Quarterfinal Interview

By Pierre Cantin
Date: 20/10/2001

Another short interview after Jelena's quarterfinal match against Silvia Farina-Elia at the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich, Switzerland.

Everybody's attention is on Mikaelian, is that OK?

Yea, why not, I think I'd rather make my way through the draw quietly and I can't help that, and I am just happy with the way it's going right now, and I have other things on my mind and other goals, so I'm doing OK.

It seemed to be a pretty tough match today, was that your own impression?

Yea, she did, but I think I made it a little harder than it had to be, and I didn't play my best but you know, it was good enough. And I just have to focus on the match tomorrow now.

What do you think about your chances to get in the finals?

Nathalie has been playing well and it's her last year, and I guess you know she wants to do as well as she can, and she's tough to play on this surface, it's quick and she's difficult to play against. But I have done well to get to the semis again, and I'm just going to try and go out there tomorrow and play better than I have been, and just see what happens.