Q. Mary, did you enjoy yourself this afternoon?
MARY PIERCE: Yes. At the beginning I could feel I was not really in the match. I didn't play very well during the first set. Then I think I warmed up and played better in the second and third set.
Q. How did you feel?
MARY PIERCE: Obviously this is the question everybody is asking. Very well.
Q. From time to time you seemed to be stretching your leg, on your leg. Did you have a problem?
MARY PIERCE: No. I never had cramps before. I was afraid I might have cramps during the match, so I stretched my leg just to make sure there wouldn't be any problem.
Q. How difficult is it when you lost like yesterday, to play doubles today? How can you put aside your frustration and be concentrated in the match?
MARTINA HINGIS: Well, it's like I try to focus. I hit for an hour today before the match. I'm already kind of thinking about playing Wimbledon, so I just -- you know, there's only two weeks from now till Wimbledon. I just already look forward to that. I just try to, you know, give the best and support Mary because she's got the finals tomorrow. I know it always feels better when you have the doubles and you can play and kind of get confidence. Just, you know, Sunday is the finals of doubles.
Q. Would you like to see her winning both singles and doubles?
MARTINA HINGIS: Well, with me the doubles, definitely. I think we have a pretty good chance now in the finals, too. Singles, you know, she's my partner, so I wish her all the best. She's going to be more happy for the finals in doubles, I hope, if she doesn't celebrate too much.
Q. Are you going to practice with her maybe before the single's final?
MARTINA HINGIS: I think she has her own, you know, rhythm and everything. It's up to her.
Q. Mary, just to give more detail on the question of cramps. When you were stretching in the early part of the first set, you didn't have cramps?
MARY PIERCE: Today?
Q. Yes.
MARY PIERCE: No, I had no cramps at all today. Just to keep my muscles loose.
Q. Martina, a lot of us noticed you were watching Magnus Norman's match and he was watching yours.
MODERATOR: I brought them in for doubles questions. They don't have to answer.
Q. Can I ask the question?
MODERATOR: You can ask it.
Q. I wondered how that friendship developed. Magnus said you were very close.
MARTINA HINGIS: We were going to be here for the doubles and no other questions.
Q. Mary, to come back to what happened yesterday and today, this morning when you got up, did you feel fresh, did you feel well? Did you practice as you wanted to do this morning?
MARY PIERCE: Yes. I felt rather well, no particular problem. I had a massage. I warmed up.
Q. Did you practice this morning?
MARY PIERCE: No. I came early to have a treatment, to warm up, to do some stretching.
Q. Did you have any rehydration today?
MARY PIERCE: No.
Q. How tough of a decision was it for you to come play today? Was that up in the air?
MARY PIERCE: No, not at all. Martina asked me yesterday how I was feeling about today, you know, to be ready for the finals and stuff like that. It never really entered my mind that wasn't going to play today unless I couldn't walk. I just have so much fun playing with Martina. You know, I think we have a great chance to do well here. When I start a tournament with somebody, I want to just, you know, commit with them and go all the way to the end.
Q. You guys have had some success together this year, reaching the finals in Australia. How different is doubles on clay, especially women's doubles? How much does that change the geometry?
MARY PIERCE: Sometimes you have to stay back, be a little bit more patient. Different strategies against different opponents.
MARTINA HINGIS: Work the point more. Work it out.
Q. You talk a lot to each other while you are playing. Who is the boss on the court?
MARTINA HINGIS: We just try both to support each other. You know, sometimes she tells me things, sometimes I do. Like especially here at this tournament, I think we had to change our strategy a little bit. We don't come in as much as maybe you would come in on a hard court. You just have to adjust. It's what makes us such a good team, especially at this tournament, that we're able to adapt to different situations, different opponents. You always have to play a little different.
Q. Coming back to yesterday, when you're coming to the court, you saw each other before, did you talk about the match of yesterday or were you just talking about what you were going to do on court today?
MARTINA HINGIS: No, I mean, it's like only after the first set that we were both -- for both of us it was probably difficult for me that maybe I'm disappointed after yesterday, Mary is already thinking about maybe the next match. You just have to, you know, stick with the game plan and just not try anything special today. I think that helped. Even after the first set, we were not playing well, but we kind of still felt like we had a chance. Once we started playing our game, we were so much better. We didn't play well in the beginning. We knew it's like it's going to be hard to come out here today for both of us. But, you know, at the end we were able to turn it around, and pretty good.
Q. How did it feel having the French crowd behind you today?
MARTINA HINGIS: Well, when I was with Mary on court, I had them behind me all the time. That was the only no French player out there today. Well, Swiss not being too far away. It feels not that far. It's okay.