NASDAQ-100 OPEN

March 25, 2003

Serena Williams

THE MODERATOR: First question, please.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Oh, definitely. I think the score line wasn't true to the match at all. She played really well. I definitely had to work hard to win that match. I knew I was going to, because I had seen her play before.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I saw her play for the first time last year during the French Open, I think she was playing Ai Sugiyama. It was a really tough match. In France, you see all the French girls, so you get familiar with all the French players when you go over there.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, of course. I'm really upset and disappointed, but not at Venus. Venus, I know, did a good job out there. It's always next week, and at least it's not Wimbledon.

SERENA WILLIAMS: She left, she went home early this morning. I was probably still asleep, so... But, you know what, I'm sure she's okay. Because, honestly, tennis isn't the end of the world. You win some, you lose some. You can't win them all. We've been doing really well. You just can't win them all.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I can't say I have, no. I mean, until today. But honestly, no, I can't say I have.

SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, I was trying to think what I should do. I have to get a plan next time I play so I can hold on to my serve a little bit easier.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, yeah, but I couldn't get my first serve in. I kept missing them. It was really frustrating. Even in practice, I was missing a lot of first serves. I was thinking, "Ah, if I could just get it in, if I could just get it over the net." I just couldn't get it over the net for some reason today.

SERENA WILLIAMS: It wasn't?

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, first of all, she was a really good returner. Normally, I usually hit a better second serve and I usually place it and try to add -- I just was having a tough time with my serve today in general. I might go out later on today and hit some more serves because I wasn't really satisfied with my serves.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, the only game. I popped them in. That's how I normally -- that's how I should be serving normally, and that's how I've been serving. The first game, I think, of the second set was the only good game that I served in this match. I was reaching up, I got up, I was able to jump, I had my knee bent pretty good. I think that was the key.

SERENA WILLIAMS: You know what, I think there might be a little difficulty. I think it was well-disguised. I know she liked to hit it inside-out a lot. But she's got a pretty good all-around game. She serves well, she's hits a good return. She moves pretty good.

SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I definitely figured it would be a tough match. Like I said before, I've seen her play before, she's a tough cookie. She never gives up and she has a lot of determination in her eyes.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Definitely not. I'm going to get out of here as soon as possible.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I think it's completely history now. I'm feeling good. Yesterday was the first day I was able to eat a full meal. I'm really disappointed now, I have to go back to eating, but...

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know. I don't weigh myself. I haven't stepped on a scale in years.

SERENA WILLIAMS: That's probably why I get so many these days. No, it's probably -- no, I don't think so. I think if I stay off the line, then I won't get foot faults. I just have to stay off the line.