MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAU

March 31, 2015

Venus Williams

MIAMI, FLORIDA

C. SUAREZ NAVARRO/V. Williams
0-6, 6-1, 7-5

THE MODERATOR:  Questions, please.

Q.  Just wanted to get your thoughts a little bit on the match.  To start out
as quickly as you did and then have it get away from you, what do you think
happened out there?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  Yeah, you know, just a little too many errors and I was
going for it the whole match.  Towards the end just never found the happy
medium between being aggressive and putting the ball in the court.

Q.  How were you feeling physically, especially in that third, the back and
forth, the back and forth?  Was it a fatigue issue or how were you feeling?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  Yeah, you have to be able to expect to play long points.
 That's what I train for.

Q.  Let me ask you about Carla.  How do you see her?  Do you think that she
has reached her maturity as a player?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  I mean, she's playing well every year.  Better every year.
 I'm sure she can play even better.

Q.  To get back to the quarters here - obviously another run is over - but
what did it mean to you to be able to do that in this tournament?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  Yeah, of course I want to play well every match as much as I
can, and, you know, I feel like I have the ability to win this match.
Unfortunately it was a loss, but I learned a lot from them, and they always
make me better.

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