I think that comes with playing more ââ?¬â? the feeling, the confidence that you can come to net and put balls away and I think today was a great first step.
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I don't feel at any point of the match that I really had any rhythm. I don't think I got nearly as many returns in today. ... It was a much more erratic match, where the points were just going fast. I didn't know quite what was going to happen.
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I was really encouraged by how the first set went, ... and at the same time, I got a really tight set under my belt. You get nerves whenever a match gets that close, so it was nice to experience that again.
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I felt like a lot of it had to do with me. I just felt like I was making errors on balls I didn't need to make errors on. I was never really in control of points...(I'm) just annoyed. You obviously want to play a little bit better than what I played in a quarterfinal match.
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After all these years, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to play a very limited schedule.
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To be honest, I was surprised I was number one up until today.
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I don't enjoy being in Europe for weeks on end, so I just skip it.
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Amelie and I played such a tough, tough match at Wimbledon that I expect another one tomorrow,
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I think both of us would have preferred to be able to play the whole summer and see then what would have happened but both of us have hardly played, ... It's funny how that works out.
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I'm never one that necessarily plays their best right off the bat. It took a little while to settle into the conditions and how Rika plays, but I do feel I started to improve some things in the second set.
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This is one of the best matches I've played for sure here so far, and I felt like I was really aggressive and yet I could move well. My back wasn't a problem. You know, I was consistent, hitting the ball hard, very excited about that.
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It's hard to come back in the tiebreak and get up and end up losing it,
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If structurally there's nothing wrong, I'll put my foot up for 48 hours and hopefully the swelling goes down and it will be OK.
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I was really, really excited to get 50 titles and get it so quickly,
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I feel like I've been struggling. To be able to come through and not play my best really says a lot.
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It is what it is, ... What's important is to see who gets it at the end of the year. If I win the US Open, its most likely to stay with me, so I'll concentrate on that.
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While we are getting more depth, if you go outside the Top 40 or 50, there's not tons and tons of girls that are really challenging the top players, ... There might be a few, but that's the way it goes.
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I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.
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I was excited to get out there and play, I was jumping around, ready to go.
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I'm really proud of myself that I'm so consistent. But it gets tough to be at the top year after year and not have one of the Grand Slams. Maybe I'll still get lucky.
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It wasn't as easy as it looked out there, ... But Alicia didn't play well tonight.
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I was probably as surprised as anybody when it was all said and done, ... I feel really proud of myself.
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That really made a difference, ... I've always struggled a little bit here because there's no backdrop. I lose my depth perception.
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Obviously I'm happy to get a good win, and get it in before it rained.
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Knowing that I worked hard and knowing that I'm playing well certainly makes me feel very prepared going into Melbourne.
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Its not a mission of mine to end the year No.1,
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My back is fine,
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