[訪問] henin四強戰後訪問
J. HENIN-HARDENNE/F. Zuluaga
6-2, 6-2
An interview with:
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE
Q. How do you think your level was today in this match? How do you think your
level has been throughout this tournament?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I think I played a really good match because Fabiola
was playing a very good level, and she played really
well.
I started the match very good, so it helped me. It give
me a lot of confidence. And I knew it could be a tough
match. Even if the score is 6-2, 6-2, it was good fight
on very important points.
I think I was really focused on what I had to do. I
stayed very calm when the situation wasn't that easy.
So, no, I'm very happy. The situation is not easy, you
know, playing an outsider in the semifinal. And, like
I said, Fabiola is very talented, and she played very
good match.
Q. Was it the best match you think you've played in the tournament so far?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: Oh, I mean, the quarters, it was a very good match
against Lindsay. And it's really different. It's very
hard to compare.
But I think that today I was there from the first point
till the end of the match. And that was the key, to
stay concentrate on every point.
Q. Kim is in a commanding position out there. Can we maybe speak on the
premise that she gets through for a moment. If it were to be an all-Belgian
final, a proud moment for your country, but a situation you're familiar
with?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: Oh, we familiar with because we played each other many
times, and two times in Grand Slam finals last year.
But, like I said, it's important. Really, it's a Grand
Slam final. That's going to be another great moment in
my career. And people are going to make a lot of noise,
again, if it's an all-Belgian final, which I understand,
because it's huge for a little country.
But I think that both Kim and me are getting familiar
and used to this situation. So I can't tell you how
I'm going to feel before going on court on Saturday.
But I'll go on the court and just try to give my best
one more time.
It's been a very difficult tournament for me because
it was new, being here, being the first seed. That
wasn't easy every day, especially at the beginning of
the tournament. But I change the situation since the
quarters, and I'm feeling better.
But the final is going to be another match, another
tough match. And I know I'll have to improve my level
again if I want to take this title.
Q. So you can say that there is certainly a different feeling that comes with
being the No. 1 seed?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: Oh, probably it's different. But when we go on the
court, if Kim wins today, it's going to be No. 1
against No. 2. It doesn't make big difference. I'm not
going to be the favorite because I'm No. 1. I mean, we
played unbelievable matches in our career. And Kim is
a great player.
We'll see what's going to happen. It's very hard to
tell you what's going to happen.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about which players were an inspiration to you
when you were a child and what you tried to learn from them?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I think everybody knows it, but I can start again.
No, my idol was Steffi Graf. I told it again on court
today. I watch her in, you know, many times on TV, at
the French Open, in the final in 1992. And Stefan
Edberg also on the men's tour. Not because of only
their game, but because they were such great champions
on and off the court.
I have so much respect for these kind of players
because they're doing an unbelievable job for tennis.
So, yeah, it's like this.
Q. How do you feel about young players looking up to you, using you as
inspiration?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I don't -- I think that's great, to be a model.
I hope I'll be an example, you know, for a lot of kids.
That's why the attitude on the court is very important
all the time because a lot of kids are watching you,
and you have to show them a very good attitude, being
positive all the time, having a lot of respect for
everybody all the time. And that's what I'm trying to
do.
And I hope I can be an example, for sure.
Q. For the sake of women's tennis, do you wish Serena and Venus to come back
quickly on tour so that there's more big players around to play?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: Oh, we discussed a lot about that, you know, because
last year they were injured at the end of the season.
And I think it's going to be good for everybody,
for all the players, when they going to come back.
But that's not our fault if they injured or if, you
know, Venus came back here but it's not easy after
six months off to be at your best level. It takes a
little bit of time.
We just try to make this even very high level of
competition. We do our best for it. And I think that
we could see very good matches, you know, in this
tournament again.
But everybody's going to be happy when they going to
come back. But to be honest, that's not my problem
right now.
Q. Do you think it's good for women's tennis when two players are
consistently in the Grand Slam finals, like the Williams sisters were a
year ago, and now you and Kim?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I think that's good. But it's good also to see
different kind of players like we saw Zuluaga and
Patty Schnyder here in the semifinals. I think that's
good to watch other players, that's very important.
But I think that people like when the favorites are
there at the end of the tournament, which is normal,
you know. A lot of identification to these players.
Q. You talked about this being a difficult tournament for you coming as No. 1.
Was it handling the expectation that you should win all your matches easily?
What was the difficulty?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I didn't know what to expect before coming here because
the situation was new for me. But I had the feeling
during my first matches that I had to win, I had to
prove I'm the best player in the world, which is stupid
a little bit because other players are great, great
players, and everybody can win this tournament, or I
stay at home and don't come to play. I had this feeling
during my first matches that I had to prove that I have
good tennis and to show it to all the people, and
that's ridiculous because the most important thing is
your attitude and the way you want to fight and the way
you want to win. And that's what I did in the quarters
and now in the semis.
But I found out in this tournament that being No. 1 is
something important. But that's not everything, because
the results are the most important thing. And winning
every match that comes to you is the most important
thing.
Q. You and Kim have very different styles of play, personalities. Do you find
in Belgium that little kids and the tennis fans would choose to be either
a Justine fan or Kim fan?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I never felt that. I think that I agree that we really
different, really different kind of game, different
characters, which is good. So that's perfect, you know.
But I never had the feeling that one is coming from the
north, the other is coming from the south. And it
doesn't matter at all. I think that Kim has a lot of
fans. I have, too. And one more time, it's just amazing,
you know. Maybe it's going to be another all-Belgian
final. It's just something crazy for a little country.
Q. What do you think the reaction will be at home?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: Maybe people get used to it and now it's normal that
we are in the final.
But for myself, the feeling is still as great as it
was for the first time because we have to be
conscious that it's great. Again, in the final, that's
just amazing. I'm only 21 years old. I have more and
more experience. What I live right now is unbelievable.
And I work very hard for it, so I know that's not a
gift. But I really enjoy my tennis, and that's very
important.
Q. Do you think of the Grand Slam?
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: No. I think about for sure winning one day all the
Grand Slams. I mean, I want to stay realistic and
just play match after match, tournament after
tournament. And, you know, the level of the game right
now is very high. So that's not easy at all.
But I just try to give my best every time I go on the
court and not thinking about something that I don't
have any answer right now.
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