VIKING INTERNATIONAL

June 26, 2021

Anett Kontaveit

Devonshire Park

Press Conference

J. OSTAPENKO/A. Kontaveit

6-3, 6-3

THE MODERATOR: Obviously you would have been thrilled to have won the final, all the great matches you played this week. Just talk us through the match today and how you felt you played, how Jelena played, your overall thoughts on the match.

ANETT KONTAVEIT: Yeah, it's never nice losing the final when you've already gotten so far, but, yeah, I think she played a great match. She was very aggressive, and she returned extremely well.

Yeah, I felt like my first serve maybe let me down a little bit. I didn't make as many as I would have liked, but she was returning incredibly well, and I think that put a little bit of pressure on my serve as well.

So I think overall she was very solid and she played very well.

THE MODERATOR: You must have a lot of confidence also heading into Wimbledon to have so many great matches on grass this week. Talk us through what your plans are now and looking ahead to Wimbledon.

ANETT KONTAVEIT: Yeah, I mean, it was a very good week for me. I came here with no expectations. You know, I reached the final. I played good tennis, got really good wins, some very close ones.

I'm really overall very pleased with this week, and now it's just resting a little bit, getting ready for my match at Wimbledon on Tuesday.