Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
attacks fast goes good
She has good serves, very strong, attacks fast and goes for winners,
matches playing running seem
She had me running around so much. She was playing so well out there. We always seem to have matches like these.
bad bit both break match tough
We had break points, we had really bad points. We had a lot of unforced errors. It was a very tough match mentally, ... We both wanted to win. That's why we were a bit over-reacting, I can say.
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.