AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 26, 2005

Patty Schnyder

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah, I think it has on everybody. But it's for everyone the same. Yeah, I was -- of course I was tired at the end, but I was not close to like, yeah, cramping or just tired. I could not really move anymore, really fast anymore. So that's -- I could, yeah. So that's why I could not go for the shots, because I didn't see it early enough and I couldn't really move fast to the ball.

PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah. That was okay. But like I said, I could not go fast anymore.

PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah, yeah. I think it was a very lucky win for her. I think I should have won the first match easier, but she saved them. So, yeah, that's the way it was today. I was lucky two days ago, and now she was lucky.

PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah, of course. I mean, I don't know, I made about the fifth set point in the first and I missed I think another five breakpoints for sure. So, yeah. I was on top of her but still it was only 7-5. Also in the third, I had -- I wasn't winning my serve easily until the end. She struggled more than me. So just the way sometimes it's not working out.

PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah, of course. I would love to play in Rod Laver. Getting really like many spectators for a quarterfinal. But that's just the way it is here. Yeah, you have to be in the semis to be on Rod Laver again.

PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah, I mean, that's why we are playing tennis for, to have the great experience on centre court, to really get people into the matches. Of course, I wish to have many more matches on big centre courts, of course.