Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
consistency happy opportunity points prepared save soon tried trying win
I was prepared for a long match. As soon as I had an opportunity I was trying to make the points shorter and save energy. I'm happy with the consistency of my game, and I tried to keep it up and win as many points as possible.
happy mentally physically sharp
On a day like today, you don't get physically so tired, you get mentally very tired, because you really try to be more concentrated and be more sharp on court. I'm really happy that it went that way.
against happy top win
I feel pretty happy because that's my first win against a top 10 player.
grand happy slam soon title
Not at all. I think I can say it can be frustrating to be No. 1 and having no Grand Slam titles. I'm happy where I am and I still have a lot of years to go. I know one day soon the title will come and there will be more to follow.
final further great happy played step tennis won
Sybille played great tennis today. But I am happy that I won and went through to the semis, ... I was in the final in 2003, so I would like to take it a step further this time.
clay clearer court definitely enjoy exciting feeling forward happy helps looking lots matches moment played playing relaxed
Definitely it's going to be very exciting and I'm very happy I've played lots of matches on clay so at the moment I'm feeling very confident. I'm really looking forward to the first match. I really enjoy the competition. Playing matches now, I feel much more relaxed on court and I think much clearer and that helps me a lot.
circuit claim credit players russian success tennis
The Russian tennis authorities can't claim any credit for the success many of the players are having on the professional circuit these days.
consistent playing titles winning
Every year, I've been doing better and better, playing more consistent and winning more matches. Hopefully, I'll get more and more titles this year.
fast finish lost match
I wanted to finish the match as fast as I could, ... Sometimes, I dehydrated and lost energy.
adjust ball beginning difficult found played return served struggled took
At the beginning it took me a while to adjust to the lights, ... I found it difficult to see the ball and struggled a little on my return of serve. Other than that though, I think I served well and played well on important points.
bad feeling move second
I was really feeling bad today, I think it was the heat. In the second set I had difficulties to move on court.
against missing nearly playing quick second
I was playing very aggressively and wasn't missing much, but in the second set she really improved. She wasn't missing anything. It was like playing against a wall. She's also very quick and she was getting to nearly every ball.
almost giving number phone quite
Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on the phone.
doubt few game gave knew motivated natural played second win won
I was very motivated for today's match. I knew I would win the semifinal. I was in no doubt about the result. I gave everything I had. I stuttered a little in the second set, when Sugiyama won a few games, but I played my natural game in the tiebreaker.