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DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSFebruary 19, 2014Petra KvitovaDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES C. NAVARRO/P. Kvitova THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. What are your thoughts on that? PETRA KVITOVA: That's quite tough to say like 30 seconds after the match, but, yeah, I mean, I start really well, I play pretty aggressively, I made a lot of winners, and she didn't have really time to hit well as she did after. And when I was leading in the second set, I lost very badly my serve, and I think that from that moment I was like a little bit mentally down and I was trying to come back. Yeah, I mean, I was close, but still she won the second set and it was tough to come back again in the third. In the tiebreak, I just made two easy mistakes, and I think that was the thing what she did better. Q. Is there extra pressure in trying to defend a title? PETRA KVITOVA: Not really. I didn't feel any pressure that I'm defending the title. I mean, I really wanted to win. I really love this tournament. It's great. The surface suits me well. But unfortunately I didn't do it today. Q. Is it a little bit sort of slower and cooler playing late at night? PETRA KVITOVA: Yeah, I feel that the ball didn't fly that well as I fought, and during the day it's much more warmer so I think the balls are flying a little bit more. But, yeah, that's the thing. It was same for both of us. Yeah. Q. You spent quite a lot of time out there. So are you physically feeling well? Because that was one of the things you wanted to... PETRA KVITOVA: Definitely I would be much more better if it's not that long as I played there. What I can do? I mean, if I'm not focusing all the match, I have to fight back and try to win the match with the fight. That's the thing what I did today but unfortunately with a bad end. I had two difficult matches in Doha when I fight back and I won it. But today, yeah, it was just on her side. Q. Physically you're feeling fine? PETRA KVITOVA: Physically I'm quite okay. I mean, nothing special. I had the time to recover from Doha, so that was good. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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