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 games generally good missing move moving position small steps
I think it was just generally that my footwork was really not good. I just felt uncomfortable moving around the court. I was missing the small steps to really have a good position and move good and come back in the games and to defend. So that was frustrating that I never got better.
happy improve issues returns serving timing
I think I still have some timing issues to improve to feel more comfortable, ... I was happy with the returns and serving so that was good.
against expected tougher
I expected it to be tougher against her.
definitely deserved faced lucky maybe opponent ready win
I faced an opponent who was just ready for everything I had today. She was maybe lucky in the first set to win it, but she was definitely better over the two sets. She deserved to win, but I made her play.
bit happy serve struggled
My serve was on. She struggled a bit with her reach, but I am happy with the way I played.
good move
I think just generally, my footwork was really not good and it was uncomfortable to move around the court.
anywhere ball bit definitely feeling happy miss normally struggling
I was not very happy with the way I played, but I got through. I'm really struggling a bit because normally here I just could place the ball anywhere I wanted and really not miss too many. So I definitely want to get that feeling back.
feeling serve
I was never really feeling my game. My serve was not really there.
advantage feeling happened match pushed rally rare tired took
I was just off, and she was all over me. She just took advantage and didn't let it go. I had the feeling when I rally with her, I was getting tired and pushed back too much, just too much power. It's really one of the rare ones where there was no match at all. I don't really know what happened to me.
I was just off and she was all over me.
game stay tough
Her game is so dominant. It's very tough to stay with her.
perfect played tennis
I am very happy. I think I played perfect tennis tonight.
handle played powerful pressure strokes
I could not handle the pressure because her strokes are so powerful and very deep. And she really played good, very solid.
beat few less
If I want to win, it's like she has to play less than 100 percent. If I want to beat her, really everything has to go my way. It's just very few times that that can happen.