Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
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.
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.
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.
against happy top win
I feel pretty happy because that's my first win against a top 10 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.
finish gone happened lucky match middle pain second third win worse
It happened during my quarterfinal match, about the middle of the second set, ... I was so into the match I didn't really feel it, but I must say it got worse and the pain was aggravating. I was lucky to win the second set and the tiebreaker, because if we'd gone to a third set I probably wouldn't have had enough to finish off the 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.
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.
felt win
I had everything in my hands. I had 40-15 up. I felt if I could get the game, I would win the match.
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.
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.