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
growing-up people grows
I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.
loss winning league
Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.
fun thinking play
I think when you start to do well and get your confidence back, everything becomes more fun. When you're playing with not your full capacity of confidence, I think things get a little tough. I knew I could be doing better than what I was doing. Even though I was ranked 5 or 4 or whatever it was, I wanted to get back to the level I thought I could play at.
trying one-day being-the-best
You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.
children divorce want
Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.
allowed broke errors few giving good
I made a few errors and allowed her to come back into the match, giving her confidence. She broke me a few times but I still managed to come back, and I feel good about that.
bigger challenge great occasion presents returning sure
I'm sure it will be a great, great atmosphere, ... It presents a bigger challenge and a bigger occasion being in Switzerland, for her. I'm really going to have to concentrate on returning serve.
ability encompass good handle players playing tennis trying
I'm one who can't handle anything but playing tennis and trying to be married, that's about good enough for me, ... But, you know, other players have the ability to encompass a lot more.
eight four hopefully matches played
I've played four matches in New Haven, four matches here, so it's been eight matches in two weeks. Hopefully that's enough matches,
winning fine bigs
I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.