U.S. OPEN

September 7, 1994

Amanda Coetzer

AMANDA COETZER: I'm sorry?

AMANDA COETZER: Yeah, I felt like I wasn't watching the ball very well, and I just made a lot of unforced errors.

AMANDA COETZER: I think she's playing pretty much the same, I think, if not better, at least against me. I felt like she made a few more unforced errors at that point, especially -- kind of the same match, first at 6-Love and second set she really let me back into the match, after she was up, I think 5-2.

AMANDA COETZER: I think just focusing on my game, first of all, I really tried to play her weaknesses, which is her backhand. I really never had the chance to come in. I felt like I was pinned behind the baseline a lot. So I guess you really just have to concentrate on doing what you do well.

AMANDA COETZER: I think I've watched her play so much before, if you can just get into the match, and pressure someone, I really felt like towards the second set, I really had the chance to get in. If she's pressured, she does make a lot more errors. And if she's winning easily, she looked unbeatable. So I think if you can once have a tight match with her, and I've never really had it, so she really has that in the back of her mind and she comes out very confident when she plays me.

AMANDA COETZER: I think you really have to counterpunch which I didn't do well today. I felt like I was a little bit off balance in the beginning, I wasn't used to the pace that she plays at. If you can get into a few rallies and get into the rhythm, I think you can start improving.

AMANDA COETZER: Personally, I think her serve just puts her way ahead of everybody else. She not only hits very hard she plays it very well and she's got a high toss which is difficult to read where she's going to hit it, so I think her serve is really her strongest point.

AMANDA COETZER: No, this is the best I've ever done in a Grand Slam and it gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the year and I'm sure I'll play her again.

AMANDA COETZER: Yes, I was actually going to put in a request that she come out and play on 16, but I didn't think it would have worked.

AMANDA COETZER: Just go out and -- I was trying to hit -- told me to try and hit some angles and pressure the backhand, but it's really difficult if the ball is coming so deep and really to execute good angles.

AMANDA COETZER: I think it's going to be interesting. The match between Novotna and Pierce-- both have had tough matches against her, so I think the semifinals will be interesting. But if she goes three -- yeah, I probably would say Arantxa will make it. I don't know, it's hard to say.

AMANDA COETZER: Not many. I think just that I can walk away with a positive feeling of the whole tournament. Yeah, that's it.

AMANDA COETZER: It is that way until you win your first game, I think you can try and concentrate on the ball coming out there, playing her, it is a little overwhelming. I've only been on the Stadium once before in doubles last year so I think your concentration is not as it should be, so it's difficult.

AMANDA COETZER: Probably my match against Endo.