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
play practice tennis
But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.
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.
changed force moscow move played tried worked wrong
In Moscow I played the wrong tactic, so I changed it, ... I tried to make her move more and to force her backhand and as you see it worked really well.
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.
confident playing
I'm playing well but she's confident right now,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.