PILOT PEN TENNIS

August 24, 2000

Anke Huber

Q. Anke, I just wanted to ask, you know, I know this tournament is over now, and the fact that it's over, it might be disappointing for you, but how do you look ahead now to the U.S. Open?

ANKE HUBER: Hopefully I play a little better than here. I looking forward to the open. I played well last year and yeah, I'm happy to go there.

ANKE HUBER: I would have liked to have one more and not two in one day, that would have been maybe a little bit better. But it's still good to have two matches, that I had two matches and hopefully I'm ready next week.

ANKE HUBER: It was the same for both of us. It wasn't easy. You don't play usually two matches in a row. It's not the physical thing, but you have to get motivated again and you have to get out there. It was quite hot today, so it was, I guess, the hottest day since I was here. So it wasn't easy, but it was the same for both of us, so I guess it didn't matter.

ANKE HUBER: Just normal for like any other match. I had the break of almost two hours, so it was fine. I felt okay, I mean, I started okay, and I should have won the first set. And maybe it's going a different way if I win it.

ANKE HUBER: Definitely, yes. I mean you have to work for every point. I mean, if you play two matches, you like to play another player the second match. That's for sure. Because you know if you lose the first set it's going to be very, very tough to win it. Somehow it's in your mind and in your head, and I wasn't prepared for the second set to play another set to play a third set. So yeah, I guess, she's one of the most difficult ones to play on such a day.