Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6. (wikipedia)
I'm sure she'll be upbeat and I'll make every effort to make sure she is enjoying herself.
I can't wait to get my form back to where it was in the first three months or so of the year, and I know I'm heading in the right direction.
If I'd have lost that first set, I would probably have got pretty down on myself. I was very lucky to get out of that,
I came into this match with a lot of confidence and I expected to win,
The next few months are very important for me, and I have to stay positive and keep working hard. I think about last summer a lot because it was such a fun and successful time.
When you get a lot of confidence, no matter where you are on the court, you feel like you can hit the ball as hard as you like and it's going to hit that line or hit that corner,
In this type of field where you have the top four or five players in the world and you've got many from the top 15, any draw is a tough one,
I'm here because I would like to give myself a good draw.
Maria played great, but I hung in there because I knew I'd get some opportunities,
The timing couldn't have been worse, basically, ... I was playing the best tennis of my life. I was struck down with quite an unusual illness.
