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
played second third
I was just able to eke out the second set, and the third set I just played a lot better and she started to make a lot more unforced errors.
certainly hard knowing playing prepared worked
Knowing that I worked hard and knowing that I'm playing well certainly makes me feel very prepared going into Melbourne.
great perfect playing
I think it was great for me (because) I think that I was able to come through not playing perfect tennis.
best coming felt martina obviously players sure tough unless
I think that it's a very, very tough sport. Obviously Martina has been one of the best players that has ever played, so I'm sure she wouldn't be coming back unless she felt like she could make this transition.
grand judged slam title titles win
I want to win this title again. I think that you are really, at the end of the day, judged on how many Grand Slam titles you have, and probably how many titles you have.
good thank week
I want to thank myself for having such a good week here.
win
I want to win this again, and as long as I can keep going I have a chance.
counting days
I was actually a little nervous. I've been counting down the days because I wanted to play.
last scared time tried
I was a little scared going out. The last time I tried to play, it didn't go so well.
last nervous time tried
I was a little nervous out there because the last time I tried to play my back wouldn't let me,
build coming days forget grand great losing tennis win
I will never forget Wimbledon, it is something that I don't want to forget, ... There was great disappointment in losing that, but the great thing about tennis is that you have more tournaments and more Grand Slams. I have another one coming up in two days and I am going to try to win it and build some more memories.
foot goes hopefully hours swelling
If structurally there's nothing wrong, I'll put my foot up for 48 hours and hopefully the swelling goes down and it will be OK.
close final forward great looking match played players playing
I always play great players in the final here, ... Amelie and I played such a close match at Wimbledon, and I'm looking forward to playing her again.
almost died
I almost died when they said this was my 15th U.S. Open,