CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE COREL WTA TOUR

November 18, 1996

Lindsay Davenport

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I thought today I played very well. I probably played some of my not greatest tennis the last couple of weeks. I haven't played very well. And I was so nervous coming in here, because I wanted to play well here, and you never know how you're going to play, after you've been playing pretty bad for a while. So I was very nervous. But I think that made me a little more concentrated and I wanted to win this match very badly.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I don't know, I think the last couple of weeks it's just been a long year. And I've been indoors forever now, and I normally like to play outdoors, I'm from California. And I think it's been a long year and I've played more tournaments this year than I ever have. Hopefully that's it. But I played well tonight and I'm hoping to keep it going for one more week.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, it was really sad. I know a lot of players broke out in tears, I was on the edge of it, for sure. But it's so sad to see because she's still so young and she played so well. But the other thing is you can tell how happy she is. So everyone is only happy for her. But it's very sentimental.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Oh, no, I didn't think about that. I was thinking of some other players on the tour that might do that soon but not myself.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: No, it didn't.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Mixed feelings about --

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I don't want her to leave.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I said I'm happy competitively, because I had a lot of trouble towards the end of my career beating her, but that was just a joke. But very difficult for me to play against. I'm not going to talk about her anymore (laughter.)