US OPEN

September 3, 1997

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Q. Arantxa, what is it like playing against your doubles partner? Obviously you know Martina's game pretty well. Does that help at all?

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think has nothing to do. We know each other very well, even before we been doubles partners, so it is happening many times that you play, you know, your doubles partner and it is happening before also this morning with the other quarterfinals match. So you just put everything, you know, away and try to play your own game and don't think that it is your partner.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I cannot see my face. I am just playing, so I don't know. But, I mean, you have to play very well to beat her, that is for sure and she is -- was not probably so much consistent. I was playing a couple of points good, couple not, and she came with good shots. She has a lot of confidence and that is why she is doing so well. Everything is on for her, is working really well. But I think that anyone who plays well, who takes the chances, has a chance to beat her, because you just have to play well, good enough to beat her.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I mean, like I say, when you are No. 1 and everything is, you know, working for you, you just have to try to keep going and see if maybe she will miss. But, like I say, every time she hits a shot, she makes it right on the line or makes unbelievable shot when she needs it, that is why she is No. 1. Everything is working very well for her. You know you have to go more for the shots and sometimes you take the risk, but that is the way you have to play against her.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I am happy with the way I played this tournament. In the beginning of the year I didn't do so well. But, coming here I was feeling better. And, obviously, I lost to the best player in the world, so, I am feeling that my game is getting better and, you know, I have a couple of more tournaments until the end of the year. I am feeling that I have done well enough in the Grand Slams and that is where it count for me. Those are the bigger ones and I think I did pretty well. Just losing to the No. 1 player in the world.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: No, I mean, I just think that sometimes things are not going as well as you want to, but you just have to keep going. I know that everything is different right now and I am just trying to keep enjoying myself, trying to improve and try to keep winning, that is all.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think Lindsay is the only player who beat Martina on hard court this year and I mean, she has a very powerful game and she is playing at home, so, for sure, she will have the crowd helping her to play Martina. Obviously, on the bottom, is two players that probably is the first time they reached the semis of a Grand Slam, but they are there because they are doing well and, you know, they are playing very well also. So, we will see. I think that who is going to get to the final, but probably, you know, it is going to be very, very good matches and who will play more aggressive is going to be the one who will win. We will see. I think it will be a very interesting match against Lindsay and Martina.