Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskinais a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Subsequent to this victory, she rose to no. 3 in the WTA rankings, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to reach the top 3 in the history of the rankings. In September 2004, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2. Although she has not officially retired,...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth8 July 1981
effort happy help regain top win
I'm happy as this win will help my effort to regain a place in the top 10,
believing confidence final good obviously playing results tough
Karolina's a tough player, ... She's obviously playing with a lot of confidence right now, but I've also had some good results lately, so I'll be going into the final believing I can win.
worst
That's the worst I've ever played. What can you do when you play like that?
court forget
When we are on the court we forget that,
against played sets third
When you've played two sets against the girl, you kind of know her game, and by the third set I was really comfortable.
bad beings court days human tired
But we can't play 365 days a year. We're human beings and can get tired or have a bad day. We can't just go on the court and be a robot.
ball confidence difficult understand
Right now it's really difficult to understand what I have to do on court, ... When the ball comes to me, I don' know what I have to do, where I have to put the ball. I have no confidence at all.
easier few games hoping return title won year
I've been getting better with every match, ... After a few games I was able to read her serve, which made it easier for me in the return games. I haven't won a title in a year now, so I'm really hoping I can do it tomorrow.
calm fight good top
You play bad, you drop. You play good, you go up. If I can fight and be like, I don't know, calm on the court, then I can be Top 10 again. I'm not good enough for Top 10 right now. Definite. That's why I'm not there.
bigger fact gives lindsay missing
The fact that Lindsay is missing gives us an even bigger chance.
changed force moscow move played tried worked wrong
In Moscow I played the wrong tactic, so I changed it, ... I tried to make her move more and to force her backhand and as you see it worked really well.
confident playing
I'm playing well but she's confident right now,
best hopefully last lost year
Hopefully Marat and I will do our best here because last year we lost and it was because of me most of the time,
behind control defending people playing
I could not control my tennis. I'm defending my country. It's a different situation. You're not playing for yourself. There's so many people behind you and you think you're disappointing them.