Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
great main parents reason russians sacrifices top
Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.
hard today tried winners
Today it was hard to challenge. She was going for winners and getting them. I tried to play my best, but I just couldn't do it.
chances cleared gave head mistakes move simply
I just feel like I simply gave it away. I had all the chances in the first set...I mean, there's nothing I can do about it now. I can just go through my mistakes and get my head cleared from all this and just move forward.
ignore side tried
I just tried to ignore him completely. I didn't look at his side once.
best energy game points spend
I just wanted to get used to the surface, and I don't want to spend so much energy here, ... I'll try to play my best game and keep the points short.
dominated ended few good match played points pressure quite
I really dominated my games. She played a few good points ... I put so much pressure on here, I ended up with the match quite easy.
best far glad hold pull quite tennis thinking together
I really wasn't thinking I would get far this week. But I'm quite glad I could pull myself together and play my best tennis and be able to hold a trophy.
best difficult finish matches maybe stage sure time
I really had a difficult time today. Maybe it has to do with all the matches I have played. Energy-wise I wasn't in the best of shape. At one stage in the match I wasn't really sure if I was able to finish it.
arm certain good mental thinking
I'm very happy, it was a good mental win. When I went on today, I was certain about my arm and was not thinking about it at all. I didn't feel a thing.
came double fault
I had 40-15 up, I had everything in my hands, ... I don't know where the double fault came from, then I made two errors.
badly court difficult happens matter strength time win
I now know that no matter what happens out there, how badly I play or how badly I feel, I can still find the strength in me and win it. When I have a difficult time on court again, I will probably think of this final.
consistent cope easy expect hitter seems today
I didn't expect it to be so easy today because Vera is a consistent hitter but it seems today she couldn't cope with the wind.
absolutely against best delighted match played player today
I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here today against probably the best player of the tournament.
absolutely against best delighted match played player today
I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here in Doha today against probably the best player of the tournament.