Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
beautiful cannot hard whatever wind
It's really hard with this weather. You just do whatever you need to. Unfortunately, with the wind you cannot play the beautiful game.
aggressive energy extremely feeling fighting hard hot overall played recover today
It was extremely hot out there today and very hard to recover after long points, ... I was feeling like I was a little out of energy and a little uncoordinated during some points. Overall I played well but I think I played too defensively. I should have been more aggressive and fighting for every point.
happen hard wonderful worked
It's a wonderful feeling, ... I have worked so hard for this to happen and now it's come true.
bad both fought great hard points stuck
We both were on and off, ... We both had some great points and we both had some bad - a lot of unforced errors. But we both fought hard and stuck to the end.
early good hard players tough
There are many good players and pretty tough first-round matches. Things will be hard for me, as early as my first match.
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.
against forward good hopefully looking match played sure
I'm looking forward to my match against Ai. I have played her before and I'm sure that we will have a good match, hopefully put on a good show for the public.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.