Transcript - Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Transcript 20 April 2011
Question: What did you do to adjust your game in the second set? Was it instinct? Or
did you have to think about what shot to play?
Vera Zvonareva: Yes I was thinking. It’s too early to get instinct on the clay here. So I was
always finding myself. I was thinking about the shot I had to play from a certain position. I’d
better go for this kind of shot and, sometimes I felt I was making wrong decisions. But I was
just trying to adjust. I kept telling myself, okay, if you’re in this position next time just play
deeper and put more rotation on the ball. Don’t go for a winner because it’s impossible on the
clay court here. So I just kept talking to myself and in the end I managed to play like I should
play on the clay here. It was a bit better in the third set. But it wasn’t perfect. Overall, I was
able to change the momentum of my match and I’m really happy about that.
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