THE LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 21, 1995

Rachel McQuillan

Q. That is obviously the best you had all year; one of your greatest wins of your career?

RACHEL McQUILLAN: Yeah, I think so. I haven't played Lindsay before, so I went there not knowing what to expect and, you know, I just sort of got a bit of feedback from a lot of other players and just generally wanted to start early against her and try and break her rhythm. I was pretty happy with today.

Q. Rachel, first Australian to go through to the quarterfinals in the women section of this tournament. You must be delighted with that?

RACHEL McQUILLAN: Really delighted because, you know, a lot of pressure was off me. I wasn't expected to win out there. Just went out there and I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed playing today. I thought after all the tennis, I thought I might be tired; actually, I felt pretty good; really happy with it.

Q. What worked the best for you out there?

RACHEL McQUILLAN: I think -- well, I have been really working on my serve in the last week. I think my serve really helped me today, especially against Lindsay because she returns very well, and, you know, still a couple of times where I missed a lot of first serves, but generally, I tried to mix my second serve up which worked okay, but in the end, I was happy too with the results.

Q. Did you have it in your mind that you wanted to keep her moving in the match?

RACHEL McQUILLAN: Obviously, if you can hit it away from her, it is good. She puts so much pressure on you most of the time you are on the defensive all the time. It is so hard when you are on the defensive; to try and make her move you feel like you are rushing yourself. The two main things I was trying to do was to serve really well and try and get a point in the very first shot and then to return really well. And to hit it early right down the center so she has to move out of the way a little bit and just to chip and charge sometimes; just to mix things up a lot against her, it worked pretty well.

Q. Next match is against, let us say, it is against Gaby Sabatini; what are your thoughts?

RACHEL McQUILLAN: Well, I have really not given it much thought at all. I don't know what to expect. I will just be -- after this I will be sitting back and sort of looking at -- the match is probably over now, but I have played her twice before and, you know, she can play real well. Obviously, she has had a lot of easy wins last couple of rounds. She must be playing okay. I will be looking to attack her serve. I think that is a little bit of a weak point of her game; especially the second serve; mix it up and enjoy like I have been today.

Q. It is a completely different game to Davenport who would come in a lot more; Gaby is going to stay back almost all the time?

RACHEL McQUILLAN: Yeah, well Gaby can come in. She volleys really well. I am surprised she doesn't come in more like she does, but I sort of haven't played her for like two years, so I generally have a good feel of the game; never really played much of the top players because I have haven't been in this far of the draw to play them. I am looking to sort of go out and play my best tennis if I can do that; I got a good chance of winning, I think.

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