WTA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

November 16, 1995

Steffi Graf

STEFFI GRAF: It was going back and forth at that moment. And we both served really well. So we didn't give each other a lot of chances to do something on -- on the serve. So I knew that it would be really important to get a break. And when I got to 4-2, 5-2, I felt pretty comfortable at that moment.

STEFFI GRAF: Well, I think again my serve was really important. I think I've been really steady. I've been mixing up my serve when it was important. And just basically I think whenever it was 30-all, it was at tie point, I think I play a little better points. But like you said, she was really going for all those things. And played really aggressive. So it was pretty -- 6-3, 6-4, it was really close.

STEFFI GRAF: Actually, I rather look at statistics. So I wasn't aware that I haven't lost. So, I know that usually her kind of game is a game that I like to play against. Because even though she's aggressive at times, she still gives me enough time to do things.

STEFFI GRAF: Some players just play faster. And that's -- I mean like Davenport or hitting it faster, or Frazier or Majoli can hit fast. But usually she needs the good timing for her strokes. That's why I usually have some time.

STEFFI GRAF: I don't know. But I haven't really changed anything on my serve. I just take a little more time. And serve has a lot to do with the kind of -- if you have the rhythm or the timing, it usually works well. But once you're off it can take a little bit to get back. And at the moment I feel it's on. I haven't changed anything.

STEFFI GRAF: No, not really, no, unless my arm hurts.

STEFFI GRAF: I haven't read too many papers. But a lot of people have been saying to me, telling me, even when I called back home, Germany, and people saying, oh, I heard you had a new dress. And I was like, what? So, it was one of the first subjects that everybody was talking about. And, hey, that's not all the story.

STEFFI GRAF: I think so. A lot of players have a little injury here and there, and a little tired, too. Obviously that has to do a lot with it.

STEFFI GRAF: I have blisters, major blisters. I just tried different orthodics, that's why.

STEFFI GRAF: I think it helps a lot. I've always felt comfortable at places where I feel at home. And obviously having an apartment makes it a lot easier. I can schedule things the way I want to. I can relax. I can cook, I can do a lot of different things. And it's just like more normal rhythm for me, to go in the morning and do regular things. I think I feel more comfortable this way.

STEFFI GRAF: Yeah.

STEFFI GRAF: Feeling healthier, feeling more happy with myself and just in general. I think I have a different attitude than I had then. But it doesn't mean that -- maybe I'm a little more cocky, but still I'm so realistic.