WOMEN'S AMATEUR ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP

March 8, 2023

Yujie Liu

Quick Quotes

Q. This is your first time playing. How are you feeling coming into the championship this week?

YUJIE LIU: Maybe a little bit nervous because it's a four-day tournament and then there's a lot of great players around, and then they're all older than me and hit it farther than me. So still a bit nervous and excited.

Q. As you said, they're a little bit older than you. You're the youngest player here this week. How do you feel about that?

YUJIE LIU: Yeah. Maybe just the same as before the tournament because I'm not too afraid of them, so, yeah, pretty normal.

Q. You just played your practice round here. What do you think of the course?

YUJIE LIU: So like the course there is lots of hills and slopes, so it's a bit different than the other tournaments that I've played before. So it's a bit challenging for me.

And then also, just like what I said before, it's a four-day tournament, so I will train more like the physical fitness, so then that will keep my body like have more energy to play the championship.

Q. There's a lot at stake this week with the exemptions into The Women's Amateur Championship and the three major championships. How do you feel about that? Is that a goal of yours to try and get those exemptions?

YUJIE LIU: Yeah, it's sort of like a goal for me, yeah. And also it's like still more challenging than before because there is always like good players. So, yeah, it's a goal.

Q. I understand that your dad is a table tennis champion. Does that inspire you with your golf?

YUJIE LIU: Sort of. Like that he will inspire me for like mental things and then also like when you are winning, like for the end of the tournament, and then how well you face that kind of thing, and then if you're not playing too well and then how will you do that to solve the problem.

Q. I think he sometimes caddies for you; is that right?

YUJIE LIU: Yeah, when I was like younger. No, he's not here.

Q. So does he teach you a lot in how to prepare for these kinds of championships?

YUJIE LIU: Yeah, he does, but like only for like how do I train my mental stuff, but not like the swings.