Amelie Mauresmo
Amelie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo French pronunciation: is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon, and also won a Silver Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth5 July 1979
CountryFrance
bit consistent eager except finish happy maybe served
Overall, I'm very happy with the way I played. I served big and was consistent except at the end where I got maybe a little bit too eager to finish her off.
forward great looking match next number playing though week
It would be great (to end 2004 at number one), ... Hopefully, I can make it this week even though I know it will be very tough. She's been playing well also. I'm looking forward to the next match every day.
felt match seriously took
You know, I felt I took that match very seriously and didn't really let her get into the match,
our-world needs way
Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.
careers tennis given
There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it.
senior player thinking
I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.
sleep tennis able
Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.
want wells tournaments
When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.
growing-up winning thinking
Another factor is the education and culture in which you grow up. I didn't grow up in the culture of victory, where you are expected to be or have to be, the best. It was not at all like that in my family. Tennis was really a hobby. If it led to something, great. If not, there were other things in life. I think that was something I was missing at some points in my career, because when I see Hingis or the Williamses, you see how they were educated for this: to win, to be the best, a bit the American mentality. Number one. Number one. Number one. I didn't have this.
long stuff ready
My coach told me I had to expect, you know, some long rallies and stuff. So, you know, I was ready for this.
feelings asking pressure
The day I stop feeling the pressure and I'm just enjoying myself and taking it easy is when I'm 35, asking for a wild card and playing mixed doubles with Arnaud Clement.
thinking years trying
I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.
winning years half
When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasnt the case. I struggled.
life-lesson lessons way
Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.