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FAMILY CIRCLE CUP

April 2, 1994

Iva Majoli

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

Q. Iva, are you a little disappointed or just happy with as far as you went?

IVA MAJOLI: Well, I don't know. I mean, I am disappointed that I lost. I was so close. Because every time the match is close and you lose you are like -- you feel bad. But I think I needed more energy if I wanted to beat Conchita.

Q. You had some critically long drives in the corner, then you hit a drop shot. I think you felt that she couldn't possibly reach it. She reached. How does that make you feel?

IVA MAJOLI: I mean, I don't know. I was ready that she is going to reach and we had lots of long points. She hits topspin balls which are very hard to give it back because they are very deep and you have to work very hard for every point. I tried to work as hard as I could. Some points, I was just feeling down.

Q. You had treatment on your back. What was wrong with your back?

IVA MAJOLI: I don't know. I think I just pulled a muscle a little bit on my lower back, but it is nothing serious, but just --

Q. You did that during the match?

IVA MAJOLI: No, it has been bothering me for a couple of days.

Q. Did it affect your play at all or not?

IVA MAJOLI: It bothered me a little bit when I was serving and stretching, but that is not the reason that I lost, you know. I think she played better than I did today, and maybe next time it is going to be better.

Q. What about when she had her injury out the first time, that is five minutes, that is a long time to sit around. Did it have any effect on you, that, or the second time?

IVA MAJOLI: Not really. I needed a break anyway.

Q. You haven't had a straight-set win since the first round. They all went three sets. Were you a little tired coming in today?

IVA MAJOLI: I was a little tired. I had a doubles matche and single matche - very hard single matches - but I didn't really think about it when I was on the court. It is just that some points I was, you know, a little tired, but I gave my best.

Q. You were aware she had blisters, I am sure. Did you think about trying to do anything --

IVA MAJOLI: I didn't think about it. It is just blisters. They just tape them and they are fine, so --

Q. Being the surprise, and getting here, and all the fans behind you, how does that make you feel, and how will this help your career?

IVA MAJOLI: Well, it is always great when you have fans behind you, especially if it is a tough match. They always help you if they are cheering your name. It is great.

Q. You have been playing sort of up and down lately. Do you feel like this is maybe a turning point for you?

IVA MAJOLI: Well, this is a very good tournament for me and I think my game got better and better and I think I am going to start playing better in the next tournaments and you know, I think if I play well this year, I could do very well, so we will see.

Q. Do you think Iva, the match might have gotten away, you were down 2-Love in the third set you came back in the fourth game, 40-15; then lost your serve?

IVA MAJOLI: I know. I think I should have won that game. Even in 5-4, I had a couple of chances, and I just rushed, you know, I mean, we had a long points, when I had advantage, I always wanted to finish too quick, which I didn't have to, but I don't know what I was thinking.

Q. I think you had one, I think, at the eighth game, you tried a real sharp forehand crosscourt. Did you go for too much on that shot on game point; do you think?

IVA MAJOLI: I don't remember. There were so many cross courts, so -- I don't know I just know that I get to rest for a couple of days; then get ready for the next tournament.

Q. When you were coming up the rankings last year, there were some comparisons to Monica with your game and everything. Do you think those comparisons were fair and what do you think of them now?

IVA MAJOLI: I don't really mind, you know, some people were saying, but I just didn't may too much attention, and I mean it is okay, she was No. 1 in the world, but it doesn't really bother me. I don't really think about it.

Q. At one point you seemed to take something off the ball, you were hitting some high balls and maybe a couple of loose shots, you missed some points. Then you would come back and really hit with a lot of pace and have her on the run. In retrospect, do you think you should have kept hitting out on the ball and kept hitting the pressure --

IVA MAJOLI: It is very hard to hit the balls all the time because her balls are so deep and lots of spin, so it is very hard to control them. It is very hard, so I don't know, some balls I just couldn't, I just had to give it back.

Q. Was wind the factor at all?

IVA MAJOLI: I don't think so, no.

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