Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva; born 15 October 1981) is a retired Russian tennis player. Dementieva won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won 16 WTA singles titles, reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open and reached seven other Grand Slam semi finals. Dementieva was also part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Fed Cup, won the 2002...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth15 October 1981
beat exciting good martina mean player playing possible
Martina is a good player and it's exciting to see her back. But that doesn't mean I won't be playing and I'll do everything possible to beat her.
bit good maybe needs
I think she's a very good player, ... and maybe she needs a little bit more experience.
good hot nervous serve stay struggling three
I was struggling with my serve the whole match, ... I was kind of nervous and couldn't do the right motion. But I didn't want to stay and play three sets, it was hot and she was in good shape. So I started go for winners.
achieve against compete crowd easy finish goal good lindsay means meant player players playing stay support true york
That means a lot to me. She's the No. 1 player in the world. It makes me feel that I can compete against such good players and I can achieve my goal to be No. 1 one day. Playing against Lindsay here in New York with the crowd support for her...it wasn't an easy match. I think that I could stay true and finish that well, it really meant a lot to me.
gives good martina match otherwise per seem
I told Martina that I just seem to have one good day per week, otherwise I'd be No. 1 already. This kind of match really gives me a lot of confidence.
good
I think it was a very good match,
certain good help helped longer mental needed parts technical time together
I needed a change, ... There were mental and technical things that she could no longer help me with. We had a very good time together and she really helped with certain parts of my game, but it was finished.
confidence game good happy hope played rest solid today
I'm happy to have played such a good game in the final. I played very solid today and I hope this will give me confidence for the rest of the season.
coming good hopefully players tough
Hopefully we're in a different part of the draw, ... I think it's going to be a good draw. So many tough players are coming this year.
good played quite
The first set was quite good but I could have played a little better in the second,
lose team win
We lose as a team and we win as a team,
played three time waited
I've waited a long time for this moment, ... I've played three finals, but this is the first I've won.
beat fair fun lying seen
I've never seen such a long break. I didn't think it was a fair play. You know, if that's the only way she can beat me -- I mean, it's up to her. I just don't think it's fun for the players, or the crowd, to see someone lying down for 12 minutes.
difficult excuse serving
It was very difficult to play with this kind of serve, ... I have no excuse for serving like that.