Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymondis an American retired professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name: 6 in women's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was fifteenth in October 1997...
eventually fast grind hang knew
They got off to a fast start, but we just had to hang in there. We knew we could eventually grind them down.
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I face Silvia Farina Elia in the next round and am looking forward to it as we played each other at the Olympics. I hope I can build on this win and go far in the tournament.
bit few last playing takes time together weeks
But it takes a bit of time to get used to playing together and the last few weeks has been great.
few past proven
She's proven it the past few weeks. She's only going to get better.
again came feeling fine momentum nice relaxed
It's unfortunate I wasn't able to do more with it. I had the momentum there. I was feeling really good. But then she came out just relaxed again after that break. It was nice to have the break, but at the same time, I had the momentum, so I was fine to keep going.
bed certainly front home miss nice sleep
It's so nice to come home and play in front of my friends and family, sleep in my own bed. I'm certainly going to miss that.
ball constantly disguises keeps trajectory
It's a ball trajectory that you're not used to. She disguises it so well. She constantly keeps you guessing.
couple matter past relaxing rest three time took weeks
It took us a couple weeks to get on track. It was just a matter of time of us getting used to each other, getting comfortable, relaxing a little bit. The rest is kind of history, the past three weeks.
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It never even crossed my mind to turn pro at 17 years old. I wasn't ready. Emotionally, I wasn't even close to being ready. My game, physically, I wasn't ready to be out here day in and day out. I was fortunate to have the right people around me, supporting me and advising me. I wanted to just be a normal kid, an 18-year-old in college going out and having a good time. I would not trade those two years for anything in the world.
emotional feels leads less nice partners played role
It's a new role for me. In the past, I've played partners that were the less emotional leader. Now, I kind of take that role and it feels good. It's nice to be the one who kind of leads the team. It's been a nice role for me.
beginning click couple familiar funny took work
Well, the funny thing is, we didn't click in the beginning. It took us a couple tournaments to get familiar with each other and work out the kinks.
ahead hanging hopefully nose
They started off well and we had to keep hanging in there and hopefully get our nose ahead eventually.
certain days doubles hard hour minutes next practice tournament work
I think we work hard as a team. We don't just go out there and take it for granted. On our days off, we go out there, as well as our singles, if we're still in the doubles tournament we have at least 45 minutes to an hour where we practice certain things that we need to do for the next match.
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If you are doing well, it is an incredible lifestyle.