US OPEN

August 31, 2003

Paola Suarez

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah, I mean, yeah, she break me in the third set, but I try to keep concentrate, you know, and play every point. I knew that it is tough for both of us, you know, to quarterfinal and to try to not get nervous, you know. When she was a little bit tight on the important moment, I try to keep going.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah. I think I start to play -- this year for me was really good, you know. I think it's the best year for me, you know, because I can play -- I play all the tournaments at a good level. I feel my confidence every tournament, you know. Was the first time in all the Grand Slam I do more than third round. It's really - how do you call? - Same level, equal, yeah.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah, I think I have a lot of experience now, you know. Mentally, I'm more strong, you know. I think now I can -- I think that I can play with like a good level, you know, and I believe myself more than other years.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah. It's just to try to play every point. I'm not thinking about the result, you know. It's just playing the point and try to win each point. That's it.

PAOLA SUAREZ: I don't know. I don't think that I wait until 27 to try to win a match, you know. I think it's like this. Yeah, I try to keep going like this and try to play in the better I can do, you know, all the other years that I'm gonna play.

PAOLA SUAREZ: (Laughing). Because in the doubles, I think that our key is not the net, is the baseline. I think, yeah, doubles, we play really good, we return good.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah, I think it's different tactic, you know. Some players have facility to go to the net; other players stay in the back.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Anything special?

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah, I try to be aggressive today, you know, because she play really good when she's inside the court, you know, when she's, yeah, inside the court. In the end I try to lob her a little bit because I didn't do too much this in all the games. I know that if I lob her from her forehand, is gonna be good for me. And when she's tight, it's good, that shot. But I just -- I was focus, you know, on every point, yeah.

PAOLA SUAREZ: Yeah, I hope so (laughing). Yeah, I played Lindsay in Los Angeles. I lost in three sets. I think every match are different, you know. I hope I play as good that I play in LA, you know. And I try to -- of course I try to win the match, you know. Try to be aggressive with her, try to move her, yeah.

PAOLA SUAREZ: No, I think it was okay. Was not really, really warm, you know. It was okay. The weather was fine. Three sets, it's okay for us to play three sets, you know.