U.S. OPEN

August 30, 1995

Gabriela Sabatini

GABRIELA SABATINI: Yeah, I guess I didn't have any really tough match, but I feel pretty good playing. Everything in general -- everything is working really well, today probably better than the day before. Like I said, I didn't have yet a tough one to really test myself. But, you know, I think from now on, the matches are going to get tougher, and that is what I am looking forward to.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I think she has great potential. I think she has a great baseline game, and she has very quick hands and she moves very well. She seems to be moving very easily like without making any efforts and, you know, she has good forehand, good backhand. At the net she can play very well. I played against her in doubles last week, and I was surprised the way she was getting her volleys, and a good mind too. She is pretty strong mentally.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I don't know afraid of, but it is definitely someone it is not easy -- it is not easy to play against.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I played with her once at the Italian Open. I think it was in 1988.

GABRIELA SABATINI: We won the tournament.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Yeah, I think so. I think, you know, the good thing it is close to New York. The temperature is pretty much the same, and it was perfect. I didn't have to move, stayed there, relaxed a little bit and also practiced, I mean, I took a couple of days off too. But the practice was pretty good, and then it was good that I went to New Haven and played a couple of matches there, to really get ready.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Yeah, I would think that she is going through a very tough moment; more probably emotionally with everything that is going on with the family. I don't really know how her back is, but I mean, I am assuming that she has been having problems with it. I think, you know, she is pretty strong. She is a very strong person, and a very strong mind and I think she is handling it very well, I think.

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