She's learning, folks. She's learning:
Q. You were talking about not being too fit coming into this match, especially your quarters where you had 20% but you had to manage your energy as best as you can. What was the situation today?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, I think today I was feeling ‑‑ I mean, physically I was feeling better than previous days.
This has nothing to do. But just I would say it's too bad from behaving side from my side. Yeah, maybe today was physically and mentally 80, but I spent 60 on being negative on the court, like shooting around and complaining about everything instead of spending 80% totally focused on just point by point.
And this was ‑‑ I think I was behaving like a really spoiled girl on the court today. This I cannot permit myself playing in semifinal of Grand Slam. So I have to really learn from these things if I want to get better.
Q. How would you assess Serena's play today?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, I could see she was a little bit not comfortable in the beginning of the match. I was 2‑Love up with a break, but she behaved like a champion. Maybe some things ‑‑ she also had some wind problems. I guess it was also bothering me. Maybe she was not feeling 100%.
But she was there and she was fighting with me, you know. I was fighting with everything around except her. So I think this is ‑‑ this I can learn really good from her, how to handle these situations instead of just staying quiet and play my game.
