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AUSTRALIAN OPENJanuary 21, 2007Amelie MauresmoMELBOURNE, VICTORIA THE MODERATOR: Questions in English first. Q. Amélie how disappointed are you now? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: What? Q. How disappointed are you now after some hours? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Well, the disappointment is here. I'm just, you know, trying to analyze a little bit, you know, the way I played not only today but also throughout the tournament. I didn't really feel that I was really getting too into the tournament just the way I wish I would. But, yeah, disappointed. What else can you say. Q. Did her aggressiveness surprise you at all? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Well, you I knew that because we talked with my coach a little bit before, even though I never seen her play. He saw her play a couple times. So I knew that she has this type of game. You know, being aggressive, taking the opportunities, and she actually made a very good match with not too many unforced errors. Q. In Sydney you spoke about some parts of your game that you weren't really happy with, and I think one was shot selection. AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Yeah. Q. Was that present today and also the previous matches? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Yeah. Well, not only the shot selection, but also the deepness of my shots. And really I was not effective enough on every shot I was playing to that hope I would have some opportunities to get in, to hope that I would have some opportunities to really take control of the point and of the match. Even though I was up at the beginning, I really didn't think I was playing that great. Q. Once you lost your game, you didn't seem able to get it back. AMÉLIE MAURESMO: You mean -- Q. Once you lost momentum and you weren't playing confidently, it didn't return at any stage during the rest of the match? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: No. There was not a moment after when I could feel that it was coming back or I could feel that, you know, my shots were coming back. It was so frustrating. Q. Was there a time in the game when -- you're 4-1 up. Did you -- was there a danger that you were closing there or -- AMÉLIE MAURESMO: No, never. Q. Okay. AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Because as I said, I didn't feel in that moment that I was playing great, you know. I was being careful. Q. What does this do your confidence? Does it knock it at all? Are you used to it after so many years an tour? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Yeah. I'm not completely down or whatever. I'm just disappointed. As I said, it's always disappointing to go out of any tournament, even more in a Grand Slam. But I am going to go back on the court, go back to work, and that's obviously what I need. Q. Is it like kind an a Czech complex? Like you lost to another Czech girl at Roland Garros. AMÉLIE MAURESMO: We'll see. Q. Is it more difficult to defend a Grand Slam title than to try to win it the first time? AMÉLIE MAURESMO: No, I don't think so. End of FastScripts |
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