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
couple mary played
I have played Mary a couple of times before but right now she is a completely different player,
playing seen
I have never seen her playing that well.
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.
best confidence kim match player
This was the best match I ever played. For me, Kim is the best player in the world -- this will give me confidence for the future.
allowed game passive played risky
I should've played more risky in that game but I was too passive and allowed her to dominate,
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.
minutes played saw
So when I saw that we'd played just 35 minutes and I was a set and 4-0, I thought, that's not enough.
beginning maybe mistakes playing
Sometimes its not because she did so many mistakes for nothing, ... I was playing well from the beginning and maybe that's why she did so many mistakes from the beginning.
playing tennis williams
It was another Williams today. She was playing different tennis today.
aggressive defensive moved playing time
She was very aggressive from the first ball. She moved me around very well. I was playing kind of defensive all the time and that's what I don't like to do.
match playing tough
She was playing very well and it was a tough first match for me.
continued court game pierce plan played player remain run stronger third
She played well in the first two sets, ... I just continued to play the same game in the third set and remain aggressive. The plan was to run Pierce all over the court as we thought that I was the stronger player physically.
against easy happy player slow start talented tough win
I had a very slow start and it was a tough match, she's a very talented young player and it's not easy to play against her, so I was very happy that I was able to win this match.
felt fresh looked moving playing second
I felt I was playing well, even in the second set. I told myself to keep playing aggressively, to keep her moving as I felt fresh and she looked tired.