Amelie Mauresmo
Amelie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo French pronunciation: is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon, and also won a Silver Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth5 July 1979
CountryFrance
consistent court felt finish good loves points rhythm
I felt pretty good on the court out there today, ... I really felt my game, right from the beginning, was consistent and I didn't let her really get into her rhythm and finish the points pretty quickly, as she loves to do.
deal feeling strange understand
I feel like I am being penalized because she was injured. It is a strange feeling and one I don't really understand but something I have to deal with. This is just the way it is. But I would like the WTA to show some consistency.
deal feeling strange understand
I feel like I am being penalized because she was injured, ... It is a strange feeling and one I don't really understand but something I have to deal with. This is just the way it is. But I would like the WTA to show some consistency.
game match strong sure today yesterday
I feel good, I was able to make sure that my game was there this week, ... Physically, I am strong enough. I showed that today after my long match yesterday (Friday).
ball maybe powerful putting score taking tall
Obviously, just putting the ball in and taking the opportunities when I would have them was probably going to be the key. I didn't think, though, that it was going to be this kind of score or this kind of a match. Yeah, I mean, she made way too many errors...She's tall and she's already very powerful for 16. Maybe sometimes not so coordinated, but this is probably going to come.
confidence amelie grew
Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.
life-lesson lessons way
Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.
sports should-have games
We all had, at some point, matches we should have won and we didn't and that's the game. That's just the way the sport is. Otherwise, if everything was written before, we don't need to play.
winning years half
When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasnt the case. I struggled.
thinking years trying
I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.
feelings asking pressure
The day I stop feeling the pressure and I'm just enjoying myself and taking it easy is when I'm 35, asking for a wild card and playing mixed doubles with Arnaud Clement.
long stuff ready
My coach told me I had to expect, you know, some long rallies and stuff. So, you know, I was ready for this.
growing-up winning thinking
Another factor is the education and culture in which you grow up. I didn't grow up in the culture of victory, where you are expected to be or have to be, the best. It was not at all like that in my family. Tennis was really a hobby. If it led to something, great. If not, there were other things in life. I think that was something I was missing at some points in my career, because when I see Hingis or the Williamses, you see how they were educated for this: to win, to be the best, a bit the American mentality. Number one. Number one. Number one. I didn't have this.
moving exercise two
The more kilos you have to move around, the more it weighs on your knees. Then of course in terms of stamina, the way you move around, it's a little extra. It might not be much, but when you exercise with two, three extra kilos, you can feel a difference; it's important.