U.S. OPEN

September 3, 1993

Gabriela Sabatini

GABRIELA SABATINI: Right now?

GABRIELA SABATINI: A little bit tired.

GABRIELA SABATINI: You know, it is good to put it away. I didn't think I played good tennis today, so it is good to win a match when you are not playing that well, you know, to be able to win anyway. So I am glad that it is over and that I won the match. That is how I feel.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I think I should have put some more pressure on her because you know, I never played her before and she was trying to come in a lot, she was trying to put pressure all the time, so it was hard -- she was playing very deep. It was hard to be able to have control of the match. I felt I was defending myself many times and once I put a step into the court and I started to hit the ball, that is how I started to win the match.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Not really. I had two good matches the first two rounds and I know that everyday I am not going to play great tennis. So that is why I say it is good to win the match, to win a match like that when you are not playing great tennis. It is a lot of trying to just think about the next match and to be positive and give my best. I know that when -- every time I go there I have the chance to lose the match. I mean, today tennis is tough. All the rounds are very tough, so I know that.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I never thought about that, not really. I never had any problems with that. I usually know how the player -- how they play. I try to watch her, my coach try to watch the match, so we have an idea of how to play against that player. But there are many players that I haven't played against, so maybe it is better to play in some other tournament.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Well, Lindsay is a player who hits the ball very hard back in the corner, very, very hard. I think she likes to play her level. I think I am going to have to mix the game a lot.

GABRIELA SABATINI: What was the first thing?

GABRIELA SABATINI: Just try to -- I am not really concerned that I haven't won a tournament this year, so I am looking forward to you know, to do well in this tournament and it is a matter of trying to get consistency; to believe in myself and to try to do my best.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Because I don't think I had a bad year. It was, I think the reasons were different. The fact that I was sick at the beginning; then took me a long time to go back and play, play my level again so it was a tough year.

GABRIELA SABATINI: 5-4, I did a doublefault?

GABRIELA SABATINI: No, I don't think -- I think it went out for very close. It was very close, the serve. I don't think I served bad. I was just trying to hit the serve and just go for it, but you know, I was able to keep my concentration there and try to play point by point.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I don't think so. Not at all. I know she is a good player, but all the other things have nothing to do you know, with the way I am going to play her.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Many times I don't see that. It is like -- many times, you know, I think about myself and not about the other player. Sometimes you can tell if she is -- if something is different or she gets tired, I can tell that, but you know, I didn't think that she was going to be really nervous because she was playing on stadium this evening with so many people.

GABRIELA SABATINI: Until this tournament.

GABRIELA SABATINI: I think the year I won this tournament I did it very often. In the last two matches, semis and finals, that may -- give me very good results and then I tried to mix my game. It is not that I am going to come in all the time, because I also feel very good playing from the baseline. So when I have the chance, I try to come in, but I don't do it all the time.