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Lindsay Davenport
Q. Was it the same thing as yesterday?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah.
Q. What does this mean for Wimbledon, do you think?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I don't know. There's still a few more tests I
need to do. I didn't want to do too many last night because I knew I had
to play again today. So, you know, I have not thought about anything yet.
You know, first off I have to kind of figure out exactly what is wrong and
what the diagnosis is.
Q. How much was it hurting today? Was it hurting from the beginning?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: You know, it's been flaring up, up and down for a
month. The first serve I came down on my foot, kind of flared it up, and
it never went away. You know, just wasn't going to happen. It was hurting
too much to play the way and move the way I need to play to beat anybody
out here.
Q. Had you gone up in the second set, would you have thought twice
about it?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: You know, I was so flustered about what to do, stay or
quit, whatever. So, you know, I probably should have just stopped right
away. I mean, there was no way, even if I was to get up a lucky break or
something, that it would have happened.
It's just a very bizarre feeling to know, you know, when to stop, you
know, it's over or whatever for a Slam.
Q. Have you had this before? This is out of the blue?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It's something that's been bothering me for the last
month on and off, but getting progressively worse as I've been here in
Paris.
Q. But never years ago?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: No. I have a sac of fluid underneath my fourth
metatarsal, fourth toe. I just have to figure out why there's some fluid
there. I just have to do some more tests to figure out exactly what is
wrong.
Q. Do you go back to LA?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I have no idea. You know, as of right now I'm still in
the doubles. I actually have not thought about anything yet.
Q. All that aside, how well is Conchita playing right now?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I haven't played her in a while. I mean, I was more in
my own head than anyone else's today, thinking about what is happening. To
get so far to the fourth round, get onto the quarters, she must be playing
well.
But, you know, today I think it was pretty hard to tell. I think she was
just trying to move me side to side maybe, you know, hit some dropshots,
do stuff like that. I think it was just probably a hard match for her to
play, as well.
Q. Is this frustrating? You came back from the other injury. Does it
start to make you think, "What's going on with my body?"
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It's terribly frustrating. I've been hurt for a few
Slams before, but never to the point where I thought, you know,
I got to stop.
You know, I mean, I am in good shape, and I've been working hard. You
know, something like that happens, there's not much I can do about it. But
just, you know, the more years you play, I mean, the less and less chances
you get at Slams.
So to have to not be a hundred percent healthy and have to stop for
reasons that you don't want to stop is obviously very sad.
Q. Obviously clay is your off surface. You yourself said your chances
were modest to win here. Any thoughts that in any way it might have been a
mistake to come, let it rest, prep for Wimbledon?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: No, I don't think it was a mistake. I've missed not
playing here. When I came here, I really didn't think the toe would become
such a big issue. I probably would have regretted it being at home, trying
to watch, especially last year when I wasn't able to play. That would have
been probably worse. But, you know, if a toe hurts on clay, I'm sure a toe
doesn't feel better on grass. I'm a little worried how it will react to
that surface.
No, I mean, I want to try and win here and play all the Slams
that I can.
Q. The Bryan brothers were asked today who the best doubles
player they've ever faced was. To some people's surprise, they said your
brother-in-law, Rick Leach. Could you talk about that?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Oh, that's so great. Yeah, I mean, he has the most
amazing hands, just is very smart in terms of how to play doubles, you
know, isn't blessed with this 130 mile-an-hour serve. He really has to
think his way through doubles, and really react.
That's a huge compliment. I'm sure he'll love it.
Q. Great intuition?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, exactly.
Q. Could you handicap the rest of the tournament?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It's getting very interesting. Most of the Top 8 seeds
are left. Obviously, the great match-up with Serena and
Amelie. I think, you know, I was really looking at
Mauresmo and Justine for their play here on the
clay. We'll just see if they can deal with the pressure and get through to
win that first Slam. They seem like they're the best
clay-courters out there.
I think it's only a matter of time that Kim comes through
and wins a Slam. I think she's too good a player and wants
it too bad.
But, I mean, it's kind of up to Serena. I mean, if she's
playing well, doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of people that can
beat her. If she is not playing well, one of those girls will get enough
balls back to win. So I kind of think it's in her hands.
Q. Can you analyze the Serena-Amelie match? What do you
expect to see? Did you watch them play when Amelie beat her?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: No. At the States we get no matches that
are played in Europe on TV. It seemed like there were some
really great, close matches.
There's two things. If Serena is playing at the top of her
game, I think it's very tough for anyone to beat her. Also, you know,
Amelie has said in the past she's felt a lot of pressure here
playing in France. It seems like so far this tournament,
she's handling it better.
You know, she needs to go out there and play some of her best tennis. If
she can do it here, she's going to do it in the next round.
Q. Would it be a boost for everybody if somebody beat Serena at
a Slam? Does that kind of give everybody a little hope?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I mean, how close was Kim in
Australia? It's like she almost had it there.
I just think the players, you know, are trying to get someone else to win
a Slam. I mean, it's not only Serena. Her and
her sister have won so many of the last -- I don't even know what the
record is. Seems like they've taken so many titles. I mean, I think this
is the surface where they're the most vulnerable.
Q. Are you getting frustrated enough with injuries where you'd think
about, "Do I want to go through this any more?" Is it close to that point
yet?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Not yet. This is something, I don't think, that is
going to be another six to eight months. If I was faced with that
situation, I don't think there would be much question, it would probably
be too difficult to go through all that and come back again.
You know, injuries are a way of life in pro sports. You know, hopefully
it's just a week or 10 days of getting it better. But, no, I'm not at that
point yet.
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