DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Just a big relief. I mean, I'm just so, so happy to fight my way through this match. At the end, I think it was just about, you know, trying to be positive and fight for every single point. It was a great match, especially in the third set. Nathalie was playing unbelievable. She came up with some great shots.

Yeah, I was always expecting a tough match because she's a very experienced player, she knows the game very well, plus she had the support of her home crowd. It was always going to be a tough match for me. That's why it makes it even more special for me, this win.

Q. Were you expecting her to play so well and fight so well? The beginning of the season, it hasn't been so good. She hasn't won so many matches so far.

DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: No, I didn't want to underestimate her at all because we played each other a couple of times and it was always quite a tough battle. Last time she beat me. I knew I had to play really, really well to beat her. I mean, she won already two rounds here. It's not like she was not playing well here.

As I said, she has so many experience. She always knows how to turn the matches around. From that point of view, was a very tough match for me.

Q. And you were ahead of her during the whole match, then all of a sudden at 7‑6 she serves for the match, then you played a really great game.

DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: Yeah, at 7‑6, when I was down, I was thinking the same, that I was the same at 5‑3, that I was serving for it. She was in the same situations at me. And I felt like, you know, I just had to believe in myself. Also, you know, she was getting a bit tight, like I did, when I was serving for it. I thought every game was open. It was just about who was going to be a little more brave at the end, maybe a little smarter with the shot selection.

Q. Is it the toughest match you have played so far this year?

DANIELA HANTUCHOVA: The longest for sure. Toughest? Yeah, probably one of the toughest. I mean, we spent quite a time there.