WIMBLEDON 2004
Magüi's words before her third-round match against Serena Williams.
(Translation from Diario La Provincia (26/06/2004))
"I would have preferred another rival, I wouldn't have minded having to play another seed", Magüi said, "but they aren't now what they used to be", she commented. "They were unbeatable before, and nobody could do anything against them. This year they have played few tournaments and now they lose close matches against people whom they could beat fast before".
Anyway, the Canarian player hasn't lost the respect for such a rival. "They are very tough and you know that they fight during the whole match".
Magüi's words after her third-round match against Serena Williams.
(Translation from http://www.marca.com/edicion/noticia/0,2458,502758,00.html (27/06/2004))
Magüi Serna: "I was going crazy because I couldn't return her serve"
The Spanish player Magüi Serna, who couldn't beat Serena Williams in the third round in Wimbledon, recognised that she started to get "frustrated" at her rival's serve and to "go crazy".
"I started to get frustrated with her serve. I was getting more nervous and negative each time because I couldn't return her serve", the Canarian explained, mentioning Serena Williams.
Serna's attitude was turning negative, of "I can't do it, I can't", as herself explained, and the American won by 6-4 and 6-0.
The player from Las Palmas also admitted that before the match she thought that she would have more chances of being succesful, due to her previous experience with Serena.
"I left thinking that I would have more chances. But I was going crazy because I couldn't return her serve", she said. The tournament has been positive for her and Serna leaves Wimbledon "happy", because after having to stop two months due to an injury in her shoulder, in London she has felt comfortable again.
"I have felt good in the three matches that I have played, focusing on my serve", she said.
Serna also commented that she is looking forward to the Olympic Games in Athens, "because they are once every four years" and she remembers how excited she felt in Sydney, in which she "cried a lot".