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
deserves goal great incentive kim totally worry
It's a great goal to have and it's a great kind of incentive this week. If it doesn't happen, it's not something that is going to worry me all that much. Kim totally deserves it.
gives goal great incentive reason
It's a great goal to have and a it's a great kind of incentive that gives me more reason to get up and go this week,
gets likely stay win
It is what it is, ... What's important is to see who gets it at the end of the year. If I win the US Open, its most likely to stay with me, so I'll concentrate on that.
easy expected felt few four handled last matches played row sets straight tough weeks win won
It's tough sometimes to play four weeks in a row and still to come out on top, ... I've played a lot of matches the last few weeks and I felt this whole week was a success. I won in straight sets every match, and it's not always easy to win when you're expected to win. I felt I handled that very well this week.
finish won
It's not really in my mind, ... If I won here, I wouldn't stop. I would finish the year.
fewer goal playing priority
It's not up in my priority list. My whole goal is just to get better. I'll be playing fewer tournaments this year, so it's inevitable.
bend hurts ok pick
It's OK after a lot of treatment, but sometimes hurts when I bend over to pick up something.
aggressive ball excited felt hitting move tennis
It's the kind of tennis I want to play. I felt like I was really aggressive and yet I could move well. I was consistent, hitting the ball hard. I'm very excited about that.
break came chance couple last match played playing points second start third turn win
It just came down to the one break. I had my chance to go for the break in the third, and to get back even in the last game, and I just didn't win those couple of points today. So you know, I didn't start the match playing well, but I was able to turn that around and start to play better and played well at the end of the second set. And even the third set I played okay.
bit came serve tired
It just came down to one break, ... I had my chance. I was getting a little bit tired and I didn't feel my serve was as accurate.
balls dictate few hard hit knew liked struck tennis trying
It was the kind of tennis I wanted to play. Even a few balls that I missed, I thought I struck the ball well, better than the other nights. I knew that she liked to dictate play so I was trying to overpower her and hit the ball hard and not let her have a lot of time.
tennis
It was the kind of tennis I wanted to play,
ability against best definitely knew played tough
It was a really tough match. I knew she definitely had the ability to be dangerous, and that was the best that she's played against me.
served tough
It was a tough match. I served well and didn't get a break, that was the important thing.