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
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,
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.
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.
excited five leave matches nice row starting year
I'm really excited about starting the year like this. It's always nice to play five matches in a row like this and leave a place as a champion.
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.
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.
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.
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.