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
closer confidence felt further good hope playing score season
It was a little closer than the score indicates, but I felt it was a good first match. I'm playing with a lot of confidence right now after this season and I hope I can go a lot further in this tournament.
advantage attention happened lost took
I don't know really what happened to me. She just took advantage and didn't let it go. I just lost my attention a bit. Off the long wait, I don't know. I could really never feel comfortable.
close french good lost mary open played run
I can feel it happening. I (could) tell after I lost in the French Open to Mary Pierce. She had an unbelievable run and I played close. But close is not good enough for me. I want to get to a final.
few home move proud support weeks wish
I wish we could play more weeks here and why not the U.S. Open, move it down to Charleston. They make me feel at home and it's just a very few weeks where you really feel that support and I'm proud of it.
lucky maybe win
She was maybe lucky in the first set, a little bit, to win it. Sometimes it's like that.
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.