TMS - INDIAN WELLS, WOMEN

March 11, 2000

Jennifer Capriati

WTA: Questions for Jennifer.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Today?

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Well, I think kind of all around, my game, I just didn't feel the ball as well. I guess I hit quite a lot of double-faults. You know, I didn't think my return was that good today. I mean, just kind of everything.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: General.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: No.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: That really didn't do much. No, I was fine. I mean, just the whole -- I mean, the whole time out there, it was pretty hot anyways. But we had a few long games there.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yeah, it was good. I mean, I wish I would have won so I could see them a little more. But next time.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Oh, I think she definitely beat me today. I mean, I think she played very well. I mean, that's the best I've seen her play. You know, I really didn't play that bad. I mean, she was just like a wall today.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: I'm a little disappointed because, well, this is the first time I've played here in a while, and I just wanted to do well. You know, like I said, I didn't think I played that bad. I mean, I give her a lot of credit. I mean, there's not much you can do.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: I liked it. I like everything. It's got a nice atmosphere to it. The surface was good. It's a nice stadium.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: No, not really. Maybe just a little bit because I haven't played, you know, in a little while, since Scottsdale. That was like a week and a half ago or something. But just not any more than usual.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: A little bit of both. It was kind of, you know, frustrating, like the whole time you keep pressuring and pressuring, and it doesn't seem like anything works. It's hard to keep your concentration, just get like on a roll. So I just really didn't have any good rhythm.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: I thought I got a few bad calls. I mean, usually in every match, there's a few here and there. I mean, some are on important points. You know, in a match like this where every point counts, and it's close, you know, you can't afford to have bad calls like that.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yeah, I mean, I guess I'm looking at that to just improve, maybe get into the Top 10, improve my ranking a little bit. I mean, I'm pretty close right now. But, you know, I just take it match-by-match. That's how I look at it. Just try to play each match well and, you know, do the things that I work on in practice, that my coach wants me to do. You know, that's it. I mean, right now, I look a lot at the results of how I do against the top players. I mean, everybody's tough, like you saw today.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yeah, it's getting a lot better, I think.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: I think I've come back. I mean, after just reaching the semifinals, you know, in a Grand Slam at the first of the year, you know, that's all right. Some people don't ever do that. I mean, after that I would say I was back.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: Yeah. I would love to play it. I think I have a chance. You know, at the same time, I'm really not going to think about it a lot because that's going to just add more pressure - if I'm constantly thinking about improving my ranking so I can get ahead to play that. You know, if it happens, it happens. If not, I mean, I'm going to do my best.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI: I mean, one of the last -- I'll see what's my last chance if I'm not there already when that time comes. If it's like my last opportunity, you know, I'll see then. But, you know, I'll still just take it match-by-match. If I do well, then obviously that's going to come, the ranking, so...

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