PILOT PEN INTERNATIONAL

August 25, 1998

Anke Huber

Q. There didn't seem to be much wrong with your game tonight?

ANKE HUBER: Yeah, I played quite well. I am happy with the way I played. I think it is getting better from game to game right now.

ANKE HUBER: I think the toughest is just to play matches again and to get into the match. I started to play Fed Cup, and I think I wasn't ready to play and I had another injury, so it was very difficult for me; then Boston, the first match, so it is hard to play points, real points. I think you can do it as much as you want in practice, but it is always different when you play a serious match in a tournament so you have to get used to that again.

ANKE HUBER: I think it was about four months, a little bit more.

ANKE HUBER: I was most of the time at home, and I just went for three days to Paris, to the Grand Slam and otherwise. I was a lot at home, and I enjoyed it there. It was nice to be six weeks in a row there.

ANKE HUBER: No, not really. I have to say not that much, no. I did a lot of things, which I maybe cannot do usually and I practiced still a lot, that what I could do, I did. So I wasn't really bored, no.

ANKE HUBER: I think it will take for sure a few more tournaments and a few more matches, but I feel better, like I said, every week and practice too, so, maybe it wouldn't take that long.

ANKE HUBER: It was a very tough rehab, I would say. Everyday the same things and over and over again, so I think that was the toughest part to do it like eight weeks in a row, not playing tennis just do other things, on the bike - you go to do that and that. It was really tough for me, so I don't want to do it again for me, I have to say.

ANKE HUBER: Well, it is not my best part at the net, so -- but I still try to come in more than I used to, but I think it was tough because the balls are quite heavy. The balls are slow, so I really didn't know when to come. The court is also a little bit slower than the outside courts, so it was tough to know which balls are good enough. I played the first time there. But I have to come in, for sure, a little bit more; that is for sure. But I think my shots from the baseline were good enough today so it was okay.

ANKE HUBER: Yeah, I played twice good. When it was important I came in, so that was okay.

ANKE HUBER: Well, it is a very strong field. I think it is one of the best tournaments this year so far. I don't have any expectations yet. As I said, it is my third tournament again. I am really happy that I can play again. I try to play my best and hopefully I win a few more matches.