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
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.
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,
good move
I think just generally, my footwork was really not good and it was uncomfortable to move around the court.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
complete player
She did everything so well. She was a complete player today, all over the court.