JOURNALIST: How different was it playing on centre court?
VERA ZVONAREVA: Well, it was a different atmosphere, a different court and it was a bit more windy. It was just difficult for me to keep my concentration out there. I played my first match and even though I know it was only one set and unfortunately Vickie had to retire, it was a tough set and we spent pretty much the same time on the court... Yeah, I think it was difficult preparing myself to play against (Victoria) the past couple of days. Vickie and Caroline have absolute different styles of game. Playing the final felt like I was playing a semi final... just totally, in my head, I was not in the final, and then I got so frustrated with myself that I couldn’t concentrate because playing against such a good player like Caroline, that makes you play a lot of balls, you have to keep your concentration level very high and it just wasn’t there today.
Q. How tough was it for you dealing with the weather yesterday, and playing today?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I think it was not that tough. We didn’t even start our match. It is always more difficult when you go on the court and you start a couple of games and then you have to go... the waiting was not that difficult. It was more difficult to play two matches in one day, like today. It’s not only physically, I am no physically tired at the moment, it was more... about the concentration thing, it’s very difficult to refocus yourself from one thing to another. That was my biggest challenge. Some players are easy to focus, but for me I give it all, I put so much concentration on the court, like in the first match. I give it all, and then I have to come back and start over again. I had never had the experience of playing two singles matches in one day in my career, so that was difficult for me.
Q. At 5-3 in the first set, what was your analysis of that moment?
VERA ZVONAREVA: She came up with a couple of good serves, so there was nothing wrong that I did. I went for my shot and I think there were a couple of mistakes, where I lost my concentration and I wanted, for example to go cross court, like I had used in the previous matches, and then I remembered for this match I had to go down the line. If I could keep my concentration up, the match would have been different. I am not sure if I would have won the match, but it would have been different. My (concentration lapses) gave the match to Caroline, I think.
Q. Talk a little bit about this week, winning important matches against tough opponents. Does this build up your confidence as you prepare for the U.S. Open?
VERA ZVONAREVA: Yeah, I was just trying to concentrate on one match a time, just trying to be in this tournament, trying to get a lot of matches. I always start slow on the hard court season and it was difficult for me the past couple of seasons. I was finally able to come up with good tennis this week. I know what I have to work on and I will be happy to be back on the court and improve a little bit for the Open. Everyone is going to raise the level of their game and they will be at their best for the Open.
Q: You feel as a favourite for the U.S. open?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I don’t know. I never look at the statistics. I never read any odds. I just believe in myself. Any tournament that I am coming to I know I can win it. It doesn’t matter who is in the draw, I never look at the list of players who are in it, it doesn’t matter for me. I just always believe in myself and I always believe that I can beat anyone on the other side of the net, if I am able to play my best tennis. It’s just a matter if I am able to produce and able to play my best on that day. I still think I have to take it one match at a time. Women’s tennis has very tough competition right now. Everyone is fighting from the first round.
Q. At the end you seemed frustrated with your racquet?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I was having some issues with the racquets. The throat pieces, they keep breaking. If they break, my string always breaks in the throat of the racquet and then you cannot see if it is broken, and when you hit the ball it goes off. We are trying to fix the issue. It’s small things, but we’ll fix it. In the first match it broke three times. I know some other players were having the same problem. It doesn’t change anything about the game, but...
VERA ZVONAREVA: Well, it was a different atmosphere, a different court and it was a bit more windy. It was just difficult for me to keep my concentration out there. I played my first match and even though I know it was only one set and unfortunately Vickie had to retire, it was a tough set and we spent pretty much the same time on the court... Yeah, I think it was difficult preparing myself to play against (Victoria) the past couple of days. Vickie and Caroline have absolute different styles of game. Playing the final felt like I was playing a semi final... just totally, in my head, I was not in the final, and then I got so frustrated with myself that I couldn’t concentrate because playing against such a good player like Caroline, that makes you play a lot of balls, you have to keep your concentration level very high and it just wasn’t there today.
Q. How tough was it for you dealing with the weather yesterday, and playing today?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I think it was not that tough. We didn’t even start our match. It is always more difficult when you go on the court and you start a couple of games and then you have to go... the waiting was not that difficult. It was more difficult to play two matches in one day, like today. It’s not only physically, I am no physically tired at the moment, it was more... about the concentration thing, it’s very difficult to refocus yourself from one thing to another. That was my biggest challenge. Some players are easy to focus, but for me I give it all, I put so much concentration on the court, like in the first match. I give it all, and then I have to come back and start over again. I had never had the experience of playing two singles matches in one day in my career, so that was difficult for me.
Q. At 5-3 in the first set, what was your analysis of that moment?
VERA ZVONAREVA: She came up with a couple of good serves, so there was nothing wrong that I did. I went for my shot and I think there were a couple of mistakes, where I lost my concentration and I wanted, for example to go cross court, like I had used in the previous matches, and then I remembered for this match I had to go down the line. If I could keep my concentration up, the match would have been different. I am not sure if I would have won the match, but it would have been different. My (concentration lapses) gave the match to Caroline, I think.
Q. Talk a little bit about this week, winning important matches against tough opponents. Does this build up your confidence as you prepare for the U.S. Open?
VERA ZVONAREVA: Yeah, I was just trying to concentrate on one match a time, just trying to be in this tournament, trying to get a lot of matches. I always start slow on the hard court season and it was difficult for me the past couple of seasons. I was finally able to come up with good tennis this week. I know what I have to work on and I will be happy to be back on the court and improve a little bit for the Open. Everyone is going to raise the level of their game and they will be at their best for the Open.
Q: You feel as a favourite for the U.S. open?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I don’t know. I never look at the statistics. I never read any odds. I just believe in myself. Any tournament that I am coming to I know I can win it. It doesn’t matter who is in the draw, I never look at the list of players who are in it, it doesn’t matter for me. I just always believe in myself and I always believe that I can beat anyone on the other side of the net, if I am able to play my best tennis. It’s just a matter if I am able to produce and able to play my best on that day. I still think I have to take it one match at a time. Women’s tennis has very tough competition right now. Everyone is fighting from the first round.
Q. At the end you seemed frustrated with your racquet?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I was having some issues with the racquets. The throat pieces, they keep breaking. If they break, my string always breaks in the throat of the racquet and then you cannot see if it is broken, and when you hit the ball it goes off. We are trying to fix the issue. It’s small things, but we’ll fix it. In the first match it broke three times. I know some other players were having the same problem. It doesn’t change anything about the game, but...
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