CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE COREL WTA TOUR

November 18, 1998

Amanda Coetzer

Q. What happened out there? Was it just your game wasn't on or her game was too strong or combination?

AMANDA COETZER: It was just, you know, over too quickly. She started off great and I never even got a chance to get anywhere close to the match. I didn't feel like I was playing badly. I am hitting the ball great at the moment so I never -- I never was given a chance.

AMANDA COETZER: Yeah, I think so, definitely.

AMANDA COETZER: No, I think I haven't had great results here in the past. I haven't won too many matches. But I feel like every year I am getting better and better on the faster surfaces and this is a great venue. I am going to keep trying. I feel like I have improved my game a lot in order to adapt to the faster surface. So I hope to be around some more, a few more years.

AMANDA COETZER: It has been a really interesting year for me. I wouldn't say I am glad it is over, no. I would have loved to have had a few more matches because I really feel like I am actually at a point in my game where I am playing well; with a bit of luck I can just -- I can almost improve my best levels that I have played. So, no, I wish the year was still going, tell you the truth.

AMANDA COETZER: Nigel Sears.

AMANDA COETZER: I am the wrong person to ask -- just what I said to you, I didn't feel like I played enough matches this year, so in my opinion, my year was too short. I really would have like today have had a few more matches going into Australia. It all depends on how many matches you play and I think we all are in control of our schedules to some extent. So I think this year, I don't feel like it was too long.

AMANDA COETZER: It has been quite an adjustment. But it has been a great learning experience for me. In retrospect I think it was a great thing to happen to me. I think it was time for me to move on and really assess where I want to go with my game. I think for the next few years, for the last bit of my career, I think this was the best thing for me. So I can actually look back and I am happy about the way things have been going.

AMANDA COETZER: I was -- I felt like I was getting to a point where I was getting a little bit stagnant in what I was doing. In this game, competition is too tough to be stagnant at any point. You have to keep improving in order to even maintain your current position. So, it was something I needed.

AMANDA COETZER: I am actually feeling I am getting better than I was before. I think I am moving a lot better. I am doing a few different things, different type of training than what I did before, so, at the moment I feel like I am moving better than I have ever had on the court.

AMANDA COETZER: It is hard to predict. I think if she can continue to serve as well as she did today and if she can keep her composure and keep her confidence level up, I think she is going to be hard to beat. But I think Martina has got a little bit more to hurt Mary and she can put a little bit more pressure obviously than what I did. So it is going to be interesting.