VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIPS

November 19, 1993

Conchita Martinez

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, I started feeling probably in my low back, it is a muscle-- did you tell them? It's a strain of the mid and lower back and I have the muscle, we'll type it up.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, before the match I have little problems, but nothing. During the match it started getting worse and worse, especially with the serve.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Just serving, maybe. I don't know, maybe-- I couldn't rotate good, so, you know, maybe I was scared to do the normal things, and it start more and more.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: No, I normally have problems with my low back.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Sorry?

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Everybody is injured? I don't know, why. For me I'm going to talk about me. I don't know about the other ones, but for me it's been a good year, not many injuries, and, I mean, this is a problem. I mean, it's a pulled muscle, you cannot really do anything, and it is not very, very important, maybe in three days with massage and treatment I will be much better, but, I mean for me I'm very happy because I could handle very good the injuries. I mean, I didn't have nearly any injuries this year.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yes. Well, those things happen and I feel I play a really good match. I was disappointed that I couldn't give everything I have inside, so, but there's more chances.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, I mean she's a good player, she takes the ball really all and she doesn't really let you do much and, I don't know, I guess I had have to play differently in this court. For me it's difficult because she takes the ball very early and make a lot of pressure to you.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: I'm not going to go to the net when I normally, only go a few times, that will be, you know, also I can serve really good and I have a lot of problem with the forehand, maybe because I was scared to rotate it. I mean, I have problems there and I was really stiff.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, that's one thing that I have to learn, of course, you know. I have to work on it and I think with-- sometimes I can do it and with a little more of confidence, how I learn it for sure. I mean, I have the strength from the baseline and sometimes I can go from there and finish the point early, but a little bit more confidence maybe, in practice.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yes, no more.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yes, I think I have to say good-bye to my old rackets. They are pretty old and I have to change racket. And I mean, yeah, I'm going to rest a little bit and get ready for next year.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Well, you know, it's disappointing in a way. I mean, I don't know, we-- I mean, for me I'm really tired at the end of the year, you just-- you know it's difficult to play really really good. You know, and this year I finished the year good and maybe she was tough, I mean, what can you do, when you lose you cannot say much. I mean, last year I was-- because I have a chance, I was three sets this year.

CONCHITA MARTINEZ: Yes, I was stiff. I couldn't do the normal movements not only with the serve and the forehand, you know, without he forehand it's much difficult to play. That's my best stroke.