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Dokic: "I try to play better" Jelena Dokic after her win against Chanda Rubin. It was a pretty tough match for you? Yea, I mean, I think my recent form, and hers, and I think I was not a favourite in the match anyway. So, I would be very disappointed if I lost, but I played a very good set and a half, and I was happy with that. The same thing happened in San Diego with her this year, so it would have been nice to win it or get a win against her. But I think I just got a little bit nervous against her, I haven?t closed out a lot of matches, especially against top players, so I think that?s what happened in the second set, but it was better in the third. You seem to have been more eager than I have seen you in quite a while. Yea, I mean, Ive played a lot of tennis, and I think that the motivation was not quite there. But I am coming back, and I want it more, and you know even if I lose matches, I try to play better. And you know its not going to come back in one tournament or in a month or two; it will take time, but you just have to go for every match, win or lose. Can you explain six double faults? I think we both put a lot of pressure on each other with the returns, she returns very well and I think I returned very well today, I didn?t make hardly any errors off the returns, so I think it was on both sides like this. I think that was the main cause, we went more on our second serves, we had to. But I think especially at 5-4 in the third, I served well. I served well when I needed to. The fact that you beat your first top 10 player of the year, does it mean that you feel like you can be back at that level? I think so. Like I said, it?s not going to come back straight away. I have to work now for next year. I have to, you know, I have to do it now, and especially now in the off season I have to work very hard, I think mentally and physically. And I think it is a confidence thing for me, you know, once I get my confidence back a little bit, which is not very high at the moment, I think I will be much better, and I think this match will help me a lot. |
