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
beginning felt game point
That's what I wanted today, from the first point really making her play as much as I could, I did that very well at the beginning and felt my game was very effective.
impact matches moment recover tired
It is important to recover well because I feel very tired at the moment with the accumulation of matches and it is having an impact on my game.
tougher
The thing is the game is getting tougher and tougher and we have to ask a lot of our bodies.
dominated felt start
I really felt like I dominated from start to finish.
consistent court felt finish good loves points rhythm
I felt pretty good on the court out there today, ... I really felt my game, right from the beginning, was consistent and I didn't let her really get into her rhythm and finish the points pretty quickly, as she loves to do.
happy overall played tough
On my side, it was a little up and down, ... When someone doesn't let you get too much rhythm, it's tough to really get into a match. I think I played a little up and down, but overall I'm pretty happy to be going to the semifinals again.
events finished guess momentum months period since tough
It's two months now since we finished The Championships. I guess it's tough to keep the momentum going when you have such a long period between these two big events without having competition.
sleep tennis able
Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.
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.
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.
life-lesson lessons way
Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.