THE LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 23, 1995

Steffi Graf

Q. You seemed a little bit more emotional on court than usual; is that correct?

STEFFI GRAF: Well, I mean, it's the semifinals; you want to get into the finals, so I guess you are a little bit more emotional, I think, was the situation the way the game was going probably that is why I was emotional.

Q. Andre Medvedev complained that the crowd was particularly noisy.

STEFFI GRAF: Yeah, but that was probably because there was a decision made on the court and the crowd just didn't agree with it. That is probably why the crowd really got involved and so it was quite noisy.

Q. Steffi, what about the final now for the fourth time, comments, thoughts?

STEFFI GRAF: Comment, thoughts. Obviously, I am excited to be able to play the finals and maybe a little bit of the surprise playing against Kimiko and -- but I think it should be an interesting match.

Q. A little bit of a "surprise," did you say?

STEFFI GRAF: Yeah.

Q. Why?

STEFFI GRAF: Well, I thought that Gaby was playing pretty well right now and knowing that Kimiko had problems with her shoulder, I figured that she had a very good chance of winning.

Q. How do you foresee your final match with her shoulder hurting?

STEFFI GRAF: I just take it, you know, I mean, her shoulder obviously is a problem, but she won today and she played three long sets, so it can't be that bad. So you just have to see it as, you know, taking one point after the other and not really think about anything, just concentrate on the match.

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