U.S. OPEN

September 3, 1993

Jana Novotna

JANA NOVOTNA: Quite a bit. It was really windy today and so -- and people moving all-around the courts. So was difficult to concentrate again, but I think what bothered me the most today was Laura Golarsa's game. She was coming in all the time. She played quite unpredictable tennis and you know, it was just a matter of a few points and I haven't been moving as well as the other days, but I guess that was because of the wind. I had to correct myself all the time; adjust to the ball, so it was quite a difficult game.

JANA NOVOTNA: I would just say that I am very happy that I won this match because it was quite a different completely different to the matches the other day because I played against baseliners. Laura just played unpredictable games. She was coming in all the time, so it was a different game. But overall, I am happy I went through. You have some good days. You have a little worse days. So this was one was one of the toughest so far.

JANA NOVOTNA: Well, I didn't -- as I said many times at Wimbledon, I don't think I lost that final because of my nerves or because I have -- if I look back to the Wimbledon final, I don't think I don't look -- didn't have any problems to deal with that. I took the positive things out of it and here I am, going on with my tennis career, improving my game and concentrating on U.S. Open tournament.

JANA NOVOTNA: To win -- I do by matches, you know, today I have won this one. Tomorrow I will perhaps have a day off, so I am going to concentrate on the other one because too look too much far ahead, it is never good and I never do that.

JANA NOVOTNA: After the match?

JANA NOVOTNA: Nothing. I was sad, disappointed you know, I have said it many times, just so difficult for me to recall it all the time because I have said it so many times and I don't want to say anything different what I have in the past, so you know, nothing. It was a great final. I was -- I have done well during the whole tournament. I was very close to winning the whole Wimbledon. I haven't done it. So you know, that is it. It happened. It is past. I am taking the positive things out of it, as I said, and here I am again. I cannot go on and think about Wimbledon for the rest of my life.