[訪問] 賽後訪問 (下)
Q. During your time off, how many forehands do you think you hit?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I have no idea (smiling).
Q. Before you got the injury, it was always a very powerful shot, but not as
consistent as your backhand. When you come back now, you must have worked on it
a lot.
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah.
Q. Is it more consistent?
KIM CLIJSTERS: A lot of people in Antwerp actually commented about it, they
said how well my forehand -- how it's improved. So that was nice
to hear. I definitely hit a -- I've hit a lot of forehands
(smiling). For a while, I was just getting so sick of them, as
well, because I just couldn't do anything else.
But, yeah, no, I definitely worked a lot on the forehand, yeah.
Q. And serving, when you could start tossing the ball again, is that another
stroke?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah, definitely.
Q. How much better do you think that was?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Well, today my first set, it wasn't great. I feel more
comfortable. I know when, you know, I'm serving, and I feel like,
you know, I can feel more when I'm doing something wrong now, I
can feel it myself. And I think that's a good thing to know, is
knowing, mixing it up. I've just been working on some, you know,
kick serves, to improve my second serve as well. I think that
was, you know, a good thing. You know, you don't have to be
scared from your serve. You know, just hit a good second serve,
or have a good positive as well.
Q. Are you feeling any kind of pinching now when you hit the ball, any
sensation at all, discomfort, or just nothing?
KIM CLIJSTERS: No, no. I'm not as -- because when they shaved off the bone, I'm
not as flexible as what I used to be. So they've restricted the
tendon a little bit. So my movement can't go all -- I'm not
rotating as far as I could. And at the beginning, that was an
adjustment because also one of the reasons why I had to change
the backhand, because I couldn't do that loop, I couldn't get
that far any more.
But, no, at the beginning it was strange because, you know,
you're trying to get the pace and you can't because it's
stopping. But, yeah, now I'm fine.
Q. What about at night when you're resting? Do you feel it?
KIM CLIJSTERS: No, no.
Q. Do you take any anti-inflammatory drugs like Vioxx?
KIM CLIJSTERS: No. I've never taken any of those things anyway.
Q. Last year were you happy with the medical advice you got from doctors,
because you came back and played Fed Cup ?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yes.
Q. Or was it you pushing yourself to come back?
KIM CLIJSTERS: There's just one thing I regret, and that was playing in
Hasselt , just because I didn't know. While I was training in
America , I was practicing. I went there with Lleyton , and I
was practicing a lot outdoors, at the US Open and stuff, you
know, just trying to get back, for like six weeks.
But I was always feeling something at the time. I didn't know if
it was just surgery pains or if there was still something wrong.
And as soon as I got back home, I had an MRI. You know, that
doctor that I was seeing at the moment said, "It's fine, you can
go and play Hasselt . "
And I always had a feeling, you know, "Gee, like it doesn't feel
a hundred percent." Yeah, afterwards, after Hasselt , I got some
other opinions from some other doctors, and they said, you know,
they would have never let me start it. They saw the MRIs just
before Hasselt , and they said, "There's no way we would have
let you started."
Q. You did go to I'm not going to say a bad doctor, but a doctor who gave
you advice, and that was it?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah.
Q. And how many doctors during your break told you that you might not play
again?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Many. It's always, you know, with all of them, it's been an
option. You know, they always said, "You know, you have to keep
in the back of your head, you have to know that it could be
possible that you might never play again." They've all
probably said that a little bit.
Q. So was it two or three?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah. Well, three, four. You know, they didn't say, "You have
to stop playing tennis." But they said, "You know, you might
never get to where you want to be," sort of. And that was
tough to hear, but you don't really accept that at the time.
Q. Do you feel like with your new backswing on the backhand, that the
shot is not as effective as it used to be?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I mean, I don't know -- do you notice a difference?
Q. Hard to say.
KIM CLIJSTERS: It's just -- yeah.
Q. But you notice a difference?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I don't notice it any more. But I had to. But I don't feel like
it's -- you know, when I was playing Nadia in Antwerp , we were
having the longest backhand cross rallies that I ever hit.
Everyone is sort of hitting into my backhand, and it was fine.
So, yeah, no, I was very, very happy with it, and I've been
practicing. You know, sometimes players change a little bit
their serve, so I think it's been a good change, as well.
Q. When you first got to this site this time, was it Saturday, Sunday, to
practice?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Wednesday, last week.
Q. Last Wednesday. So the first time you walked on the court, did memories
of winning the tournament in 2003 come up or was it memories of injuring the
wrist for the first time?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I have no idea actually. I was happy to see the sun, I guess
(smiling).
No, I have no idea. I have no idea. You know, there's a mix of
feelings here. You know, I've got so many -- like I said, I
love playing in LA all the time. I've got in California so many
great memories here. You know, last year, a bad thing happened
here. But I've got more good memories than bad memories here,
so...
As long as it stays that way, it's okay.
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