U.S. OPEN

August 29, 1994

Conchita Martinez

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I was thought it was a great win and I felt really good after that and especially with the confidence, you know, I keep playing, and it is great when you always have a good win. It's like you can do anything.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I felt pretty good. It's good to play the first match in a tournament, and you advance now, you get a little bit nervous. Tough to get my rhythm back because I haven't played for two weeks or something. So it's always difficult to play next round at this match.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: It's so far away that I don't even want to think about it. I see, and I have to go match by match and I have to play well here, but you never know. I prefer not to talk.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I like any kind of surface. I feel comfortable in any kind. I'm getting used to hardcourt and fast surfaces. Before was clay and now I can play on all fast surfaces, so it's great when you can play on all surface.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I think I improved my serve a little bit. I tried to don't go so quick on my motion or whatever you call it. I try to make a little stop and then, you know, work more with my legs and get more power, and everything is more quiet and, I mean, I feel really comfortable today.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: It's all right. It's difficult. I don't know, I never play my best tennis here at the U.S. Open, but, you know, maybe too many distractions, you have to really concentrate and be ready, ready mentally for this tournament and I'm working on it. I was working in Barcelona, to get concentrate and, I guess, I think I'm more prepared now.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Not the whole tape, no, I didn't have enough time, because, after Wimbledon I only have ten days and they were really busy, and I went to play for one month or more. And then when I came back from the States, I only had like ten days again, and you know, it's like, if you practice and everything.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: The last set. The last set it was really exciting.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's difficult -- for me it's difficult to see myself on television. It's like, oh, so, I have great feelings of that match and, you know, I keep that inside.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: No--

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Not much.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Everybody asks the same question. I have no idea. We are all playing good, but I don't know why.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Sorry?

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: We're having a great moment in sports in Spain. I think we have great athletes and it's great.

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