CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE COREL WTA TOUR

November 18, 1998

Anna Kournikova

Q. You were hitting the ball well. But your serve, which has been going through troubles in the last couple of matches, was basically your downfall today. What was your problem today with your serve?

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, it is the end of the year; I am a little bit tired, so my serve obviously is not there right now. I am just going to have to - I am having a break. After this I am just going to have to go and work on it.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Not really. I just lost my rhythm a little bit. And it is indoors, so I probably tried to serve a little bit, you know, more than I do with the serve - more than outdoors. So probably that is why I lost my rhythm.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, honestly I don't really, you know, think about it. I didn't even feel anything probably. I think that if I would serve better, it could be a different way, you know, but the match was close even with me serving not so good. But I really try not to think about the other players. I just try to concentrate on my game.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Yes. I hit like 30 winners or something. I feel good. I feel good at the net and at the baseline. I think I am hitting the ball really well right now.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I don't really think that it is that serious -- the serve is just - it can go off just like any other shot. You have a problem with the forehand, or you are not getting the backhand, it is the same shot. So I am just going to have to go back and work on it.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I don't know. Can't compare.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, I am going to have some exhibitions, so I will be practicing a little bit and then I will start to get ready for the next year.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, you know, enough just enough to get rested.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I can't say. If I feel well I will start practicing or I am not just going to start and not practice. I am going to do something obviously.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: That is true.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: That is true. I think our season is incredibly long and Australian Open starts way too early and the tournaments before so you really have to -- I have to leave from home like right after New Year's which is like the 4th or the 5th. And so you don't get to spend a lot of time resting or at home and we just finish here and plus, you know, I will be doing some more exhibitions and that is not a lot of time.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I like them to play them because it is -- first of all, I enjoy playing and plus there is not such a big difference and I just can go -- there is not such big pressure. I can just go out there and play and try something new and plus I enjoy being on the court and play for the crowd.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I don't recall saying that. I don't know.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I am playing in Australia with Martina Hingis, Sydney and Melbourne. Then I will just see what happens. We were going to try to play in the beginning of the year.