PILOT PEN TENNIS

August 25, 2000

Julie Halard-Decugis

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: I think we are a good team since the beginning of the year. We made a lot of finals together, coming from Montreal, making a good final tour. And I think it helped the work we have done all together with our coach, and I think we are even improving, we are still improving, just to play together in the beginning of this year. So I think were working good as a team.

AI SUGLYAMA: Well, that's what we expected already even before we good on the Court.

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: She has some Japanese fans.

AI SUGLYAMA: Yeah, but not this time. Well, we didn't really mind. Fans, of course they go for Martina, but we're a team, and we supporting each other on the court, and we really didn't mind that even the crowds go for Martina.

AI SUGLYAMA: No, this is the first time.

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: I did. I'm a little older than you.

AI SUGLYAMA: No, I played against her also, but not as a team.

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: Play many, many times. I just beat once before she retired and then come back. I have a good win in the French Open. But That was it. She's still very good very good at the net.

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: For sure. But it was even better before, because she was still playing very good in singles and, and maybe she has a good team at that time, and now she's not playing maybe as well, but she's still playing very good at the net with the hand.

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: When I play her? '94.

JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS: Bollegraf, Manon Bollegraf.