KIM CLIJSTERS defeated BARBARA SCHWARTZ 6-1 6-1

Q. Kim, the match wasn't too difficult. But how was the wind?

A. Yeah, it was hot. It was - like, I mean, I've been in Australia for a while so I've actually been having time to get used to it a little bit; but, of course, it's still hot. And also Barbara, she was a lefty, so that made it like, the effect of the ball a little bit different as well. But in Sydney it was very windy as well, so I've had some practice matches to get used to it.

Q. So you must be pleased with your performance?

A. Yeah, definitely. I mean, it was - I felt that I played good enough to beat her, and I don't think it was, like, there weren't that many winners, like, from my side; but I just felt that I didn't have to do like that many, that many like shots, like hit that many winners and stuff, because I just felt that I had to keep the ball in play and try to move her around.

Q. Do you feel you get more support here than another other Major tournaments, apart from - - -

A. Yeah, I mean, it has been great. I mean, from the first day I stepped on the court, also in the Hopman Cup, and in Sydney as well, it has been great. I mean, I've been getting a lot of support, and in Sydney, and that's what made me sort of win my match in, like against Farina, because I was I think 4-2 down in the second set and I lost the first set, so they really pushed me through there. So it has been great, yeah.

Q. So you'll now be cast in the role of the villain, because you are playing an Australian in the next round. How do you feel about that?

A. Well, I've played Christina before, in the first round, so that was another Australian. I don't know. I mean it's - she's a player like another player, and I don't really think, like, which country she's coming from. I just look at it as a match, as another one.

Q. Kim, do you feel any extra pressure? A lot of papers recently are saying you are a de facto Australian, you are now their great hope with so many Aussies going out?

A. Well, I'm still Belgian, so I'm not Australian.

Q. Do you feel any of that pressure from the crowd, or anything like that?

A. No, no, not all. I hardly ever read the newspapers, so I'm not really worried about what the people write in the newspaper. So I'm not really, I don't really - I don't put pressure on myself, or anything, and those things don't really put pressure on me either. But it's great, you know. Like today, I go out there and there's so much support, so it really helps me.

Q. Pam Shriver and Billie Jean King have been talking about the need for womens players to do more to promote the game. What do you think of that?

A. Oh, well, I think - I think if you see how popular womens tennis is at the moment, I think we, the players, we do a lot of things off court. Like, of course, our main job is still to play tennis, but we do so many - like, we do kids clinics, we do autograph sessions, we do everything, like so many things for the tour. And I think the way things are going now, it's going very good, and if you've seen, like, in the last couple of years how much women's tennis has improved and has become more popular. I think we have to keep going like this and hope that we can keep letting womens tennis grow.