4th Round
Anna Kournikova beats Helena Sukova
2:6, 6:2, 6:2
July 1, 1997
Q: What does it feel like to be in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon?
A: I feel unbelievable right now. I feel very happy, and I'm very happy with the
way I played today. I mean, it's unbelievable. I'm very happy.
Q: Beating Helena, is that a
sort of special thing?
A: Yes, she's a very experienced person. She's played long on the tour and she
has a great game for the grass. She comes to the net all the time, and she
played very well today. But, at the end, you know, I returned some serves,
starting to return. She served very well today, but it's a good win for me.
Q: And you have Majoli in
the next round?
A: She won?
Q: She's won, yes.
A: We've never played before, no singles, no doubles, so that's going to be a
new match, an interesting match for me, a new match.
Q: It seems as if in every match it takes you a while to get used to your
opponent here. Is that what's happening out there?
A: No, not really. It's just that, you know, I waited today six hours before I
got on the court. I was supposed to play second match at 11.00, and I've been
waiting since 12.00 until - you know, we didn't get another chance to practise.
So I just got on the court, and I didn't feel it really well. And I had a long
match before me.
Q: Have you been nervous before the match because of the waiting?
A: No, I wasn't nervous because of the waiting, or nervous at all. I just didn't
get any feel of the court before, or, you know, didn't get right there.
Q: Has this given you the confidence to maybe go all the way?
A: Well, you know, I'm happy to be through this round and I'm looking forward to
the next one.
Q: Are you playing the best tennis you've ever played?
A: Well, maybe not the best tennis, but I'm playing good tennis. I'm happy how
I'm playing right now.
Q: Why do you think both you and Martina Hingis have had a lot of success
at early ages? Do you think there are any advantages that younger players have
against older players in an arena like this?
A. That's a hard question. I don't really know that. But I don't know, you know,
maybe because we are, you know, fresh, we've come to the tour and, you know,
have the desire maybe to play, you know.
Q: You've just played now an older player and a very young player. If
you had to choose between going up against a very young player or a very old
player, which would you choose?
A: Well, in both there are advantages. One has experience, which you can never
get, you know, by being young, and the other one has probably freshness and the
ability to, you know, not be scared, or anything, to just go out there and do
your thing.
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