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DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSFebruary 21, 2014Serena WilliamsDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A. CORNET/S. Williams THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. She didn't do much wrong, did she, tonight? SERENA WILLIAMS: Ah... I'm a wee bit embarrassed. (Laughter.) Um, she played really well. I just, you know, I didn't play today. I tried, though. I just kept hitting errors. I don't think I have made that many errors in a match in I think at least three years, maybe four years. Q. Why does that sort of happen? Occasionally these things happen when you don't have a great match. SERENA WILLIAMS: Why? I mean, it happens. You know, I have been playing really, really solid for a long time. Today just wasn't my day. You know, she played a solid match. She knew someone was going to hit balls in the stands and just didn't get the ball in play, kind of. I think she did that really well. Yeah, I just‑‑ it wasn't my day today. Q. Was there any part of you ‑‑I know you're a professional, but maybe you were thinking ahead to Venus and the final? SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I don't think ahead too much in general. I usually just ‑‑I'm used to staying in the moment, and I'm used to doing that. I don't think I had so much. Q. How about the back? I saw a number of serves you seemed to not just get up. Was that not happening or was something hurting a little bit? SERENA WILLIAMS: Absolutely nothing was hurting me. I mean, I just don't know why I didn't get up. I tried. I just don't think... Q. Just not your day? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah. I think I just, out of a 10, I was at like a ‑283, so...  Wow. Q. Like you said, bad days just happen. When you have a day like this, do you wake up in the morning feeling something is off, or did you step on the court feeling well and it just surprised you? SERENA WILLIAMS: I haven't felt good this whole week, to be honest, just from my first match. I felt I played good yesterday. I had to play well. If I'd have played like that today, I probably would have been ‑‑I don't know if I would have won, because I think Alize, she played really well, but I definitely think the scoreline would have been a little better. I started out extremely slow. I have been actually looking at a turtle every day. I think it's so cute. Maybe I was too influenced about by it. It's a really cute turtle in the hotel. I need to be able to play better than that if I want to be playing on this tour, on the professional tour. Maybe I can go to amateurs. Q. So you go back and give Venus the book on Alize now? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah. I mean, I'm sure she watched the match. I'm sure she knows how to play her. She's played her a few times. I will obviously tell her what to do, but she'll be fine. Q. (Indiscernible.) SERENA WILLIAMS: Excuse me? I don't understand your question. Q. This is Dubai finish. What next for you? SERENA WILLIAMS: Oh, I think I'm going to play Miami next. It's a tournament. Q. Where do you stand on Fed Cup? I know Venus said she thinks she might play a tournament. But she'd like to play. Do you have any idea where you're at? SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know. It depends on the week. It's such a difficult week. I would love to play. Q. It's the 19th. SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, so, you know, at this rate I might have to play another tournament or something, so we'll see. It just kind of all depends. Q. How about back in Delray? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I'm always voting for Delray, but yeah. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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