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May 15, 2003

Jennifer Capriati

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: I'm pleased with the way I'm playing. Of course I feel like I can always play a little better, but I play some really good moments and then some moments maybe, you know, not as good as I'd like, hitting the ball a little bit short. But, otherwise, I feel like I'm doing everything, playing good clay court tennis, just moving the ball around.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yeah, she played really well I thought. It was difficult for me especially in the first set, I couldn't break her serve. I think she has a lot of potential with her serve, of course. I mean, she has a great service. So I was just -- had to hang in there. Yeah, she was hitting the ball hard so, you know, I had to handle the pace pretty well. It was a different kind of match for me because I hadn't played that kind of tennis on clay yet, someone just hitting hard so - mostly just clay courters.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yes. Yeah, as usual. But I think everything is just starting to show a little bit more for me, where I can feel it a little bit more. Because, you know, it just doesn't come all of a sudden, you know, after training one, two weeks. It takes a few months I think. So I started after January and, I mean, I still even think I can do a little better. But, yeah, I was training hard before here.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yeah, yeah. I think it will be an interesting match. First, of course, she's got to win now. But, you know, it's a new match, and I just start from the beginning. I'm not going to have it in my head - or try not to think that she beat me the last few times. I will think of the time I beat her here last year, so... You know, I've just got to play my game and concentrate on the ball and not the opponent.