Daniela Hantuchova
Daniela Hantuchova
Daniela Hantuchováis a Slovak tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA tournament, the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament. She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championship and US Open, ending the year in the top 10. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth23 April 1983
CityPoprad, Slovakia
She?s such a great ball striker, ... and if it?s in her hitting zone, she?s going to hit a winner almost every single time.
She's very good at picking her game up when she needs to. I have to give her all the credit with the way she served.
So many times in my matches, especially when I was coming up and I was really, really young and not having the experience, I was sometimes beating myself and not really playing the opponent.
She came out playing unbelievable. I don?t think there was much I could have done about that.
She proved she really deserves to be one of the best players in the world. She's just playing unbelievable tennis.
She is a dangerous player and also very experienced.
I have so much respect for the way she plays, ... I just tried to keep fighting for every point. I went for my shots and it paid off.
I had inflammation of tendonitis and felt it three days ago so I couldn't practice before the tournament,
I felt like I could hurt her a lot today by just being aggressive, and maybe I had a little more on my balls than in my previous matches and so that made a difference. I was more aggressive today and just didn't hesitate. When I had my chances, I went for them.
I felt like I was serving really well, especially in the second set, ... That gave me a lot of easy points. I got on top of her and didn't let her play the way she likes, and I tried to be really aggressive but at the same time not going for really crazy shots.
I feel fantastic. It's something really special. Now I can concentrate on my singles career.
I feel fantastic. It's something really special. It means a lot to me. Now I guess I can concentrate on my singles career, especially having a partner like Mahesh, it makes it even more special.
I feel like it's really deserved this time as I've helped Dominik to get through,
You have to hit like 10 winners before you get a point because she gets every single ball back. When you give it away, it kills me and that's where I lost my head at the beginning of the second set.