SANEX CHAMPIONSHIPS

November 1, 2001

Kim Clijsters

KIM CLIJSTERS: No. I mean, I was normally playing on Tuesday to play my first match. But after having my four matches in a row in Luxembourg, it was good for me to have like one or two days off. Like I knew if I would have won my first match, I would have had to play the next day, as well. No, I mean, I'm feeling good. I don't have any injuries. I'm still young. I'm capable of doing it, I think.

KIM CLIJSTERS: No. I mean, she's been playing -- all the other times I played her, she wasn't as aggressive as she played today. So, I mean, I have a lot of respect for her. She's a great opponent. Yeah, I mean, she played really well. She was reading my game really well and anticipating very well, as well. I felt like once I won the first set, I was feeling more comfortable in my rallies, I was hitting the ball a little bit more to the lines better than the first set. I was making it a little bit more difficult for her.

KIM CLIJSTERS: She's been playing very well. I mean, I saw her play Jelena today and also like the previous tournament she played Jelena a few times. She's playing great. She actually looks very fit to me, as well - the fittest she's ever been, I think. She's moving well. The serve, she's serving very well. I've beaten her in Stanford, but you just have to do everything good if I want to beat her. I just have to focus and try to take every chance that I can get.

KIM CLIJSTERS: I don't know. I mean, I'm not in Belgium at the moment so I don't know what's happening. I think in the French Open it was more like the first time that something -- the best result in tennis someone had. That was like the beginning. But I think now after Justine making the finals at Wimbledon, winning tournaments, I think they're getting a little bit used to it. Yeah, I mean, it's hard for me to say what's happening in Belgium at the moment because I'm not there.