71 ordspråk av Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
It's a wonderful feeling, ... I have worked so hard for this to happen and now it's come true.
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It's really hard with this weather. You just do whatever you need to. Unfortunately, with the wind you cannot play the beautiful game.
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Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on the phone.
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Not at all. I think I can say it can be frustrating to be No. 1 and having no Grand Slam titles. I'm happy where I am and I still have a lot of years to go. I know one day soon the title will come and there will be more to follow.
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On a day like today, you don't get physically so tired, you get mentally very tired, because you really try to be more concentrated and be more sharp on court. I'm really happy that it went that way.
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Our friendship came under a lot of stress when we started playing each other in the singles.
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Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.
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She had me running around so much. She was playing so well out there. We always seem to have matches like these.
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She has good serves, very strong, attacks fast and goes for winners,
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She played very good tennis. But what really helped her to be so much in the points and getting all the balls is because that center court is so much slower than all the other courts. It just has too much clay on it.
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She's a very tough competitor. She just doesn't give up at any stage of the match. She just goes for it and brings everything back. Either I have to play great tennis to beat her or I need to make the points shorter. Of course, serving well would help me a lot, too.
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Sybille played great tennis today. But I am happy that I won and went through to the semis, ... I was in the final in 2003, so I would like to take it a step further this time.
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That's a very good improvement. Hopefully, I can keep up my way like this all the way through the French Open.
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The first match is never an easy one. You really need to go through it, fight mentally, and that also helps a little bit to release yourself in more matches in the tournament.
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The Russian tennis authorities can't claim any credit for the success many of the players are having on the professional circuit these days.
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