AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 22, 2001

Anna Kournikova

MODERATOR: Questions for Anna and Barbara.

BARBARA SCHETT: Well, I think in the first set, it was a little bit my fault.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: No, he asked --

. BARBARA SCHETT: It was strange. I mean, I just saw the face, she opened her eyes, big. I was like, "What's going on? Why is she making a face like that?" Then I saw the thing coming into the court. Everything was orange. Yeah, it was a bit strange.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I didn't see. I was hitting the ball. Suddenly something just dropped in front of me. That's it. I just walked away.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: No.

BARBARA SCHETT: No. It wasn't a bomb or anything.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: No, no, I wasn't frightened.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Later we were talking about it, sitting down. But it's nothing. We didn't think about it.

BARBARA SCHETT: They asked us to leave the court, go and sit in the corner.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: That's it.

BARBARA SCHETT: They told us they found the guy, catched the guy right away.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I haven't heard anything about it.

BARBARA SCHETT: Was it a kid? Anybody knows? I don't know.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Apparently they caught two teenagers.

BARBARA SCHETT: Oh.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: No. It was at the end of the first set. It was 5-2.

BARBARA SCHETT: Just the opposite.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: We were losing, so we lost the next game. You know, afterwards we just started to play well. Just the opposite, it kind of made us feel better after we had the little break. I think we would start to play anyway well after we finished the first set, after we got our frustration out.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Yeah. I think in general it's pretty good. You know, you can never expect something or see up front if something is going to happen. If you would know, you wouldn't go there or you wouldn't be there. You can never predict anything. Other than that, everything is fine. I think the fans here are really friendly.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Yeah, a streaker (laughter).

BARBARA SCHETT: Not to me.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Wimbledon.

BARBARA SCHETT: Too bad (laughter).

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: No.

BARBARA SCHETT: No.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Plans? To win.

BARBARA SCHETT: Definitely. I've never played against them. Did you?

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I've played many times, a few times, a couple times.

BARBARA SCHETT: Did I once, I forgot.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Always played them, had tough matches, me playing. I played with different partners against them. You know, you never know what to expect from them. We're just going to have to go out there and play our best. We know that we can. We've beaten some good teams, especially in Sydney, our last tournament where we won. We bead Raymond/Stubbs. I think with each match we're getting better - not taking today's match. I think we're pretty good.