Q. Rate your game today.
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It was good. I think, you know, I'm always happy with a win.
I'm getting used to the conditions here. It was good. I
don't like to look too -- like dissect and analyze too
harshly in the beginning, but I felt like after the first
few games, I started to play a lot better, and was happy.
Q. Focus was there?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I was trying to be. I think it was.
Q. The press notes have this big deal about how you can become the quickest
woman to a million dollars if you win the final here, two days faster than
Justine Henin . Do you care about that stuff?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: No, I don't (laughter). Not at all.
I mean, it's going to keep getting broken every year as
prize money goes up and up. But, no, I remember someone has
-- my coach was trying to get me motivated by saying I was
close to possibly at some point reaching $20 million. That's
kind of been like a fun little joke.
But as far as quickness in earning money, no.
Q. Are you considering a donation to the "old Sports Writers Benevolence Fund"?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I was. But you understand that 50% of that goes to our good
old government, and the other 20 to expenses. You know, it's
funny, I promise you I don't have $20 million in a bank
account sitting there.
Q. You brought up Steffi . If you had to say who was a better player in terms
of all-around impact, Steffi or Martina Navratilova ?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Well, there's two different sides to that. I think Martina
has made, you know, a huge impact in leading stuff outside
playing on the tennis courts. I think Steffi was extremely
focused and the best player we've ever had in terms of
tennis and athleticism, in her tennis talent on the court.
I think Martina obviously was a phenomenal player and seemed
to have a louder and stronger voice outside the tennis court.
So I'm not sure what you're going for.
Q. I'm going on court.
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Okay. You know, I wasn't around playing in the '80s when
Martina was obviously dominating. I lived through Steffi's
kind of dominant era. So for me I say Steffi . But I didn't
have to face Martina in the '80s, so it's hard for me to
really say too much.
Q. Anything like that Graf forehand? Is it a shot apart?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I mean, you know, her overall athleticism is the thing that
stands out more than anything, how she moved and how
graceful she was. Her forehand was phenomenal. She managed
to, you know, make that a weapon from '87, or maybe even
earlier, through '99 when she retired. She was able to kind
of change with the technology and still become obviously a
huge factor.
Q. People love rivalries in tennis. You've had great rivalries with Hingis ,
Venus . I don't know if you played Conchita like 30 times. What makes a great
rivalry? Do you think the Serena - Sharapova is in that echelon?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I think it could be. I think it's the most intriguing and
exciting match-up we've had in the last year. I think what
makes a rivalry is a lot of times, you know, you have to
have like the close matches, and sometimes the two different
personalities, sometimes not.
But I think, you know, big matches and close matches more
than anything make the big rivalries. They've played some
phenomenal matches so far, and they've only played like
three times, and each one has been pretty dramatic. I think
that right now in women's tennis, that's a very appealing
match-up.
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