Victoria Azarenka - 17.1.2013

TENNIS - Australian Open, AZARENKA d. Danilidou 61 60

Q.  How did that feel out there?  How did you feel with your effort today?
VICTORIA AZARENKA:  I felt really good.  I enjoyed a lot the way I was focused.  I was definitely something that I stepped it up from my first match, and I was in the zone trying to execute all of my shots.  I was trying to make everything happen, and that's what I'm happy about.

Q.  Were you worried about the heat going into today's match?  Did you feel any of it out there?
VICTORIA AZARENKA:  Well, it was pretty hot.  That's why I was trying to play fast.  The first match I got a little bit sunburned.  You don't want to make that mistake again.
I was prepared for it, you know.  I think everybody knew few days before that that it's going to be really hot.  Even at 11:00 a.m. you could really feel it.  I wasn't sure if we were playing with closed roof or open roof.
Right before the match I saw it was closed.  I thought, Wow, good.  It wouldn't be so hot.  It wasn't a problem.

Q.  So you would have preferred the roof to be closed on a day like today?
VICTORIA AZARENKA:  Actually, I don't know.  I was just curious if they're going to close it or not, because maybe at 11:30 it was up to 40.

Q.  Do you find yourself trying to do what you did last year in the sense of like your time away from the court?  This is the first time you're defending a Grand Slam title, and so are you trying to think back to 2012 and do what you did then?
VICTORIA AZARENKA:  I don't really remember what I did back then, you know, but I always have kind of the same routine of what I do.  You know, I have been doing it last year; I have been doing it before that.
That's what makes me feel comfortable, so I just try to, before the match, to put myself in the state of mind and in the position that I feel good when I go out there.
I'm not thinking of what I need to do so I can win the match the same way I did last year.  It would be a mistake.

Q.  You said a couple of days ago you don't look ahead, you know, don't look at the draw.  Do you know who you're playing next or who it could be?
VICTORIA AZARENKA:  Yes, I know.  I had two interviews before.  They told me.  (Smiling.)

Q.  What are you going to do today to get out of the heat, out of the Melbourne heat?
VICTORIA AZARENKA:  I will stay inside.  (Laughter.)