(Translation from http://www.20minutos.es/sevilla/index.php?noti=40860)

Magüi Serna: ‘I have given up eating bread'

     After winning the tournaments in Estoril and Budapest and having a great performance at the Fed Cup, Magüi seems to be destined to be the rely of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the international level.

Question: Are you euphoric?

Answer: I’m happy, very happy, and with a lot of moral.

Q.: Will the year 2003 be Magüi’s year?

A.: Sure, I’m trying everything so that it’s that way.

Q.: You have lost weight, haven’t you?

A.: Yes, exactly six kilos. I have given up eating bread.

Q.: And is that why you are playing better?

A.: It isn’t that these six kilos were killing me, but I’m much better physically, and as the results are good, the happiness is double.

Q.: What’s your schedule?

A.: Now Rome; later, if I’m not too tired, Madrid, and later Roland Garros. We have to plan well the season. Otherwise, we would finish shattered.

Q.: Do you bother talking about Arantxa?

A.: Not at all. She has been the best Spanish player and it will be very hard to find a substitute for her, although the young players are good.

Q.: Your candidates?

A.: Marta Marrero and Anabel Medina, for example.

Q.: And you?

A.: I’m not the one that has to give her opinion about this.

Q.: Do you follow other sports?

A.: Yes, I love all of them

Q.: Do you support the U.D. Las Palmas?

A.: Yes, I support the football team of my city, but I think we’ll have to wait another season to sing the ‘pío pío’ in the First Division.

Q.: Do you have many ‘suitors’?

A.: The ones I have are many and very good friends.

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