Kim Clijsters Against Quotations

I always have really good matches against her. I always look forward to playing against her because you always have -- she's not a girl who's going to hit you off the court. She's not a girl who hits as hard as, let's say, Lindsay Davenport. But she is a girl that moves incredibly well, can come up with really good shots and never gives up. That's fun to play against someone like that. You can really go for your shots. You always have to expect every ball back again. It's fun to play these kind of matches.

I think what you have to do when you play against her is just make sure you play aggressive tennis.

I will definitely learn something from competing because it's not very often that I get a chance to compete against so many of the world's top players.

I think especially against her it's important from the start to get into the match. When she gets ahead she can play incredible tennis.

I would love to be part of the team when we will play against the U.S., even though the date is a bit of a problem as it is right after Wimbledon and before Stanford. However, should we be playing on hard court, that Fed Cup tie would be an easy transition and a great preparation for the hard court summer.

Especially against her, I've lost some big matches already. It's great to win some, as well.

This is the best she's ever played against me,

It's not like they float up. You have to be always there expecting every ball back against her.

It's always great to come back against players like this. And this victory means a lot. But it's not over.

That's the best she's ever played against me. When she's on, she hits the ball harder than anyone on the Tour and I think you could see today her serve has improved a lot too. She's always very dangerous... I think for me it was one match too much physically. I've done really well the last few weeks and months to keep playing as well as I have and I had to have a let down at some point.

I had to step in and take the balls early and be aggressive on my second serve, ... To win the first set was crucial against Venus.

I feel better this year than I did last year. I've had a really tough draw so far. I really still feel like everything has to be at your best, especially against Amelie. She mixes her game up so well. She can be very aggressive but then she can mix in the slices and the spin ball.