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
age europe family home husband stage three weeks
I'm better off at home with my family and my husband than being in Europe for three weeks at this age and at this stage of my career,
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In the first set I felt so wild,
anyone positive recall tested
I don't recall anyone right now who has tested positive on the women's tour.
I didn't feel like I was at my sharpest,
either happy played second win
I didn't think either of us played that well in the first set. But I played a lot better in the second set and I am very happy to win the title.
either played
I didn't think either of us played that well in the first set,
played typical
I didn't play great, but I thought she played very smart, which is typical for her. That's what she does best.
best coming confidence expect gives playing title win
I didn't know what to expect coming back after my injury, but to win the title without playing my best gives me a lot of confidence going into the US Open.
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.
american-athlete criticized showing
We get criticized for showing no personality, then we get penalized when we do.
coming definitely grand players seeing seven six younger
We definitely are seeing more and more players coming through. A lot of the younger players are doing well. Now there are six or seven players who could take a Grand Slam.