Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic – “We served very well from the start. We pushed them very far from the net and then we had really good tactics prepared. In the second we lost a little bit and the rallies were long and exhausting and the heat was not helping and we made more unforced mistakes.”
Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic – “Honestly I didn’t expect that (21-8). I know they are a really strong team and they are fighters, I have big respect for them. They are able to turn some games around which are not looking good for them. We had some rallies where we had a little bit of luck there. We knew they wouldn’t give it another 8. The elimination round is the elimination round – once you fail, it is over. I hope we will be able to keep the fighting spirit, the winning spirit and maybe we will get to play in the big stadium. That would be nice.”
Riikka Lehtonen, Finland – “They made everything today much better than we did except for two mistakes on the serve. We had a little bit of trouble with the sideout and at the beginning they took the first set like we weren’t even in the game. We put a little pressure on them in the second set but not enough. Of course we are going to talk it over now and we have a day off tomorrow. We need to talk about it then forget it and go