AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 29, 2006

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: I don't know. I don't know what to say, I'm so happy. And I really wonder about that. I just played well. I don't know what to say because I thought that I can't win that tournament, but it was too difficult for me. I felt tired on the match. So I did it, and I am so happy. I don't know.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Uhm, I was sick a little bit in the first set, and I was dizzy, so I was shaking. And then I will concentrate on every point. And I tried to play because I can't (indiscernible) this match so easy because it's the final and I have to play. I try to play every point. And then I called the doctor and he helped me a little bit. So I don't know.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, I couldn't move on the court so well because it little bit was sore, my legs. I don't know, I get tape on the leg and it's little bit help me. But anyway, it's sore and I could not move on the court so well.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, it's injury. I got it from the first tournament in Traralgon. So it has been pain for like three weeks.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: No, just once. And because I was sick, and I didn't know what to do because I was dizzy, so I was shaking. I don't know. Because I was so tired, he help me a little bit.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Uhm, just he putted ice on my neck, and then I got the ice jacket and that's it. I don't know, maybe that's why. I just -- I just took a little bit rest, and then I tried to concentrate and I will not so much tired and I will try to play well.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, it was heat. Maybe because I played not in the hat, like it not covered my head. That's why maybe. It's bad, too.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, maybe, probably. But I could not play in the hat because it's too long and I can't see the ball when I am serving. So that's why I wearing that.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, I'm still practicing in Russia. But I started to practice in Czech Republic in winter because it's too cold into Russia. And I was in Czech Republic, and I like there. So it's good place. Found good club. I like there.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, probably.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: In Russia I practice in Samara. I was born there. And in Czech I practice in Ostrava. It's not so big town, but it's okay.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, because I don't think so that it's good for me if I won the set and I have to take a break because, uhm, I can't like relax a little bit. When I take a break, and I get off from the court, it's not so good for me because I know myself. If I do that, I will relax. So that's why I tried to keep energy and keep concentrate, and that's why I stayed in court.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Uhm, actually I was not nervous. I don't know. Because I get to the final, it's good for me. It's the best result. So I just played well and I wasn't nervous so much. Because she is No. 1 seeded on this tournament and she's a good player. I just tried to play with her well. I tried to show my best game. But first set, I could not show that, but then I did it, so I am happy.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, I know. I won the doubles. And thanks for my partner, she was good, too. And, yes, I am tired. But I thought that it's my last match today, so I have to do what I can. So I did whatever I can, and it was my last match, so I tried to play well every point. I tried to fighting on this match.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, for some reason I don't know what to say. I didn't know who can do that. But I don't know. But before quarterfinal, we wanted to defaulted because my partner was sick, and then we started play and we did it. So I don't know. I just -- you know, sometimes you cannot play doubles because you have singles tomorrow, for example, and you don't wanted to play a doubles so well because you want to keep energy for your singles. But I play every match, so I don't care about that.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: I am tired, but I am so happy that I can't feel so tired. So I'm not worrying about that. I am so happy, so I am okay.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, we will celebrate. I have a friends here. So we are going to celebrate with them. I want to have rest. I really enjoying here, and I am gonna do everything, so I like here.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Oh, I had so many matches. I know that it's terrible. It's I don't know. Like it's too difficult to play every match because you can win the best player, you can lost to someone, I don't know. And you need to have good things about that. So it's not just play. You have to, uhm -- I don't know. You have to concentrate in every match. So I don't know.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, yeah.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: I tried to plan well and I tried to don't show to my opponent that I am nervous and I am little bit upset. Every time I try to be, I don't know, in good situation. Every time I'm saying, "Come on," and everything because I don't want to show my opponent that I am upset because it's helps her. So maybe that's why it helps me, too.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: We are going to go to have a dinner in their house, home, to watch Federer today, this great match. And maybe tomorrow probably I am going to the beach. And I don't know. I will have a rest.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: I don't know. I really don't know, because they are both good players. And Federer, it's Federer, you know, and he is the best player. But Baghdatis good, too. I saw his matches and it's amazing. I like his playing.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: From men? Of men?

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: I like Safin so much because he is funny and he is from Russia. I like his playing, like his moving on the court, like his feeling on the court. So everything. And I don't know. I like him. And of women, I really don't know. I like Clijsters because she is good person, she is the best player. So I don't know. Everyone is good players in professional top 10. Everyone is same, like, I don't know. They are great players.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Uhm, I don't know. I try to play well, and then we will see.

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Yeah, no, it's the best stuff. It's the best result. I don't know. I pretty happy, I know. I even don't feel that I won Grand Slam because I don't understand what I did, so (smiling). I don't know. It's amazing.