AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 24, 2005

Nathalie Dechy

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

NATHALIE DECHY: Well, I don't -- I just focus on the result and I'm at the next round and she's not. I think I won the match, too. I played the way I needed to play against her, and that's about it.

NATHALIE DECHY: Well, she's a tough one. I mean, she loves playing on this surface. She's always played well - last year semifinal. She won on the Gold Coast again this year. I think she's such a tough player, like lefty, not easy to play. But I had -- I remember last year I played against her here. I lost in two sets, Round of 16. So I don't want to do the same mistake again, and I think I will learn from this previous match.

NATHALIE DECHY: Not yet, no (smiling). I just -- I didn't think about it yet, no.

NATHALIE DECHY: Yeah. Yeah, I don't know how many time I play a Grand Slam already, but it's been many. But it feels great to be in quarterfinal. I know that it's not the end of the tournament. I have to stay focused and I want to keep improving again. But it's step by step. It's never too late.

NATHALIE DECHY: I don't know yet. I just don't want to think about this match. It's gonna be in two days, so still plenty of time. We'll talk about it with my coach later, maybe tomorrow, and I'll see.

NATHALIE DECHY: No, no (laughing). As I said, the tournament is not over yet. It's only the beginning of the second week, so I still want to be in that state of mind.