WIMBLEDON

June 28, 2004

Karolina Sprem

THE MODERATOR: Karolina for you. Questions, please.

KAROLINA SPREM: Sorry?

KAROLINA SPREM: Luck? Why?

KAROLINA SPREM: I don't know. Why are you saying this?

KAROLINA SPREM: Yeah, maybe. But yesterday I twist my ankle on the practice with Maleeva, before the match with Shaughnessy. I didn't sleep well. I have pain. Today I was like nervous. I was want to finish this match the fast as what I can because I was feeling a little bit pain. I didn't sleep well. But it's okay. I didn't play so well, like I was playing against Venus. And yesterday against Shaughnessy, I didn't serve well, 51%. But it's good and I'm happy that I was win this match.

KAROLINA SPREM: Great, perfect, unbelievable feeling. I'm tired right now. I don't know if I playing tomorrow. It will be good that I have tomorrow a day off, and I have some treatment for my leg. I will be better prepared for my next match.

KAROLINA SPREM: No, not really.

KAROLINA SPREM: I'm going more to the interview, but anything special, no. It's everything like before, so...

KAROLINA SPREM: No, because I having a pain. So I sleep like 3:00 in the morning. I didn't know before the match if I will play or not. But they taped me well, the leg, and I didn't feel the pain. But in the match, it's difficult when you think on the leg and not on the match. You need to be concentrate on the next point. I was concentrate on my leg, not on the match. So it was difficult to me. I was having like -- I was fighting against Maleeva and I was fighting against my leg.

KAROLINA SPREM: It's a little bit bigger than it's supposed to be, and it's bruised. But it's okay. I don't know, we will see. It depends if I have tomorrow day off, it will be great if I have. I will have treatment today and tomorrow, and I hope so it will be for two days good.

KAROLINA SPREM: I don't know. It's a big question. Like I said, I just playing match by match, point by point. If I can win next match, I will be happy. But, you know, now I just want to go on the court, play hundred percent, if I can. If I can, I want to win this match.

KAROLINA SPREM: Maybe, yeah. Maybe not. But I was playing against Venus before two, three month, and I have big chance. And I was playing against Shaughnessy before two months, and I win this match. And I was playing against Maleeva before two, three months also. I also beat her. So not really. But it's a big, you know, be in the quarterfinal here in the Wimbledon. I didn't think that I will do this, but I'm happy with that.

KAROLINA SPREM: It's not easy. It's not easy. It's my first time that my tournament is like two weeks. Now I'm in the second week. I'm a little bit tired. And physically, you know, you have many matches, many days behind you. So, but, I'm doing well.

KAROLINA SPREM: Sorry?

KAROLINA SPREM: What can I say? You know, it's not my business. I leave this behind me. I don't want to like think about this, and I don't want to talk about this anymore. It's bad luck for him, but he was need to do the job, you know. I had like I don't know how many people in the court, and they need to do what they are thinking in this point, because it's not my job to thinking, "Well, what's the score?" I was thinking, if I don't know, that's Venus. If she doesn't know, that's umpire need to know. We are on the Centre Court on the Wimbledon, so what can I say?

KAROLINA SPREM: I was confused in this moment. I didn't know what's happening. It's something happening, that Venus she need to know. She was playing more matches than me on the Centre Court. It's umpire here. What can I say? It's bad luck for him that he lose the job. I'm really sorry for him because to all can happen something this. But this is the Wimbledon, and we was playing the Centre Court. There's the problem.

KAROLINA SPREM: Who?

KAROLINA SPREM: It's not my problem. He can say whatever he wants. But I say, I leave this behind me. I don't want to talk about this anymore. Thank you.

KAROLINA SPREM: Relax, right now. I just want to go to the hotel and sleep because I need to sleep. I was sleeping just four hours and I'm tired. I will say again, if I'm not playing tomorrow, it will be good for me because I will have some day rest and I will have more treatment today and tomorrow. It will be good for my leg.

KAROLINA SPREM: Right now just sleep.

KAROLINA SPREM: I was a little bit nervous because I was want to finish the match the fast as what I can because I was thinking in my leg, and it's not easy when you thinking something else, not by the match and the next point. But I'm happy, of course, that I win this match.

KAROLINA SPREM: I was one time when I playing Fed Cup in Russia, I twist the same leg. So maybe this. But it's okay. I need to knock (knocking on wood). It's nothing serious.