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
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.
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.
coming confidence good helps
That really helps my confidence coming in here. It hasn't been all that good of a year.
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.
court forget
When we are on the court we forget that,
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.
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,
bigger fact gives lindsay missing
The fact that Lindsay is missing gives us an even bigger chance.
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.
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,