T-MOBILE MATCH PLAY PRESENTED BY MGM REWARDS

April 4, 2025

Mao Saigo

Shadow Creek

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Mao Saigo after her third round here at the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards. Took another hole for to you capture this victory. Talk about the match and having to fight back against Haeran who your match was pretty up and down.

NATALIYA GUSEVA: (Through translation.) I was 1-up pretty much all the way, so it was pretty tough match for her.

Q. When you're in a tough match like that, what are you telling yourself in order to stay in the match and try and fight back to win?

NATALIYA GUSEVA: When I was 1-down I was hoping to get back to tie, but couldn't really do it that way, so I was very kind of nervous about it.

Q. This is your first time playing at this event. What do you like about match play? Do you like playing it? What have you made of Shadow Creek, the course itself?

NATALIYA GUSEVA: I'm very fortune to play on this course, Shadow Creek, and especially for the match play. I would prefer play match play rather than stroke play on this course.

Q. And then looking like you're going to have to go up against Angel Yin who's a pretty about match play player. Is there any sort of strategy -- any different strategies this weekend compared to earlier this week?

MAO SAIGO: She hits very far, she's great player, so I want to play like I'm challenging her.

Q. And then Ayaka has played very well on this course. Have you gotten to ask her what her strategies are of this course our anything like that.

MAO SAIGO: No.