Playing aggressive tennis paid off,

Since this is a tournament held in Japan, of course I’d liketo win it, be seen in a good light and see my stock go up, … But it’s important to play onegame at a...

I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, … Then they started counting the points and nobody could rememberthe third one, so in the end it looked like...

Maria didn’t play so well in the first set and I started totake things too easy after a while, … It took a while for me to get backinto a groove where I wasn’t just...

My timing was off and I got somewhat ahead of myself in my eagerness for a break point. I’d like to limit these types of routine errors in the future,

I’d heard (Peer) was good at beating Japanese players and was difficult to play against so I made I kept at her right until the very end.

It was one of the best performances of my career. Passing shots and lobs worked really well for us. At match point, I was so excited that I felt like my heart was coming out...

My opponent was tough, but I played aggressively and I played with more composure than in the first round,

I feel that I’ve improved in every facet of my game and am finally able to play my own style of tennis,

I only really started to play well at the end of the second set but of course by that time it was too late. I’m really disappointed,