KB FED CUP, FINAL ROUND

October 4, 1997

Sandrine Testud

Q. Who was more nervous, you or Brenda?

SANDRINE TESTUD: That is a good question. (laughs). Well, I can tell you, I was pretty nervous when I got on the court for the ceremony. It was so many people, so crowded. I mean, we have been practicing the whole week with nobody, so it was a big difference. But, hopefully for me, I started really well, the match, I mean, the beginning of the first set, so, it gives me a lot of confidence and by the way I won the first set, so it was -- I mean, it was better for me (laughs). I don't know if Brenda was maybe a little bit more nervous than me at the beginning. I think she made a lot of mistakes. But, you know, I was concentrated and that was important to win the first set.

SANDRINE TESTUD: He is there for me. It is just, you know, he gives me a lot of confidence. When I lost the second set I was a little bit upset because I had many opportunities in the beginning to break her and I couldn't do it and I just got a little bit nervous. And I was not aggressive like I was in the first set. Just on the changeover he just tell me: Keep going like you played the first set, "Be aggressive, try to move a lot," especially when she was serving. And, that is what I have done very well at the beginning of the third set. I had to be concentrate on my serve and I had to be ready to be aggressive on the return of serve. And I returned pretty good; especially the second serve of Brenda because on the first serve, there is nothing much I can do. But, I was pretty good on the return of second serve. And, I put a bit of pressure on her. And, that is what made the difference, I think.