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
cnn country disaster hit horrors natural seems turn worst
You feel so removed. It's in the same country, yet it seems like everyone here is concentrating on tennis. All you have to do is turn on CNN to see the horrors that are there. The worst natural disaster that's probably ever hit our country has hit us right now, and yet you feel so removed from it.
allow ball felt hitting stepping winners
It felt great. I feel like I didn't allow her to do too much with her game, and I was hitting a lot of winners and stepping in and hitting the ball hard.
ball balls bit consistent either felt hitting match played playing rhythm second top
On the second set, I felt like I was playing well and hitting the ball well, ... First set, I just don't think either of us played all that well. ... But as the match went on, I felt like I was getting much better rhythm and on top of the balls and being a little bit more consistent with my shot.
ball good hard hit hopefully moves sharp tough
She was very good. She hit the ball very hard and she moves very well and has a good backhand, so that's a tough match. Hopefully I'll be really sharp and on my toes.
ball balls control early felt games given hitting letting problems step struggling
She's given me some problems in the past. In Australia, I was really struggling to control the points, ... Here today, I felt like even some of the games I lost, I was dictating the points, hitting the ball well, not letting her take the balls early and step in.
ball excited hitting
My back was not a problem. I was consistent, hitting the ball hard, and I am very excited about that.
biggest double fault gone hit matches matter miss practice rhythm scared serve
I can tell in the motion, ... Sometimes you can double fault and miss serve, but hit it really well. I just feel like it's just a rhythm thing. Hopefully, the more I serve and the more I practice it and the more I do it in matches it'll come back. It's one of my biggest weapons. I'm not scared that it's gone away. It just is a matter of me being able to hit it more.
aggressive ball excited felt hitting move tennis
It's the kind of tennis I want to play. I felt like I was really aggressive and yet I could move well. I was consistent, hitting the ball hard. I'm very excited about that.
advantage hit knows moment problem second serve sure time
You try and really take advantage of that. The problem is a lot of times you don't know what you get. It could be the tightest moment and she'll try to hit her second serve at 105 or 110 mph. Another time it comes in at 55. I'm not sure if she knows what she's going to do.
advantage hit knows moment problem second serve sure time
You try and really take advantage of that, ... The problem is a lot of times you don't know what you get. It could be the tightest moment and she'll try to hit her second serve at 105 or 110 mph. Another time it comes in at 55. I'm not sure if she knows what she's going to do.
bizarre close feeling finally hit knew match pride walking
It was a bizarre feeling walking out because I knew before the match I was in, ... There was really nothing for me to play for. When I got close to losing, finally the pride hit me and I got going.
ball control hit nice prefer tennis
It was nice to hit the ball better and be in control of points, ... That's the kind of tennis I prefer to play.
balls dictate few hard hit knew liked struck tennis trying
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.
authority ball felt hitting middle moving till took
(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,