Christina McHale’s Interview after USA wins against Belarus
Christina McHale's Interview after USA wins against Belarus Christina McHale of the US hits a return to Maria Kirilenko of Russia during their third round match on the fifth day of the 2011 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 02 September 2011. The US Open runs through 11 September 2011. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |
Q. Great weekend for you and for the
team. Talk about the kind of confidence that
the two wins can give you moving forward.
CHRISTINA McHALE: Yeah, I definitely
think that these two matches will help me for the
future. I’m just super excited that I got my first two
Fed Cup wins.
It was a good weekend for the whole team.
Q. 6-0, 4-0 yesterday, 6-0, 5-0 today. I
saw you have one career double bagel. How
much were you wanting it today?
CHRISTINA McHALE: I was just trying to
stay focused. I wasn’t thinking about the score. I
wasn’t trying to get a double bagel or anything like
that. It was just taking each game, each point one
at a time.
Q. You are now in line to represent the
United States at the Olympics, assuming all
goes accordingly between now and June. Talk
a little bit about your view of the Olympics as a
little kid, watching on TV. Any moments that
stand out to you
CHRISTINA McHALE: I don’t want to get
too like excited about it because there’s still a lot
that could happen with who gets to go.
But it would be one of the biggest honors
and one of the biggest tournaments for me to play.
That would be absolutely amazing.
The Olympics I remember watching was
Beijing, the one four years ago. It would be
amazing if I could make that team.
Q. Is there an Olympic athlete in any
sport that you would line up to try to trade pins
with?
CHRISTINA McHALE: I think all the
athletes. I don’t know any now off the top of my
head. I played the Pan American Games last year.
That was so exciting seeing all the other athletes.
All the time it’s so individual with tennis. Being part
of such a big group, everyone is wearing their
jackets, it’s an amazing feeling.
Q. You won 10 straight matches. What
do you attribute your success to this weekend?
CHRISTINA McHALE: I think our whole
team had a really good week. We prepared really
well. We had good practices. I think I stayed
really focused out there. I stuck to the plan.
It was great having Mary Joe there helping
me on the court. Just having the support of the
whole team I think helped me.
Q. After this run of matches, is it back
to individual competition, or team competition
in April?
CHRISTINA McHALE: Yeah, actually I
have a tournament that I have to get to, fly tonight
to the Paris tournament. It starts on Tuesday. So I
have a quick turnaround.
Q. I notice both you and Venus
Williams left the court in the second set of
Serena’s match. Was there any chance she
was going to play singles as well?
CHRISTINA McHALE: I don’t actually
know. I didn’t know if that was an option.
I left in the middle of the first set because I
didn’t want to get too tired out there watching. I
was watching from inside and cheering her on.
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