Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyderis a Swiss professional tennis player. She reached number 7 in the world rankings. She twice defeated a reigning world no. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup and Jennifer Capriati at the 2002 Family Circle Cup. In addition, she defeated former number 1s Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth14 December 1978
against looks loses shaky tactics trying
She's always trying to play tactics against me ... but if it's not working 100 percent, she looks shaky and she loses her rhythm.
maybe
She's maybe a little favorite. But I think I have a shot.
fight focus good run second
She had a pretty good run in the second set and I really had to fight back and focus on every point,
complete player
She did everything so well. She was a complete player today, all over the court.
difficult great happy match player win
She's a great player and I'm really happy to win such a difficult match and to win overall,
ball great happy played racket start strings strung today
She played great today and from the start I was not there. I couldn't feel the ball as well as I would like to. I was not happy with the strings at all. I couldn't get the racket strung the way I wanted it.
forces huge move present pressure puts tough
She puts huge pressure on me. She is so present on the court. She really forces you back. It's tough to get the rallies going and move her around.
chance change hit powerful return speeds strong sustain tried
She made some mistakes. But when she hit the ball, it was so strong that I had no chance to sustain rallies. I tried to change speeds a bit, but her forehand return was powerful today.
cheering love next time
I have just two things to say, ... Rainer (Hofmann, her husband), I love you, and to the crowd, next time try cheering for me in the first set as well.
felt five match
I felt like I had her there. Of course, if you come back from five match points, no way you are going to lose.
crowd point support
I told the crowd 'Please support me from the first point on tomorrow,
australia chance further great last love tournament
It's the first tournament of the year, but I love being in Australia and I love the conditions. It's a great chance for me to go even further than last year.
amazing win
It's just amazing that I could come back and win it at the end.
fight focus good happy next ready run second turned
It was really tough. She had a pretty good run in the second set and I really had to fight back and focus on every point. But I was really happy the way it turned out at the end of the second set and I feel ready for my next opponent.