kim四強訪問(下)
Q. Is it fair to say that in the next match, whether it's Maria or Lindsay,
you're really going to find out where your level is?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah. I mean, it could be. You know, either one of them, they've
been playing great tennis. In the past, I've had really good
matches against Lindsay. You know, definitely a few that stand
out for me.
And against Maria, you know, I haven't played her that often yet,
especially in the last year or so. I think I played her in
Luxembourg two years ago or so, just before she started breaking
through.
But, you know, I'm looking forward. These are definitely the
kind of matches, even the one today, these are the matches that I
look forward to. So I'm definitely going to enjoy my time out
there tomorrow.
Q. Elena said power-wise, movement-wise, you're there, forehand and serve are
there, but she feels maybe on your backhand side you're not as confident on the
down-the-line. Are you hitting out like you want to?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I'm trying to, yeah. I'm trying to. I think, you know, against
players like her, I'm definitely not going to go for each winner
on my backhand side. But I try to sort of, you know, change the
directions really well. And I think that I did that pretty well
today.
My backhand has never really - even before - been a shot where I
would hit more winners off. I would set up the points well and
then sort of finish it off with my forehand, I think. That's
probably still the case.
But I think, you know, that backhand, like I said, it's not --
it's not unusual that it's maybe not the same as it was before.
But I think I'm managing pretty well to get through my matches,
so...
Q. You're coming off an injury. Andre just pulled out. Could you tell us how
tough a game tennis is. Is it pretty brutal in its way?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Well, especially the type of tennis. If you see it today, it's
changed so much. Especially I think it's so -- like physique,
it's so demanding, it demands a lot of your body just by the way
that the girls are playing. Each ball gets hit as hard as they
can. You don't really talk about defending it. You know, when
you're running around, maybe in the past they would loop up a
higher ball, but now they just try to go for a winner even when
you're two meters behind the baseline. I think those kind of
situations are tougher on the body.
But I think, you know, there's a lot of things to do, you know,
to try to be as fit as possible, to prevent those kind of
injuries, to make sure you have everything right around it.
Q. Who on the women's tour impresses you the most in terms of her physical
toughness, conditioning?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I think I've always admired Amanda Coetzer. She's been
definitely one of the players that I've always admired. She was
definitely not the tallest girl out there, but she worked so
hard. She was definitely I think the one that I thought was
probably the fittest one out there. She could play all day I
think.
Q. Could you talk about the challenges that Davenport or Sharapova will present.
KIM CLIJSTERS: They have similar strokes. I think they go for shots, you know,
they try to be aggressive all the time, they hit the ball very
clean. You know, there's similar styles. I think Maria moves a
little better than Lindsay. I think Lindsay, if she's on, she
hits so deep, like to the lines and everything, it's tough to
beat her.
But, like I said, you know, Maria is Maria. She hits the ball
and has a fighting spirit that is great to see again, to have
someone who shows it, yeah.
Q. What are your thoughts on playing doubles?
KIM CLIJSTERS: So far, you know, I haven't really decided what I'm thinking of
quite yet. I definitely want to play doubles again. Not like I
did in 2003, not every tournament, but I'd like to mix it up a
little bit again, maybe at the Grand Slams or maybe some mixed
doubles at the Grand Slams, something like that, just to make
sure I get those volleys back and just feel, you know,
confident at the net as well.
Q. With no expectations coming into the tournament, now getting to the finals,
are you believing you can win this?
KIM CLIJSTERS: Yeah, I'm playing well. Definitely you always have to believe in
yourself, otherwise I think you've lost already if you don't
think you're capable of competing against all the other girls
out there.
But I'm going to try everything I can to, you know, play my best
tennis out there.
Q. What would it mean to win this tournament to you?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I don't know. If it's that case tomorrow, I'll tell you. I don't
know. I don't know yet.
Q. A number of No. 1 players have come back from injuries and not shown the
same type of confidence that you are now: Venus, Hingis. You don't seem to have
lost any confidence at all. Can you talk about why that is?
KIM CLIJSTERS: I don't know why that is. You know, I'm just doing my thing out
there, you know. I'm not really -- you know I was focusing, I
was working really hard during my time off. It's not like I
didn't play tennis for the whole year. You know, I was still
hitting a lot of balls. You know, maybe not every day or not
four hours a day, but I was still making sure I had my rhythm
out there so I didn't have a lot of problems once they told me,
"Now you can start again," that I didn't have to just, you know,
work on everything else as well.
I don't know. I haven't seen any other players, you know, the
way they've been, you know, going through those tough months.
But, you know, that's something that I really felt like I wanted
to do, is to make sure once they gave me the all clear to start
hitting backhands again and do everything with my left hand that
I was ready for it with the rest of my body.
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