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  Thursday, 16 January, 2003, 12:05 GMT
What did you say?
I'm more of a perfectionist than Venus is. Everything has to be perfect. Sometimes that causes many cracked racquets
Serena admits the pursuit of perfection does not always run smooth.

It could be I will never play again at the highest stage
Martina Hingis contemplates an early retirement.

It was a struggle, I just tried to fight through the pain but it was too much Monica Seles rues the ankle injury that hampered her during her defeat to Klara Koukalova.

We are probably the leading sport in reference to how often we test, how professional our tests are and how strict our penalties are
Andre Agassi enters the debate over doping controls.

I am trying to use less power and less energy to be ready for the second week Marat Safin shows his confidence about reaching the later stages of the tournament.

I didn't play a bad match, it was just a couple of shots here and there and it could have been a very different result
Gustavo Kuerten after losing a five-set thriller to Radek Stepanek.

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