[訪問] 賽後訪問 (上)
INTERVIEWS
K. CLIJSTERS /S. Asagoe
6-3, 6-3
An interview with:
KIM CLIJSTERS
THE MODERATOR: Questions for Kim .
Q. Playing well, Kim , huh?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah. You know, it's not perfect, but good enough to get through
in straight sets.
No, I'm happy. I think my first serve percentage in the first
set was very low. Just sort of keep like working on that a
little bit and I think it will come automatically once I'm, you
know, used to like the weather. In my first match, like the
court was full of the shadow. Today it was a bit tougher with
the sun.
Yeah, it's all right. Second set was better.
Q. Did you expect your form to be this good so early?
KIM CLIJSTERS: No. Well, they were asking me all those questions in Antwerp ,
as well. I started playing really well from the first match on.
No, I don't. Especially here I thought it was going to be
tougher even because I'm playing outside, as always. I've always
traveled from going indoors to outdoors, even when I was playing
at my best. Now, you know, I'm feeling well. I think it was good
to -- a good decision to come here a week early to train
outdoors.
Q. Is it possible that your layoff, that you have been refreshed by your layoff
and you're better than ever?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Well, I hope I'm refreshed. I've had enough time off to be
refreshed.
But, no, you're more into it I think because you've been out of
it for so long, and once you start playing again, you want to,
you know, play as good as you can, and you're enjoying it even
more than I was. When you're playing week in, week out,
sometimes the traveling and everything can get a little bit
tough sometimes.
But now, you know, this is my first tournament overseas in
almost a year. So, you know, of course I'm looking forward to it.
Yeah, I really enjoy it. Especially I've always enjoyed playing
here in LA . It was nice to start here.
Q. Over the course of the matches that you've played, do you feel things are
getting a little bit better each time or are you kind of sorting out one area
of your game and then something else appears that you have to work on?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah, no, there's still a combination of a few things that you
need -- that I'll always have to work on. Just, you know, like
I said with that first serve percentage, I have to make sure
that I keep focusing on that because I think that's something
that against the top players, you know, I might not do it
because you know you have to serve well. Maybe today was like,
you know, she's not going to hit winners or something.
But, yeah, no, you always have to keep working hard, make sure
that I keep the pressure on, that I stay aggressive. Especially
in matches like this, you know, you don't want to let players
get back into matches when you're leading.
Q. But you can feel a progression?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah, yeah. No, I feel like I'm hitting well, and I feel like
I'm, you know, maybe a little bit more under control when I'm
out on the court than maybe before I got injured.
Q. Is that the longest break you've ever had?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah, yeah.
Q. In competitive tennis since you started playing?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yes.
Q. What did you learn about yourself in that time off?
KIM CLIJSTERS: There were so many things. There's a few things that I don't
really want to get into.
But the main thing that I learned was how much I love tennis
when you don't have it. You know, in 2003, I was traveling so
much, I was hardly ever at home. The main thing was that. That
was a good sign for me, that I miss it when I didn't have it.
That was a very -- you know, that made it, you know, easy for me
to know that, you know, I still want to do this for a few more
years.
Q. What were some of the difficult things that you learned?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I don't want to go into that, no. I spoke about it yesterday. I
think that's enough.
Q. On a scale of 1 to 10, where would you say you are at the moment? Have you
set yourself certain stages or targets through the year to get yourself back to
your best?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Well, if I have to put like a number on it, I would say maybe
today a 6 and a half, 7, yeah, over all. But, yeah, of course,
you know, I haven't really set goals. I think, you know, I'm so
happy to be back and happy to be playing matches. I just want to
hopefully, you know, just try to play as good as I can in every
match that I play. And I'm not -- you know, I've never really
set a lot of goals. But even now, you know, I'm not going to set
goals and think, you know, at the end of the year I want to be
there or there.
You know, the main thing now is that my wrist stays well and
that I keep doing everything right, you know, to cool it down
after matches and everything. That's my main concern at the
moment.
Q. Speaking of your wrist, have you changed the techniques on your backhand
just a little bit?
KIM CLIJSTERS: A little. I had to because I was making, you know, a bigger loop
before. When I started, my first few backhands, I started
hitting on I think the 4th of January it was, you know, I had
to go back straight, like straight back, without making the
loop. You know, you start without a ball.
I could feel like it pinches whenever I did the loop. So I had
to change it a little bit. I don't think a lot of people will
notice, but I can definitely -- I've been working on it.
Q. You seem like you're sweeping your backhand maybe a little more than you
used to.
KIM CLIJSTERS: Sweeping?
Q. Holding the ball on the racquet a little bit longer.
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah, maybe. Because I think maybe with the bigger loop, you
know, it was a quicker motion. I think now maybe I just have to go into it,
follow the ball a little bit longer with the racquet.
Q. Today I noticed you hit quite a few one-handed backhand slices.
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah.
Q. Is that something you've added to your repertoire?
KIM CLIJSTERS: You know, it helps sometimes, especially against a player like
today. I think they're very consistent. Even if you keep hitting the ball, you
know, the same pace all the time, you just hit it into their racquet. I think
sometimes against a player like today, hit a higher ball or mix it up with some
slices. It can always help to sort of keep them on their back foot.
So, yeah, I think it was good to mix it up a little bit today.
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