It's very difficult playing against another Italian. Flavia and I are very good friends. We were together until an hour before the match, but when you go on court there are no friends.

I'm looking forward to playing against Francesca, ... We are very good friends, so even if she beats me, I'll be happy for her.

Something very personal. To prove myself, to keep going and believe in myself. It's not just a trophy for me. It's all that I did to arrive there. It's the most beautiful present that I could receive.

I was very focused, very motivated and I had good tactics,

But she is good, ... It was the first time that I saw her and I just tried to do my job. I had to run and to fight.

You just fight. In the first set she just had that little bit extra, and it was the same for me in the third.