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
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It?s just not something that I, at this age, can really focus on, ... where I don?t feel like I can play as much as some of the younger girls. Unfortunately, while our tour does reward quality, it also rewards quantity.
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It seems like the top women are really stepping up and have been getting through with relative ease. It's hard to sound too cocky about that. I think normally there's a few more closer matches in there.
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It seems like the top players are really stepping up and have been getting through with relative ease,
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It's extremely difficult, but we couldn't have it any other way. I don't think we'd be together if he just quit his job and carried my bags around the tour. That's our relationship. We're both very motivated, strong-willed people. It takes a huge effort and sacrifice on both our parts to make everything work, and it's always a work in progress and a discussion and everything that goes with that.
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It's extremely difficult, but we couldn't have it any other way,
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It's fantastic when you're done (and) you're watching everyone else in the locker room sweat it out, but it's very tough when rain interrupts play. A lot of time it can change the momentum. Players get stiff, you're always unsure of when it will stop. And I think certain players are personally unprepared for it at certain venues. At Wimbledon, you're always looking up, like, ?OK, one more game.' I don't think anyone would have expected a long rain delay here in the desert.
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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.
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It was the kind of tennis I wanted to play,
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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.
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It was a tough match. I served well and didn't get a break, that was the important thing.
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It was a strange match with lots of ups and downs from both of us. I started off really well, but from 3-all in the second set, I missed a few and she stepped it up. I got off to a good start at the beginning of the third, and I think that settled the matter. Her level dropped again and I was able to take advantage.
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It was a terrible match. People asked me if I was hurt (the residue of a back injury that bothered her during the Wimbledon final against Venus Williams). I wish I could say that. Unfortunately, I felt fine. At Wimbledon, I played my heart out and played really well and I totally got beat. Against Elena, I felt a lot of it had to do with me.
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I want to play those grand slams again and I want to be able to play girls like Lindsay in the grand slams there are still so many things that I would like to achieve in tennis.
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(It) took me about the middle of the first set till I really felt like I was hitting the ball with more authority and moving forward,