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
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.
guy together where-you-are
You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.
sports winning want
I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.
want wells tournaments
When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.
sleep tennis able
Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.
senior player thinking
I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.
years long people
All the people that still believed in me, after seven years - it's a long time.
sports firsts tough
Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.
sports tennis special
This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.
sports player years
I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did.
sports juniors realising
It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors.
careers tennis given
There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it.
our-world needs way
Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.
strong thinking needs
If you are not physically strong, it's difficult. But at the same time, I think you need something more than that; you need to vary your shots, as Justine has been able to do in Amelia or Charleston, where she beat her -- I can't remember where it was on clay. So you need this kind of thing. But of course if you're not fit, you'll never make it through.