Paola Suarez has realised some of her tennis dreams over the past few days in Paris but anger prevailed after her French Open semi-final loss to Elena Dementieva on Thursday.
"Obviously now I'm rather angry. I'm really angry actually," she said after her 6-0, 7-5 defeat by the Russian.
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"I think that soon I'll get over my anger, then I'll be able to remember all the good moments I've gone through."
Suarez's experience of six previous French Open finals, five in doubles and one as a junior in 1992, did not help her.
The doubles specialist appeared unable to overcome her nerves against ninth seed Dementieva.
The Russian seems to make her opponents anxious as France's Amelie Mauresmo blamed her quarter-final loss on jitters.
"Both of us were nervous, you know. I mean, it was the semi-final of a Grand Slam. That's why I think there were too many unforced errors and double-faults," Suarez said.
Despite losing the first Grand Slam singles semi-final of her career, the 27-year-old 14th seed tried to see the bright side, listing her achievements at the tournament.
"I'd never been in a semi-final of a Grand Slam tournament. Then to be in the top 10, that was also one of my major goals," said Suarez.
"My whole career, you know, these have been goals and it's great that I've been able to achieve them here today at the French Open, which is one of the best tournaments for me."
Suarez now hopes one of the three Argentines in the men's semi-finals will win the tournament.
"I hope that the people in Argentina will be able to enjoy these victories that we are giving to Argentina, me, and the boys as well, and we'll make up for other shortcomings," she said.
Suarez and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual play in the semi-finals of the women's doubles on Friday. Ranked number one in the world, the pair won the French Open title in 2001 and 2002.
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