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Patty
Schnyder lost to Conchita Martinez 4-6 3-6
Q. Are you ready for your doubles match mentally now?
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yes. No problem. I've got some
time. I had good food and talked with my partner.
Q. When
two players get into a match and they're really passionate
about their tennis, sometimes, you know, you can get into
incidents out there where it spills over into
psychological antics. Can you talk about some of that
going on out there today?
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah. I mean she does it to
everybody, and I don't think she needs it because she has
a great game. She's a great player, and I don't
understand why she's doing this. I mean I love competing
and I love playing good rallies, giving a good show to the
people, and just yeah, having fun. Like with all other
players you can have really good tennis and sportsmanship,
and with her it's nasty play, and I don't think it should
be on the court.
Q. Do you
think she went over the 25-second limit?
PATTY SCHNYDER: I don't like -- I mean she's showing
no respect to the ball person. She's like walking around
between first and second serve, letting everybody wait. I
don't think it's the way you should behave, and especially
she has such a great career. Why does she need it? And
such a good game this week, and I don't understand why
she's doing it.
Q. Patty,
you've really played well here before and you've been
popular before, but the fans reacted there at the end, and
I wondered have you ever been booed before like that?
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yes. Of course. I mean I live my
emotions, and if they don't like it, that's okay with me.
I mean I like their support, but I don't understand why
they support a face like Martinez who is showing no
respect to umpires, to ball kids. I don't understand the
crowd up there, I mean if they are doing that, but it's
their decision, and I know what I'm doing on the court and
it's my decision.
Q. Patty,
when you approached at the net, it looked like you were
about to shake hands and then you pulled away. Did you
decide at the last minute?
PATTY SCHNYDER: No. I just wanted to look at her. I
just wanted to stare into her eyes what I wanted to say to
her and so I have to have the hand before and then I took
it away.
Q. And
what was said? Was there anything said, any words
exchanged at that point between you two?
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah. Of course. But that's between
me and her and it's not for you guys.
Q. We
probably wouldn't understand it anyways.
PATTY SCHNYDER: Why? It was not Spanish. It was
English.
Q.
Patty, have you ever not shaken somebody's hand after a
match before?
PATTY SCHNYDER: I don't think so, no. You know, I
can lose, but I like to lose in a fight and in a good
spirit and that's all right.
Q. Patty,
did all of that affect your play did you think?
PATTY SCHNYDER: I mean it was hard for me to like
focus on the game, and I think I mean we are some great
players and we play differently, and I think we could have
had a better match and better rallies, but it was not the
case, and at the end she won.
Q. Last
night against Lindsay Davenport where she was pounding --
you guys were pounding away at each other and you would
wear her down, and today it seemed the other way. You
were generating all the force on the ball when it was and
she was coming back with all her variety.
PATTY SCHNYDER: I mean I had some variety shots as
well, but I mean she's in good shape, and it's very hard
to beat her, so I tried my best, and it did not work out.
Q. So you
believe she's doing that to get on your nerves?
PATTY SCHNYDER: She does it to everybody. If you
talk to Petrova yesterday. I'm going to talk to her, but
I'm sure she's not too pleased how she behaved in that
match as well.
Q. The
reason I asked and I don't mean to split hairs, but the
reason I asked is when we asked her the same sort of
question --
PATTY SCHNYDER: I did not understand.
Q. I'm
sorry. I didn't mean to split hairs, but I'm saying when
we asked her the same question, her reaction is I'm not
trying to disrupt anybody else. That's my pattern.
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah. What would you say in her
place? Would you say I do it on purpose and I like to do
it?
Q. You
don't believe her; right? Bottom line is you don't
believe her that she just does that because that's her
rhythm.
PATTY SCHNYDER: No. I don't.
Q. Patty,
you've got an obviously very strong year here and played
well in Australia and good tournament here. Next week, of
course, is Fed Cup, and my guess is you'll probably play
this woman again.
PATTY SCHNYDER: That's true. Yeah.
Q. Does
it provide any sort of extra motivation? Do you think
it'll be more interesting?
PATTY SCHNYDER: Extra challenge I would say. Extra
challenge, of course, and I mean some days I know that I'm
playing good. I know that I can beat her. So we'll see
what happens.
Q. Is
there anything you can do to prepare yourself to play a
game where it's slower and more articulate?
PATTY SCHNYDER: It looks slower, but it's really
fast. The spin she gets on that ball is very hard to
handle, so it's a different kind of game. I mean it's not
really slow.
Q. I
guess I'm talking about slow because of the dead time.
PATTY SCHNYDER: Okay.
Q.
There's additional dead time in there.
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah. I hope I have -- like probably
I'll have a better umpire who will tell her something or I
don't know, I mean with the crowd in Fed Cup, probably
it's easier for me because everybody's cheering and you
have to wait more anyways than in a normal tournament, so
I don't know. I can tell you after the match.
Q. Do
you feel like the umpire lost control of things, that he
should have interceded?
PATTY SCHNYDER: He should be more -- I mean, how do
you say that, dominant. I mean really -- yeah. I think
he should like say something a little bit.
Q. There
was a point in the second set when the match was close and
it was getting out of your reach where you were forcing
every point. It was either a winner or an unforced
error. There was a string of six or seven points like
that, most of which you were losing. Did you feel at that
point that you were hitting hard or hitting drop shots all
out of emotion or were you just so fired up at that point
that that was the only thing you could do?
PATTY SCHNYDER: Yeah. I mean I was losing, so I
tried something, and it's really hard to -- yeah, with her
balls to hit good winners, and sometimes you just look
stupid, I mean with her game. It's really hard. She
makes you look stupid sometimes, so I really tried, and
tried to change something, and yeah, it didn't work out.
Q. Did
you try too many drop shots?
PATTY SCHNYDER: No. She's so far behind the back, so
I think it's a good shot with her.
Q. She
did say to us that she was open to talking to you. Do you
feel the same --
PATTY SCHNYDER: No. I don't want to talk -- I mean I
don't need to talk to her. I don't need to get along or
speak what happened. I mean I don't need that. She can
do whatever she wants. I don't need her. |
