Transcript - Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Transcript - Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
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<strong>Transcript</strong> 20 April 2011<br />
Post match press conference with Vera Zvonareva (RUS)<br />
“I expected a tough match”<br />
Stuttgart. Post match press conference with Vera Zvonareva (RUS) after her 3-6, 6-4, 6-2<br />
win against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) in the second round of the <strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
<strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Prix</strong> 2011.<br />
Question: How easy was it for you to get used to the surface?<br />
Vera Zvonareva: It was my first match on clay and of course it was a bit difficult. I think I’m<br />
still getting used to the court. The game is a little bit different here. You should play a bit<br />
longer rallies and put a bit more rotation on the ball. So I felt that some decisions I was making<br />
were okay but they were more for the faster surface. Today, I had to be a little more patient.<br />
I felt I was playing pretty good but just sometimes I made the wrong decisions for the<br />
surface. But overall I’m happy with the way I handled the situation. I was set down and I was<br />
trying to hang in there. In the end I’m happy with the way I played.<br />
Question: Were you surprised at the start that it was so hard for you?<br />
Vera Zvonareva: No, I expected a very tough match and I expected she would play well.<br />
She’s a very good player, a tough opponent. She’s young and I’m sure we’ll hear a lot more<br />
of her in the future. So I wasn’t tough on myself because I wasn’t expecting to show my best<br />
clay court tennis in my first match on clay here. I accepted the situation and I was just trying<br />
to figure out what I can do better and what kind of shot selection I should have in order to win<br />
this match.<br />
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. <strong>Porsche</strong> Aktiengesellschaft<br />
PR and Press<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong>platz 1<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Prix</strong><br />
70435 Stuttgart Claus-Peter Andorka<br />
Tel. +49 (0) 711 90051-117<br />
e-mail claus-peter.andorka@<br />
kircher-burkhardt.com
<strong>Transcript</strong> 20 April 2011<br />
Question: What did you do to adjust your game in the second set? Was it instinct? Or<br />
did you have to think about what shot to play?<br />
Vera Zvonareva: Yes I was thinking. It’s too early to get instinct on the clay here. So I was<br />
always finding myself. I was thinking about the shot I had to play from a certain position. I’d<br />
better go for this kind of shot and, sometimes I felt I was making wrong decisions. But I was<br />
just trying to adjust. I kept telling myself, okay, if you’re in this position next time just play<br />
deeper and put more rotation on the ball. Don’t go for a winner because it’s impossible on the<br />
clay court here. So I just kept talking to myself and in the end I managed to play like I should<br />
play on the clay here. It was a bit better in the third set. But it wasn’t perfect. Overall, I was<br />
able to change the momentum of my match and I’m really happy about that.<br />
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. <strong>Porsche</strong> Aktiengesellschaft<br />
PR and Press<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong>platz 1<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Prix</strong><br />
70435 Stuttgart Claus-Peter Andorka<br />
Tel. +49 (0) 711 90051-117<br />
e-mail claus-peter.andorka@<br />
kircher-burkhardt.com