Nathalie Dechy Quotations

She still takes the ball really early and still has unbelievably good hand-and-eye coordination. When she stopped playing before, she was good. And now, she has a lot of confidence from the Australian Open.

She served very well and mixed her game. I had a lot of opportunities but simply couldnt take the lead,

I was really upset when I saw that this morning. I think it's really bad.

I think she played one of the best matches against me. She stepped in as soon as the match started and played some really unbelievable shots. I was very impressed by her level of tennis today.

I think she played one of her best matches against me. She stepped in from the first and played some unbelievable shots. I was really impressed by her.

Sometimes for the European players, they like to go home because they spend a long time here in the States. They feel like they want to go home. For me, that would be the main benefit of a European player to go back. The main benefit of being here is, you can still practice and set up your clay-court season under good conditions. There are lots of courts, there are good weather conditions, and you can build up for the French Open.

Sometimes for different reasons there are injuries and you don't have your (top) players. But a good team can bring out other players and we have a good team to do that.

That's the best I've ever seen her play.

I'm relieved. I had the worst possible start but then (captain) Guy (Forget) told me I was playing badly and it was 7-6. It gave me confidence and I played better afterwards.

In the first set, I really succeeded in staying in court and not backing up on her powerful shots. But then, bit by bit, I got less into the ball - and she was able to develop her game.

I came here chasing for a success. I knew that my game was improving but I needed a win. I served rather well today.

I can take a lot of positives. I wanted to dictate the game and managed to do that for a while. I just lacked some intensity, particularly towards the end.

For the moment, at least on the fitness side, I'm getting really close to peak. And on the tennis side, I just want to get better every day and I'm not thinking about that. I just want to enjoy it and hit some balls.