Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dentis a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth24 April 1981
bar bit moving step
We just have to try to step up and be a little bit better, ... just keep moving the bar up a little bit.
bit experts kindness matches react second seeing seem side
I don't really react too much to what they say, ... I think they kind of see what they want to see. They seem to be experts on my tennis, seeing me play one or two matches a year. I find that a bit humorous. You know, there's always a second side to a story.
bit expert few jim lose matches people react seeing seem
I don't really react too much to what Patrick McEnroe and Jim Courier says. They kind of see what they want to see sometimes. I've had discussions with a few people why I lose matches. They seem to be the expert on my tennis, seeing me play one or two matches a year. I find that a bit humorous.
bit chin
It's a bit of a bummer, but I just have to take it on the chin and keep working on it.
bad cheering lose match players soon start
As soon as you try to start controlling what the other players are doing, you're going to find yourself pretty frustrated, ... At the end of the day, I am not going to lose the match because he's cheering on my bad shots.
battling couple double four game hit next problem serve serves
The problem I'm battling with is the consistency. I can serve four aces one game and come out the next game, hit a couple of double faults, not make any first serves and get broken.
bottom trying win
Bottom line, everybody's trying to win out there,
affects days disservice extremely few final masters match prepare recover series tournament
I am extremely disappointed to still feel the affects of the final match in Indianapolis. I'd be doing the tournament and myself a disservice to go out there at 50 percent. I'm going to take a few days to recover and prepare for the ATP Masters Series events.
lack last lost match matches pay percent played reason serve year
I lost this match for the same reason I lost 99 percent of my matches over the last year and a half; my serve let me down. He played awesome; he made me pay for my lack of serving.
felt physically
Physically I felt great. He didn't put me under that much pressure.
advantage blocked guys mark returns taking
The advantage is going to be with guys taking those blocked returns out of the air. Mark my words.
games guy hit pass playing possible return short theory track winners
My theory on return games is making the guy play as much as possible and if I get a short ball, I'm going to come in and make him pass me, ... But God, he hit a lot of winners and was playing really well. I had to track down a lot of balls.
doubles guess rid shame
I feel like it would be a shame to get rid of doubles, but I guess it's on the doubles players' responsibilities to find a way to make it lucrative.
bad cheering lose match
If I was his coach, though, I'd say keep doing it. At the end of the day, I'm not going to lose the match because he's cheering on my bad shots.