Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyamais a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won 6 singles titles and 37 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam women's doubles titles. Sugiyama held the all-time record, for both male and female players, for her 62 consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearances, until surpassed by Roger Federer in 2015 Wimbledon Championship by...
beginning concentration great maybe point seen smart thinking tried
I've seen her play better than today. She was thinking smart at the beginning. But maybe the concentration wasn't great today, up and down. I tried to just play every point and focus.
lost missing rhythm
I completely lost my rhythm after missing that smash,
serve
My serve wouldn't go in. It was a very frustrating game,
among hope japanese players top
I hope more Japanese players could come out even among the top 50.
difference focused gave last match night today won year
I won my first match of the year here last night and that really gave me a lot of confidence. Today I just focused on myself, on my rhythm, and not on my opponent. That was what made the difference for me today.
becomes couple fed fine last olympics schedule tight whenever
Whenever we have the Olympics or the Fed Cup, our schedule becomes very tight and I couldn't play the last couple of years. Everything is fine with me this year.