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.
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.
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.
definitely improved won
I think she can play rallies now. She has definitely improved a lot because she won Wimbledon.
good lost sydney
I think it was a good match, especially after Sydney (where she lost in the first round).
worst
That's the worst I've ever played. What can you do when you play like that?
effort happy help regain top win
I'm happy as this win will help my effort to regain a place in the top 10,
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.
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.