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DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS


February 19, 2014


Petra Kvitova


DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

C. NAVARRO/P. Kvitova
1‑6, 6‑4, 7‑6


THE MODERATOR:  Questions, please.

Q.  What are your thoughts on that?
PETRA KVITOVA:  That's quite tough to say like 30 seconds after the match, but, yeah, I mean, I start really well, I play pretty aggressively, I made a lot of winners, and she didn't have really time to hit well as she did after.
And when I was leading in the second set, I lost very badly my serve, and I think that from that moment I was like a little bit mentally down and I was trying to come back.
Yeah, I mean, I was close, but still she won the second set and it was tough to come back again in the third.  In the tiebreak, I just made two easy mistakes, and I think that was the thing what she did better.

Q.  Is there extra pressure in trying to defend a title?
PETRA KVITOVA:  Not really.  I didn't feel any pressure that I'm defending the title.
I mean, I really wanted to win.  I really love this tournament.  It's great.  The surface suits me well.  But unfortunately I didn't do it today.

Q.  Is it a little bit sort of slower and cooler playing late at night?
PETRA KVITOVA:  Yeah, I feel that the ball didn't fly that well as I fought, and during the day it's much more warmer so I think the balls are flying a little bit more.
But, yeah, that's the thing.  It was same for both of us.  Yeah.

Q.  You spent quite a lot of time out there.  So are you physically feeling well?  Because that was one of the things you wanted to...
PETRA KVITOVA:  Definitely I would be much more better if it's not that long as I played there.  What I can do?  I mean, if I'm not focusing all the match, I have to fight back and try to win the match with the fight.
That's the thing what I did today but unfortunately with a bad end.  I had two difficult matches in Doha when I fight back and I won it.  But today, yeah, it was just on her side.

Q.  Physically you're feeling fine?
PETRA KVITOVA:  Physically I'm quite okay.  I mean, nothing special.  I had the time to recover from Doha, so that was good.

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