U.S. OPEN

September 3, 1995

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I think you're wrong. I think Mary Joe is a player who also never gives up. I mean, she prove it many times when she was set 5-1 down match point, so I don't think that I have to be surprised because I think that's also the way she is. So I think I should have win the match in two sets because I was playing really well in the beginning and probably at 4-2 I was a little bit unlucky, but she went more for the shots than I did and she make it, you know, many when she need it. So I think probably even though that I know I lost the second set in, the third set I also have the advantage to finish the match and I think I let her go a little bit and she played -- come back with great shots. And I know that, you know, the match was not over because she always, you know, when she was behind she was playing great shots, she took a lot of risks and she was probably lucky sometimes that she made it, but she did the right thing. And I think I let her get into the match, you know, and that was my mistake. But on the third set I also, you know, have my opportunities and I didn't take them, so that's why I lost the match.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No, because she was coming in also in the beginning, but I was passing her very well and I was playing very deep and moving the ball very well, so she had more trouble. And I guess when I have to finish the match I let her hit the ball a little bit short and she attacked better and she took the opportunities that she had more than I did. But I think should have never let her get into the match and that was one of the problems.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, it's always - you know, you try -- you try to defend it, and I think I don't have to be disappointed because I played a great match and probably she played better than I did at the end and she beat me, but sometimes it's also a little bit kind of like you think well, you have the match to win it and you let it go. But I don't think I have to be disappointed because I have a player today who played better at the end and she took the risk when she needed before I did and, you know, she took more advantage of that and finally, you know, it was kind of hard to come back. But, I mean, it's nothing I can do now. It's probably, you know, it's just probably the other players now they have the opportunity to win it and that's all I can say.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think I'm a human being and I think I cannot win every match, but of course I wanted to win this match today and continue into the tournament and try to get and see if I could play my other four final Grand Slam, but, I mean, sometimes, you know, things are not working on your side and if you don't take the opportunities, it's even harder. But, I mean, I have to be happy because I played great and probably I just need maybe a little lucky at the end too. But she did well.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Every time I play a tournament it's big, you're just trying to play your best. I played a lot this year and it's been also pretty good year for me, so I don't have to be disappointed. I wish I would win all the tournaments, but I didn't. Probably now I have more time and I concentrate for the doubles because I'm not over yet, and when I finish here, try top concentrate for the next one and, of course, be ready for the championship that probably will be the last one of the year.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I mean, this event is big, it's important, it's a Grand Slam and you want to do well here. So now that it's over I'll still have to think of my doubles, but of course I will concentrate for the big one after that, probably the biggest one is the championships is the next one.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, it's different because when you're playing in the day, you know what time probably you're going to play, you have to -- when you play at night, you know, you have to wait all day to play. But you warm up a little bit in the morning and you have some break and some time to rest and then probably, you know, workout before the match again and get ready. So, you know you're going to have one night match, so you're ready for that, and I don't think it has to be anything that I played tonight. Sometimes it's not as hot and the weather -- it's also nights it's humid. But, I mean, you have to be used to it to play during the day and also to get ready for play at night.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No, I mean, you're mentally getting ready, you prepare differently the day when you're going to play at night than when you're going to play the day. But I don't think it makes you nervous. You think the same when you're going to play during the day or during the night.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I wanted to hit it cross court, and, I mean, I hit it a little bit late, I hit it with the frame, but that was the shot I wanted to play and I was kind of a little bit lucky. But I think she also made a couple of shots that probably she didn't thought it was going over the net and she made pretty good drop shots. So sometimes you don't expect to play so well, but it comes the moment that you play a great shot when you need it and that's when it counts.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: I think it was very important game because it would be different to going 5-1 up than be 4-2 after, you know, how many times she has to serve. But I guess I've been in the situation before that I've been in many deuces and probably was very important to win that game. And finally I broke her serve and I was be able to win the first set. And I think, you know, I play very good and maybe when I needed I should have probably take a little more risk, but, you know, she did it before I did so I didn't have many chances. But that was a very important, you know, game; especially to win the first set