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РГ: Пресс-конференция Азаренко 28.05.2012

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Выставил текст пресс-конференции Вики после ее первого матча на РГ 2012

Q. 60 unforced errors in the match. In terms of your rise to No. 1, your game, normally you're much more consistent than that. You give little away. What was wrong today in your opinion?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: Sorry, six ‑‑ what you said?

Q. 60 unforced errors.

VICTORIA AZARENKA: I think it says it all. Bad days happen. Unfortunately today I had way more mistakes than I usually do, but, you know, it happens sometimes.

The first match, they're not easy. But in the end of the day I still won the match, I manage to go through those 60 mistakes and still win the match. I think that's pretty good statistics.

If it would be 60 winners and I would lose that match, or win this match this way, I think that would suck a little bit more.

Q. Do you think that's one of the things that changed as opposed to maybe year or 18 months ago that you can get out of these situations now?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: Yeah, for sure. Before maybe I would just give up and go home. I was kind of thinking there was a flight straight to Minsk around 3:00 tomorrow so I could catch that, but I didn't want to leave too soon.

Q. Do you have any explanation? Did you feel any extra pressure before playing or tired?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: No, I think it's maybe mix of things. You know, I was waiting quite a long time here for a first match, so I couldn't wait to get out there. Maybe I was rushing so much, you know, to finish the point or, you know, outburned a little before the match.

But, you know, these things happen. Plus also I have to give her a lot of credit. She played really well, and she pushed me to dig deep today.

You know, bad days happen. The important thing is how I come out of it. Tomorrow is opportunity to build up from there. That's it.

It was a good test, that's for sure.

Q. Do you have any problem with the clay court this year? Seemed to struggle a little bit.

VICTORIA AZARENKA: No. Not really. I don't think it was the clay that was bothering me today. It was just ‑‑ I was just missing, you know, like this, like this, everywhere. It happens.

Q. What about your shoulder? In Stuttgart you talked about that. Today it seemed like your serve ‑‑ serve is a big part of your game. Didn't seem as strong as normal. How is your shoulder? Is it okay or is it still troubling you a little bit?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: No, it's much better. You know, the pain went away, but, you know, I didn't have much of time to prepare. But from what I have, I think I have done really well. Me and my team.

It's just, you know, the start to build up from here. It was the first match.

Next match I have, as I said, I have opportunity, you know, to push it to next level and raise my game.

Q. What went through your head, 4‑Love down, break point down in the second set? Do you think you can get out of it or you felt it's not your day?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, there was a mix of things. Sometimes I felt it was not my day. Sometimes I thought, yeah, maybe I still fight, I still have a chance. Sometimes it was like, you know what? Forget it. I don't want to do it.

But the important thing in that, you know, really miserable, if you can say, moment, I stay strong and I just went for my shots. I just went for what I had to do, and I didn't do before.

That shows a little bit of, you know, not losing courage, I guess.

Q. So on the second serve ace were you just saying, All right, I'm playing so bad I'm just going to hit this ball down the T and if it goes in, good, and if it doesn't, then I don't care?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: Yeah, I was just thinking, you know, if I miss so much, then at least I can miss good shot instead of, you know, missing so many bad ones.

Q. So it sounds like a lot was going through your mind today on court. Why? Did you wake up and not necessarily feel good? Does it ‑‑ sort of the pressure of the occasion, playing a Grand Slam as the No. 1, which obviously you know about and lots of young players face, was that a part of it, too?

VICTORIA AZARENKA: You know, you can sit and look for excuses, what happen or whatever, you know. I just try to not approach it that way. I just trying to think what can I do better next time. You know, not think, did I not wake up, did I not eat enough?

Tomorrow is the day that I have to, you know, work. It's a new opportunity. That's it. I'm not thinking about being here No. 1 or that should put any pressure on me, because there is still 128 girls in the draw who want to win the tournament. You know, it's just the beginning.

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