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
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.
amazing win
It's just amazing that I could come back and win it at the end.
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.
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.
forward looking lucky match matches save tough winning
It was a really tough match and I was lucky to save the match point. And I am looking forward to winning two more matches here.
champions great last
It will be a classic. She's just one of the great champions of the last 10 years.
I really don't know how it got to 6-0.
change helps kept served speeds stuck tactics tried
I really dominated. I stuck with my tactics and kept my concentration. I tried to change speeds on her backhand ... I served well. That helps a lot in exchanges.
few
In the end, it comes down to a few big points. If you make them, you win.
expect
I didn't know what to expect and I was very happy. They were there for me.
break needs pace rhythm start
When I'm ready, I would like to start serving. I know she does it and it's her way, but I think on the serve, you should go with the pace of the server. She needs the time, I guess. I don't think it's really to break my rhythm or something, it's just that she needs it.
bit draw event good personally played
Other tournaments are even more important to me personally because I, in the past, have never played really good here. But when I look at the draw and I see how big this event is, I, yeah, am a little bit frustrated.
behind cheering heard heart hurt people played second wish
It hurt a bit, ... I thought we were in Switzerland. I played my heart out all match, and all I heard were people cheering 'Flavia' and 'Italy.' They got behind me in the second set, but I wish they'd been with me from the start.