Francesca Schiavone Quotations

She's big, but she is not so slow.

Some mistakes, more than usual for me. I didn't pressure her so much. This is the big difference between win and lose. She organized much better than me in the final.

She really played her best tennis, and I have to give her credit for playing a great tournament. I have been working very hard on my fitness and my game, and I hope to get another chance soon. I am very happy with my week and hope to continue my form next week in Zurich.

She made a great job today. She put so much pressure on me and didn't give a chance to come back.

She is a great athlete and a great champion.

I had to think about my match and my games and my concentration because it's not easy to stay there every point. She is good -- (but) she missed a lot today.

I was able to follow my game plan today and it worked. The score may look like it was an easy match but it's misleading because in every rally I was trying to figure out how to put pressure on her. In the end I was successful and I am so happy to be in my first Tier I Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles final.

I was able to follow my game plan today and it worked, ... The score may look like it was an easy match but it's misleading because in every rally I was trying to figure out how to put pressure on her. In the end I was successful and I am so happy to be in my first Tier I Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles final.

Physically, I wasn't the best today. It's been a great week for me, but yesterday's match took a lot out of me, and it can't be like this when you play Kim.

I was very focused, very motivated today and managed to impose my tactics.

I was very focused, very motivated and I had good tactics,

You just fight. In the first set she just had that little bit extra, and it was the same for me in the third.

But she is good, ... It was the first time that I saw her and I just tried to do my job. I had to run and to fight.

Even though I didn't win, I'm very happy with how I did this week. I didn't feel so comfortable coming in after Miami, but to make it to the final is something that I can be happy about.

It was very tough. I didn't push at the times I needed to push, and this is the result. She played well when she had to.

It was very tough, but I was tired because I had problems with the flight and it took me 40 hours to get here from New York.

It was very tough and she played very well in the most important moment. I didn't push maybe sometimes when I had to push...it finished like this...I was very near, very close to winning.

It was a nice match, nothing special but it's not easy because it was the first match of the year,

Something very personal. To prove myself, to keep going and believe in myself. It's not just a trophy for me. It's all that I did to arrive there. It's the most beautiful present that I could receive.

It's very difficult playing against another Italian. Flavia and I are very good friends. We were together until an hour before the match, but when you go on court there are no friends.

Considering the player I was up against and the problems I had to overcome, I would say this is my most beautiful win of my career.

It's so important, ... For me it's a big goal and maybe it's my moment.

I'm very disappointed. She played better than me on the important points but I didn't push hard enough.

I'm looking forward to playing against Francesca, ... We are very good friends, so even if she beats me, I'll be happy for her.

In the second set I tried to serve better and to do better with my return and make her play what she doesn't want. I tried to run faster, but it's not easy when she hits the ball with such good timing.

I just did everything a little better than her.

I am of course disappointed, but maybe I need a little practice in the finals of these big tournaments. This was my first Tier I final, and she was just too good for me today. She really played her best tennis, and I have to give her credit for playing a great tournament. I have been working very hard on my fitness and my game, and I hope to get another chance soon. I am very happy with my week and hope to continue my form next week in Zurich.

I don't want to make excuses. I just lost and I will learn something very important.

The humidity is high. You have to change your shirt, you have to drink correct, eat correct, sleep correct, ... To stay here is wonderful, but you have to follow every step.