XXVI OLYMPIC GAMES

July 25, 1996

Martina Hingis

MARTINA HINGIS: She played the first set, she played very good and very fast for me, and I had the first one very easily. Now I play Sugiyama who is A completely different player. After she won the first set, she thought, oh, now it is a little better for me. After she came back, she played a very good game.

MARTINA HINGIS: Better than I did.

MARTINA HINGIS: Well, you never know. But you are looking for every next match. But I thought I could make something better, but third down -- I would have Novotna or Wiesner, all the players I would play I beat already, so I thought I would have a very good chance, yeah.

MARTINA HINGIS: She was always the right way to the ball and she could play very good balls, especially backhand down the line was unexpecting. You never know whether she play cross or along the line. She played very concentrated and very good, yeah. Well, I didn't watch her match yesterday, how she played. My mom was there. She told me she played very good. I was maybe a little tired. I feel pretty good also in the first match, but she played a great game.

MARTINA HINGIS: No. It is completely different. I mean, there are so many athletes here and you see so many new faces. It is great to be here once and see all the other sports, but it is great.

MARTINA HINGIS: Not anymore.

MARTINA HINGIS: Maybe if you play good tournaments so you like it, but now if I lost second round, so I don't like it anymore.

MARTINA HINGIS: No, I go home. We play the doubles today and let's see what happens there. If we win, so we stay; but if we lose, I go home.

MARTINA HINGIS: Yeah, I met so many new athletes especially from the Swiss team because we have -- we live in two buildings and so we see each other and for the opening ceremony was something different that you don't have in the French Open or Wimbledon.