[Interview]A. MYSKINA/C. Rubin
A. MYSKINA/C. Rubin
6-7, 6-2, 6-2
An interview with:
ANASTASIA MYSKINA
Q. When things aren't going well in your match, and you
turn around, you're demonstrative, almost like a dialogue
you're having with your coach out there, what is going on
at that point? It's different from any other player on tour,
the way you communicate your frustration.
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: That was in the first set, and was kind
of nervous because it was a close set. You know, just too
emotional at that point.
And just said that he's kind of like a wall there, that he
has to show me something, show some emotions to me. He has
to give me something back.
Q. "A wall," did you say?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yeah.
Q. Were you annoyed that he was sitting sort of too quietly
and watching?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yeah, that's what I mean (smiling).
Q. Is that a recurring thing? Is that the first time you've
had that frustration?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: No, I know it's not the best part of me.
Yeah, sometimes I lose the concentration a bit. Yeah, I try
to -- I'm spoke to my coach during the matches.
You know, it's the weak thing, and I'm try just -- you know,
try to do my best the next matches and try to concentrate
better.
Q. You get to the end of the match, you win, obviously you're
happy. Do you look back on that and think, "That's the red
haze of battle"? How do you look back on that now after you're
feeling okay?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Just try not think about it. I know it's not
the best part of me, so I just try to work on this. It's pretty
hard. But hopefully we'll work on that.
Q. One of the stronger aspects of your game from my view was,
despite the errors, you still played your shots, you're always
going for the lines, the winners.
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yeah, I try. Especially with Chanda, I knew
that I have to put pressure her a lot, because otherwise if you
give her finger, she's going to take a whole hand.
I tried to put pressure a lot. And even that I knew that I'm
going to miss couple shots, I still played really well today
and I knew I'm going to win if I play that way.
Q. You just thought if you were playing at your best today,
Chanda would struggle to beat you?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yes, definitely. I know Chanda sometimes,
even that she upset, couple more games in second set, she
still can struggle, start to struggle in the match. I just
knew that I have to put pressure, lots of pressure on her.
Q. When you watched from the other side, she doesn't seem to
give a lot away with her emotions. Can you tell whether she's
getting frustrated with the way you're putting pressure on her?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yeah, maybe I can tell because I played a
lot of matches against her. I know that especially when it's
deuce or it's 4-All, 5-All, she can struggle. But today it was
my turn to struggle in 5-All.
But I just try to play every point in the second set, and I
think I did really well.
Q. You feel ready now for what's going to come, for a big
breakthrough?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Kim right now, unbelievable. I just have
to play even better than I played today. I mean, if I'm going
to play like a second and third set, I think it's going to be
tough for Kim, and I think it's going to be good match.
Q. Do you feel ready for the real breakthrough, getting to the
semis of Grand Slams?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Hopefully, yes. I was working pretty hard
before Australia. Yeah, that was one of my goal, to play better
than quarterfinal because I'm not really satisfy with quarterfinal
already. It was last year quarterfinal, US Open quarterfinal, so I
think now I'm ready to play better and do better.
Q. You beat Kim twice, last year in Leipzig due to injury. You beat
her at Wimbledon once. Did you use any specific tactics for this
victory?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: In the Wimbledon was really long time ago.
Leipzig, like you said, there was injury, so I didn't really win
that match.
Against Kim, you just have to do your best. Not 100%, I have to
give like 300%. If you're able to give this percentage, you can
beat her.
But it's really hard right now because she's -- I mean, she's
the best one right now.
Q. What makes her so tough to beat? What are her strong points?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: She's really fast, she's really strong, and
she's not going to give you any ball, easy ball, so you have
to fight for every point, and you have to make a winner, and
you have to make a point.
Q. What do you think it would be like being your coach?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Oh, you should ask my coach. It's not easy,
for sure. I'm really tough girl on the court, really nice off
the court. You know, on the court, I'm not nice.
Maybe that helps to win the matches, the hard matches, you know.
But you should ask my coach, not me.
Q. Do you feel like you take on a different personality when you
walk out on the court than how you are off it?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: I just walk and I just play. You know, yeah,
I can get angry sometimes because in my level, you cannot to miss
easy shots. In my level, you have to win a lot. And sometimes, you
know, I still losing some girls, you know, who's not in my level,
and I really get angry.
Q. Do you apologize when you walk off the court?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yes, definitely.
Q. Really?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yes. But he knows me. He knows that I'm not
really mean it, the whole thing that happen on the court. He knows
me really well. He knows that I'm really emotional. But it's only
on the court.
Q. It must be difficult, given those circumstances, to have that
wall between the professional and personal sides of your relationship?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: What do you mean?
Q. Your coach is your boyfriend, as well.
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: No, he's not.
Q. You and Marat, you could be brother and sister, you're like his
soul sister. What do you reckon it is about the Russian character
that produces wonderfully temperamental tennis players?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: I think we're really working hard to be here.
We really want to be one of the best tennis players in the world.
Marat, we really emotional. Maybe that helps us on the court. We
fight, we run, we try to get every point. We not going to give
anything just like this.
Well, we grow up together. I think that's why we play good.
Q. You were coached by his mom?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yes, yes.
Q. Does that explain any of the sort of similarities?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: She give us great basis, I think. You know,
my forehand and backhand, she gave it to me. Like she taught me
how to play tennis. So I think that's why I play really well
right now. I really appreciate her everything that she done for me.
Q. Do you ever look at the other girls who keep everything calm
and focused and wish you could be like that? Do you think you're
you and that's how it's going to be?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: You know, I am the way I am. If nobody likes
me the way I am, I'm sorry. But I think, you know, I'm really
nice - too nice (laughter).
Q. We're not saying we don't like you, but it's interesting.
When you were a little girl...
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: I was too quiet.
Q. You had tantrums.
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: I was really quiet when I was little, you
know. Maybe that's why right now everything comes from me.
Q. You've never showed that to Safin's mother?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: No, I couldn't. She was really tough coach,
you know. She was always -- you know, she put pressure on us,
so we were really quiet.
Q. She already had a boy?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: Yes. She was tough coach.
Q. When you grow up in Russia as an Anastasia, is there an expectation
that you're going to be a bit tempestuous?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: No. When I was growing up, I couldn't even travel,
because it was Soviet Union. I didn't know if the (inaudible) going to
change.
I just played for, you know, like -- I was energetic kid, so I had to
put my energy somewhere. But I still was quiet kid. So that's why I
play tennis, you know.
Q. Maybe silly question, but who is nicer off the court, Kim Clijsters
or you?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: I think we are the same. No, Kim really nice. Nicer
than me, for sure.
Q. How did you change your game from the first set to the second set?
You've spoken about how nervous you were in the first set. It changed
so quickly, you got on top quickly in the second set. How did that all
change?
ANASTASIA MYSKINA: I find my focus again, and just refocus in the second
set. Was less unforced errors, for sure, and more winners. More clean
tennis. I was serving better, and I think I did everything much better.
I don't know, it was because I was refocused, I guess, in the second,
third set.
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