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
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.
ball felt hitting panicked uptight within
I felt within myself. I felt like I was hitting the ball well and I wasn't panicked and I wasn't uptight about anything.
felt
I felt that I wasn't even close, to be honest,
change played
I feel like I've never really played all that well at Staples, and I'd like to change that.
excited win year
I am very excited I was able to win here, my first year here,
barely matches winning
I feel a lot better than I did at the French, when I was barely winning matches and sets.
against believe compete couple draw help players top tough
I don't necessarily believe that everyone here is 100 percent. But everyone in the draw is really what we need. I think as the players get more healthy, and the top players get to compete against each other more and more, it's really going to help our sport. We've had a tough couple years.
enjoy husband marriage playing priority single three weeks willing
I'm not playing for the ranking or I would play every single tournament. I play because I enjoy it and want to do more but my husband and marriage is my priority and being away for three weeks is not something I'm willing to do right now.
challenges clay curious fans sold somebody third understand unlimited
I'm not sold on only two challenges in a set. On clay courts, we have unlimited challenges. I'm curious to see if somebody is down 5-6 in the third set and they have used up their challenges. Are fans going to understand that?