Ai Sugiyama Quotes
I`ve seen her play better than today. She was thinking smart at the beginning. But maybe the concentration wasn`t great today, up and down. I tried to just play every point and focus.
I moved well in the first set but then I found that I was unable to attack as we went into the second set, ... She kept me back (on the baseline) and that`s not my style. I couldn`t get the same rhythm back.
She set a slow pace and I got kind of trapped into it. In the second set, I picked up the pace and that forced her to start making errors. My shots weren`t so good, but with the crowd behind me, I willed myself to win.
I think it`s going to be a tough match,
I hope more Japanese players could come out even among the top 50.
My serve wouldn`t go in. It was a very frustrating game,
I lost easy in Seoul (6-3, 6-2), but all the games were really close. I just couldn`t win the crucial points. I have to be aggressive tomorrow.
I completely lost my rhythm after missing that smash,
It wasn`t until I actually shook my opponent`s hand that I felt I had won the match.
I was really thinking about quitting,
