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
bigger fact gives lindsay missing
The fact that Lindsay is missing gives us an even bigger chance.
court forget
When we are on the court we forget that,
against played sets third
When you've played two sets against the girl, you kind of know her game, and by the third set I was really comfortable.
play practice tennis
But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.
For my second match it's pretty good.
real play goal
My real goal is the Olympics. It's going to be tough but it was very good preparation to play here.
tennis tables way
I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing.
calm fight good top
You play bad, you drop. You play good, you go up. If I can fight and be like, I don't know, calm on the court, then I can be Top 10 again. I'm not good enough for Top 10 right now. Definite. That's why I'm not there.
good lost sydney
I think it was a good match, especially after Sydney (where she lost in the first round).
believing confidence final good obviously playing results tough
Karolina's a tough player, ... She's obviously playing with a lot of confidence right now, but I've also had some good results lately, so I'll be going into the final believing I can win.
best hopefully last lost year
Hopefully Marat and I will do our best here because last year we lost and it was because of me most of the time,
behind control defending people playing
I could not control my tennis. I'm defending my country. It's a different situation. You're not playing for yourself. There's so many people behind you and you think you're disappointing them.
coming confidence decisions easier game longer points top wrong
I'm not on top of my game, but it's getting better and better. If I can my get confidence back it will be easier to play. My game is coming back, but my confidence isn't there yet. On the important points I'm making the wrong decisions because I don't have the confidence to play longer rallies.
both changed game guess today wind year
I guess it's not my year right now. The wind changed the game a lot and, you know, there really was a big wind today but, you know, both of us were on the court.