TENNIS MASTERS SERIES - ROMA

May 19, 2002

Justine Henin

THE MODERATOR: Questions for Justine, please.

JUSTINE HENIN: It was 30-love on my serve. I was playing well. And then this point, she played unbelievable on this point. I was to the net, I went. I tried to take my chance, and she was really aggressive. She played a great match. She was solid, regular and it was a high level. So I think that, yeah, she was a little bit stronger than me.

JUSTINE HENIN: I think that she played -- maybe she played a better match today, because she didn't make a lot of mistakes. And, like I said, she was very regular and she didn't give me a lot of chances to come back in the match. So she was very strong, and I was just a little bit maybe under my level that I played in Berlin in the final. But it was a tough match. And she's, like I said, she's a great player, a great champion. And I think that's normal. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Today she was simply better than me.

JUSTINE HENIN: No, it was fine during the match. I was in confidence with physically. So no problem about this.

JUSTINE HENIN: No, you know, we are tennis professional players, and I think that's not a problem if it's raining. We played on time, and I had the possibility to warm up. But I was a little bit afraid that it's gonna be later, finally. We could play. So that's better.