US OPEN

September 2, 2001

Jelena Dokic

JELENA DOKIC: I don't know. I just lost my concentration a little bit. I just started to miss a little bit more. I was going for a little bit too much. You know, I didn't expect her to play as well as she did. She actually, you know, played well. I didn't break her there at 3-2, and I had a couple breakpoints. Mentally, I went down and lost my serve. That's where everything went down the hill after that.

JELENA DOKIC: I mean it was mentally very -- I mean, especially having 3-Love, a break up. You know, even though I lost my serve at 3-1, I still had chances at 3-2. I was unlucky to lose that game. That's where I went down. You know, even though I lost the first set, though, I sort of tried to regroup. I just, again, went for too much, and she didn't miss.

JELENA DOKIC: It won't be a setback. I'll be thinking about it. It's never good to lose. But, you know, I lost to the No. 1 player in the world. You know, I had a close first set. But, you know, it's just something I have to learn from and have to try and improve on next time. You know, it won't be a huge setback, but I'm definitely disappointed.

JELENA DOKIC: I'm playing some in Europe. I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do. Maybe take some time off because I've been playing quite a few tournaments. I'll see.

JELENA DOKIC: No. I think it's my first year full-time. I'm not really (inaudible) yet. I like playing a lot of matches, so it's not a problem for me. I think sometimes you just need a break. Physically and mentally I'm a little bit, you know, feeling it right now. So maybe a week or two won't hurt.

JELENA DOKIC: You know, it's very difficult. She has the game. It's just a matter of, you know, she struggles with the big hitters, she struggles beating them, beating two or three of them in a row. That's a big task to beat maybe one Williams sister, then two, then maybe Lindsay and maybe Jennifer. You know, it's something that she's struggling with right now. You know, she's won Slams before. I definitely think she has a chance. You can never count her out. But it's getting tougher for her. You know, it's just a matter of she hasn't been playing that well. You know, I think, I felt like today she did play well. But I think she'll probably still struggle against the bigger hitters.