R1: Siva wins the All Malaysian Derby against Aira

Siva : The last time I played her in NZ was close, 3/2. At that time, I put a lot of pressure on myself, because I know her game well, and for me, Malaysian against Malaysian is always an extra pressure.

I feel that you always want to do better than them, and today, coming in, I just tried and stayed calm, not think about it too much, altough if I knew there was going to be some pressure there.

I tried to go and play my game, get my tactic right. I know that if I play well, I can beat her. So I believed a bit more than I did in NZ. She is a very good player, and if you give her a bit of a gap, she won’t miss the opportunity, and she is very dangerous?

Today, I tried to stop that, staying as high as possible on the T because she is a very attacking player, a very tricky player, and I think on those terms I did very well covering up the court, finding my targets, and tried to take that confidence aways from her, shutting that door and not giving her any kind of time on the ball.