Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenportis an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions, for a total of 98 weeks. She is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four timessince 1975; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. She has achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles as well...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth8 June 1976
CityPalos Verdes, CA
beginning close felt few games lost match playing seemed
We had a few really close games in the beginning that I was able to come through. It seemed like as the match went on, she probably lost a little confidence, and I felt like I was playing better and better.
improve love playing
This year, I really don't know what to expect. I know there's a lot to improve but I feel good, I'm playing well and I love it in New York.
chance tennis turn win
You give yourself a chance to try to win because in tennis things can turn around so quickly.
cnn country disaster hit horrors natural seems turn worst
You feel so removed. It's in the same country, yet it seems like everyone here is concentrating on tennis. All you have to do is turn on CNN to see the horrors that are there. The worst natural disaster that's probably ever hit our country has hit us right now, and yet you feel so removed from it.
number surprised until
To be honest, I was surprised I was number one up until today.
balls bit consistent felt match rhythm top
As the match went on, ... I felt like I was getting better rhythm and on top of the balls ? and being a little bit more consistent with my shots.
fair grand
At these Grand Slams, we play on 20 courts. Is it fair to have it only on the one big-match court?
girls might outside tons top
While we are getting more depth, if you go outside the Top 40 or 50, there's not tons and tons of girls that are really challenging the top players, ... There might be a few, but that's the way it goes.
bit finally inside lines percentage shots
Finally I got my shots inside the lines and didn't go for so much and I was able to play a little bit more percentage tennis.
advantage chips played time
Every time the chips were down for Venus, she played unbelievable, ... I thought I played really well and I thought I had a lot of chances, and I feel like she never let me take advantage of those chances.
advantage became bit emotional match obviously points seemed starting trying win
But once it got to 5-5 obviously it's a whole different match. She became a little bit emotional when she didn't win those match points and seemed really down even starting at 5-5, so I was just trying to take advantage of that.
along number player point year
But I've said all along one you get to this point in the year, really you see at the end of the year who the number one player is.
both felt second sloppy win
Both of us got a little sloppy in the second set. It felt really tiring. I felt like I got to win in two sets.
best goes tend tournament
I did not play my best and know I have to get better, but typically I tend to get better as the tournament goes on,