FAMILY CIRCLE CUP

April 2, 1994

Conchita Martinez

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Not at all. I mean, I don't think I was surprised at all. I knew that she is a good player, that she can play well. I had my chances to finish the match in two sets, but I didn't, because I started playing a little bit too passive, and she was hitting the ball well, but I know she can play well.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I just have two big blisters. They were bothering me a lot.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yeah. Normally I had only on the left foot and another one was coming, so we have to tape that one.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: In the second set, right. I don't know, 5-4 or something. At the end of the second set.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, when they hurt, they hurt, you know.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Sometimes when I was slicing, it was pulling my skin. I can show you if you want - big.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: No. I mean, for a blister, you can fix it. They just put the padding around and after she did that, it was better. Then the other one came, so I had to do it again.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yeah. She had to do it really in a hurry. She came to see if everything was okay and, of course, it is better when she has a little bit more time, but it is difficult when she has to hurry so much.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Probably. I don't know. It was hard for me to continue in 6-5, but probably I should continuing because after the timeout that I take, it was difficult because I was a little bit cold and I lost that game straight-a-way, easy, and then I lost the tiebreaker, but, I mean, I had to do it because I couldn't continue. It was really painful.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Oh, a lot. It is good. I needed this final; it is good for my ranking. It is good for everything. I have a lot of confidence. I have to play with Natasha. She is a really good player. She is making really good results at the moment and I know it is going to be another tough match, so I have to just fight and fight and try to win the match.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, we play a couple of times and I don't know, I just-- I hardly remember, but we played once this year in Australian Open. I beat her, but it was really hard. I think it was 6-4, 7-5 in the third. She is a tough opponent.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yeah.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I don't know. I haven't seen her. I didn't see her play that much, I don't know, but she can play well and made some mistakes like you just said, but you know, I think I played a little bit short in the second set, so that is why she was coming in with her forehand. I had to move her a little bit more, but I was - I don't know - I was -- my arm was a little bit shaky and I couldn't just play my best in there or play long balls. I was playing a little bit too short and she has good strokes from the baseline.