances playing the same way, but in case of going in, my balls were going long. That's a big difference to finally lost the match. I just think that I went for it, I made much more mistakes in the third set than her. You know, the key point was just to stay ahead of her, and I didn't take my chances.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think it's nice to be able to see young players, because I was in the same position, you know, when I started. I was in the same age, coming strongly. It's nice to see that other players are doing the same progress. So definitely, it's good for the game. The more players, the better it's going to be for the game. Better tough matches you're going to have. I think it's good for the game. I mean, I was in the same position, so I was happy when I do that. Nice to see other players doing, it too.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I just worked with him on 1994 for a while. It was not like a long period. It was just when I was here in the States, but not anymore. Nothing happened. Just because I'm probably playing so much that it's so hard to be able to be together, but nothing happened between us.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Yeah. Because the schedule has been so hard that you cannot handle it, but that's all.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No, because it's just -- as a matter of fact, you need a little more luck or your shots need to be one on the line, not because I need mentally anything to change. I didn't think about it.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Yes. Otherwise I wouldn't have wear it.