THE LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 24, 1996

Chanda Rubin

CHANDA RUBIN: Pretty good. I mean, it was tough out there, you know, wind and everything. But, you know, it's nice to come off the court with a win, fairly convincingly, so.

CHANDA RUBIN: I like stadium. I've had some really good results on stadium courts. You know, it's really nice when you can come out and play well and have the crowd behind you, a lot of the atmosphere, you can feel it. It's great to go out and compete, you know, play some good tennis.

CHANDA RUBIN: Tauziat, I think.

CHANDA RUBIN: Yes. I lost to her the last time we played on grass, so --

CHANDA RUBIN: That's it. That's the only time I've played her.

CHANDA RUBIN: Yes.

CHANDA RUBIN: Yes. During the middle of the match, kind of towards the end. I don't feel like that affected me too much because of the adrenaline and everything. Few points here and there, close match.

CHANDA RUBIN: I pulled a stomach muscle during the match. Actually bothered me more afterwards, so I can't say that made any difference.

CHANDA RUBIN: Winning it.

CHANDA RUBIN: Well, I think, you know, at this point I have to feel every tournament I go into I have a shot at winning, and I have to give myself every chance to go out and play every match, compete hard. If somebody is going to beat me, you know, make them go out and take the match. I feel like if I go out with that attitude, being aggressive, you know, I can play with just about anybody. It's definitely setting my sights, but I have to take one match at a time. I've had some tough matches with a lot of the players. I'm not really taking anybody for granted. I definitely think anything's possible.

CHANDA RUBIN: Yes, I think so. I think I have more confidence and I'm playing better. You know, my game has evolved a little bit more, I think it's all been very positive.

CHANDA RUBIN: It doesn't, only when I get asked questions about it do I think about it. Thank you. (laughter) I mean, it was a very disappointing match. Even when I think about it, talk about it, there were still a lot of positive things about the match that I learned. Hopefully, next time I'll be in that situation again, giving myself the chance to win the match, and hopefully next time I'll be able to pull it out. There's always something positive, even though it was a very disappointing loss.

CHANDA RUBIN: Definitely, definitely. It showed me I can go out and play with anybody. I went out and did exactly what I needed to do, it was a great feeling.

CHANDA RUBIN: I don't know yet. They will decide I think the 29th of next month, so we'll see.

CHANDA RUBIN: Definitely.

CHANDA RUBIN: Playing Amelia Island a couple weeks after this, then head over to Europe, playing a couple on the clay before the French.

CHANDA RUBIN: I don't know. I don't think so. I think actually I might be playing Berlin, but I'm not sure.

CHANDA RUBIN: Yes.

CHANDA RUBIN: I've heard they were all nice, Rome, Hamburg, Berlin. It will be my first year playing any of those, so I'm going to be looking forward to it.