Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
fight last match seemed serve since strain struggling third three tried yesterday
I couldn't serve today, ... I've been struggling with a right pectoral strain since my last tournament, and yesterday after my three set match it seemed to get worse. I tried to fight through it, but in the third set it really started to hurt. Then my serve was just very off.
less match points prepared save spend time trying
I was prepared for a long match today. The less time I had to spend on court, the better. I was trying to make the points shorter and save some energy.
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.
beat brings either goes great help points serving stage tennis tough
She's a very tough competitor. She just doesn't give up at any stage of the match. She just goes for it and brings everything back. Either I have to play great tennis to beat her or I need to make the points shorter. Of course, serving well would help me a lot, too.