CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE WTA TOUR

November 18, 1999

Barbara Schett

Q. I know that making it into the Top 10 is always a very big deal for the player, what do you think the difference is between players 5 through 10 and players 1 through 5?

BARBARA SCHETT: For example, today, against Venus she was just serving better, I think -- or I'm not returning that well, I don't know. But I think she's serving really well, and it's just those little things make it hard for me to beat them. Lindsay, I think, also is serving really well. It's just a little bit of difference everywhere, in the strokes; they are longer. It's just better in certain situations.

BARBARA SCHETT: Yeah, it's very fast and I can't really read it. You know, I'm trying to read it, but I can't. And even -- even her second serve -- maybe in the first set, I tried to take it early which didn't work at all. And in the second set I tried to stay back a little more and just hit it into the court, which was working a little bit better. But I had big troubles with her first serve.

BARBARA SCHETT: Sure, I did. Everybody did then, I think.

BARBARA SCHETT: But it's great that she can do that. I think she's tall enough that she's able to do that. If I would be as tall as her, I probably could do it, too.

BARBARA SCHETT: Maybe she tried to impress me or something. I don't know. But I was too concentrated. I didn't really look at her. But it's entertaining for the people. It's good.

BARBARA SCHETT: Well, I'm very satisfied with this year. My goal was to break into the Top 15, and now I'm Top 10. It really has been a great year. But I still think I could have played better. I could have won a couple of more matches which were very close, which I lost. And my goal for next year is to stay in the Top 10, but, of course, to improve. We'll see how the beginning of the year is going to be. I think it's -- it's harder to -- it's easier to get into the Top 10 than to stay there, my first goal. So my goal now is to stay in the Top 10. But, of course, I want to improve, sure.

BARBARA SCHETT: Now, you mean?

BARBARA SCHETT: Yes, I'm going to Hawaii tomorrow.

BARBARA SCHETT: I can change it. I could have changed it at any time. I could have -- I had a flight every day; so even if I would have won, I would have gone Monday then.