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U.S. OPENSeptember 4, 1993Maria Jose GaidanoNEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK MS. MOLINA: Maria's Jose native language is Spanish. She asked me to translate for her. And basically I am going ask if you have long questions, break it down for me so I can translate to her. Q. Could you tell us just your emotions on the last few days, maybe not being in the tournament and now being in the fourth round? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: This has been one of the biggest emotions I have ever felt, one of the most beautiful ones. Q. Who was your first coach? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: It was a professor named Ricardo Albertengo. Q. His first name is -- MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Ricardo. Q. My understanding is - were you ever coached by Jose-Luis Clerc? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Yes, I did. I did train with him after the professor in his academy. Q. What were you planning to do when you lost; you had lost in the qualifier, what were you planning to do? Why were you hanging around? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: First I went to lucky loser wait around to see if I have any luck and see if I could compete. Q. How long have you been on the tour? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: In the big circuit, I just started. It is my first year. Q. The others were the challengers before then? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Yes. Q. Do you speak Italian? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Yes. Q. Do you speak French? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: A little bit of Italian. Q. What do you speak with your doubles partner? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: A little bit of English. Q. Have you spoken much with your family or people back home, and what has been their reaction so far? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: I spoke to them the day before yesterday, before this match, and they were extreme of joy; they were very happy. Q. What are your plans now from here, after this tournament? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: I will be going back to Argentina; then I will be playing in Budapest, then I will see what will come up next. Q. Before this tournament, were you happy with your tennis, how your tennis had been going? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Yes, I was happy and now that I am more happy that all the efforts that I have put into it is showing. Q. How old are you? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: I am 20 years old. Q. Who do you travel with? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: I travel with my trainer. Q. Coach? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Coach. I travel with my coach Todero. Q. You just started your coach in January. Was Clerc just before was Jose-Luis just before? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Yes. Q. Did he teach you the forehand? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: The forehand, the backhand, I already had it. I have a forehand and two hand backhand. Two hand backhand and it is difficult to say, like this (Indicating) I don't know. When she hits she let's go with one hand. Q. Have you ever played like a top 30 player? Who is the best player you have ever played? MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: I played with two of them. Oremans and Provis. Q. I will see you after your next victory. MARIA JOSE GAIDANO: Okay. Q. Thank you. End of FastScripts.... |
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