第四輪賽後訪問 - 網球

Justine Henin 20.01.08

Sunday, 20 January, 2008



Q. What was it like playing someone you knew very little about?

JUSTINE HENIN: It's always tough. She had a really strange game. Never knew
what to expect. So I think she played a very good tournament and she started
the match with a lot of confidence. I did what I had to do. I played solid,
consistent.

That was good enough today.


Q. Where does she have to improve to continue on?

JUSTINE HENIN: Well, you know, she's young. It's always the experience, to
play the kind of match at this level, that brings a lot of things. But she
improved a lot and I'm sure she learned a lot of things in this tournament.


Q. Where do you feel your level is going into the quarterfinals?

JUSTINE HENIN: Now it's like another tournament is going to start. It's gonna
be another level. Every match is so different. There were things pretty
positive in my game. There are things I'll have to improve and really raise
my level in the next matches.

So now it's another story. It's serious things that start. And that the why
I'm here for. So I'm very excited about tough matches coming up and I hope
it's going to be a great week of tennis.


Q. You're very likely going to play Sharapova. It's been two months since
your final in Madrid. Talk about that.

JUSTINE HENIN: It was a big fight. It was one of the best matches of my
career, I think one of the best matches of last year.

So, yeah, was a very long match. It was a lot of intensity. She was back.
She's back in her best level.

I always know to beat her I have to be at my best. She's a real fighter.
She never gives up. Very talented. She's a champion. So I know that against
her I will have to be a hundred percent all the time.


Q. You've beaten a lot of power players. What makes Maria so special?

JUSTINE HENIN: Well, you got to tell me. I don't know (smiling).

No, I have a different kind of game. I don't play the same tennis as the
other girls. They're hitting the ball very hard. I just try to use different
things. I try to mix it up a little bit more. Mentally I just try to stay
focused all the time. I can be powerful when I want. I'm not scared of the
long rallies or of the girls hitting the ball hard because I know I can do it
myself. But I can change the rhythms, can use different things.

So it's always interesting and exciting to play a different kind of game. I
hope it's going to be a great match.


Q. She had a lot of shoulder problems last year, her serve. In Madrid did you
find her service speed was back?

JUSTINE HENIN: Yeah, she was hundred percent, no doubt about that.


Q. Do you think we'll be seeing more players hitting double from both side?

JUSTINE HENIN: Players from Asia, they all play the same way. Very talented,
good hands, like Seles had in the past. I think we're going to see this kind
of game more often probably in the future. With Beijing this year, the Olympic
game, they're all coming pretty strong, so it's interesting.


Q. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of that style?

JUSTINE HENIN: Well, they can find great angles. In defense, they can really
have a very good defense with a lot of angles. So it's better to play pretty
fast, in the middle, don't give them a lot of space. They don't like it that
much.


Q. What are the disadvantages? Their reach or movement?

JUSTINE HENIN: Yeah, when you play fast and long, you know, they don't have
too much time to change their hands, the grip. That's not an advantage I
think at that time.


Q. When you see great three-out-of-five-set matches like Federer, Roddick,
Hewitt, do you ever say to yourself, I'd like to do that, three-out-of-five-set
women's final?

JUSTINE HENIN: I don't think so. I think we wrong to think about that. Men
and women, we are just so different. Physically it's so different. So I don't
think we should compare this 'cause for me there's no discussion about that.
It's just that we don't have the same power. We can't handle at this level
five sets, I think. We work hard, as hard as the men do. We do the same
sacrifices. But, yeah, we are just too different.





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