Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskinais a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Subsequent to this victory, she rose to no. 3 in the WTA rankings, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to reach the top 3 in the history of the rankings. In September 2004, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2. Although she has not officially retired,...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth8 July 1981
easier few games hoping return title won year
I've been getting better with every match, ... After a few games I was able to read her serve, which made it easier for me in the return games. I haven't won a title in a year now, so I'm really hoping I can do it tomorrow.
worst
That's the worst I've ever played. What can you do when you play like that?
definitely improved won
I think she can play rallies now. She has definitely improved a lot because she won Wimbledon.
effort happy help regain top win
I'm happy as this win will help my effort to regain a place in the top 10,
bad beings court days human tired
But we can't play 365 days a year. We're human beings and can get tired or have a bad day. We can't just go on the court and be a robot.
ball confidence difficult understand
Right now it's really difficult to understand what I have to do on court, ... When the ball comes to me, I don' know what I have to do, where I have to put the ball. I have no confidence at all.
against determined match opponents players playing ready tougher tournament tricky
It was a pretty tricky match against a determined opponent. I better get used to playing such opponents and get ready for tougher players as the tournament advances.
against chance great higher knew miss playing terrible today tougher venus yesterday
It was much tougher for me to play against Venus yesterday because she is playing on a much higher level. Today I knew that we had a great chance to win, and if I were to miss it that would have been terrible for the team.
great incredible match played
It was a great match - she played incredible today.
good indoor nearly normally obviously since special start time title top win won year
It's very special to win this title because it's been nearly a year since I won a tournament. It's only the start of the indoor season, and this is a time of year I normally play well, so it's good for me to win here. I really want to be in the Top 10 at the end of the year, so this will obviously be good for my ranking.
coming confidence good helps
That really helps my confidence coming in here. It hasn't been all that good of a year.
compete grew time tough
It's every time like this between us. We grew up together, we play together, we still compete together, so it's tough between us.
match poignant time tough win
It's a tough match between us, it's every time like this. It's really poignant to win this match.
against amazing control grand playing slam
It's amazing because I had to control my emotions, it's Roland Garros, a Grand Slam and I was playing against a friend.