STATE FARM EVERT CUP

March 10, 1997

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, definitely I feel better. And today's match shows that I was more focused and more concentrated and I was in control of the match since the beginning; not like the first day that I have a slow start. But, when the tournament - the matches keep going, I get better and better. And, I think that, like I said, the first one is always the most difficult one to get in and to get used to it. And, it was a pretty good match for me. But, today I felt very confident and I was not missing so many shots and I was, you know, serving pretty well and having the control of the point pretty quickly so she was not having so many chances.

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO: Well, I think -- obviously I didn't let her play. That is the difference. I mean, if you let her go into the match, she can be very dangerous. I mean, she has very good groundstrokes and, obviously, I was not going to let her play. So, since the beginning, like I say, since the first game, I was very aggressive, concentrated and taking the control before her. And, moving her around. That is when she has much more difficulty to play and causes errors and I make the winners. So, that is why she was not so much used to it. Then I missed a couple of shots and it was a little bit close in the second. But, when I get the break, you know, I start doing it well again. And, I felt very good, concentrated, and keep going and it was, you know, very good match for me. I didn't let her get into the match, I think.