Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva; born 15 October 1981) is a retired Russian tennis player. Dementieva won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won 16 WTA singles titles, reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open and reached seven other Grand Slam semi finals. Dementieva was also part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Fed Cup, won the 2002...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth15 October 1981
win
Usually I like to win 7-6 in the third,
early fast felt match means move nervous pressure wake
To play at 10 o'clock, that means you have to wake up at 6 and when you go for your warm-up you don't feel fast enough because it's early in the morning, ... I wasn't nervous about it, but during the match I felt that I didn't move that well and she just put a lot of pressure on me.
ask people recognize security
Yes, people do recognize me and ask for autographs, ... But people are friendly. I don't feel like I need security here.
easy solid step win
Yes, I think she is, but it's not easy to win a title, ... I think that's one more step that she can do because she has a pretty solid game. She's still pretty young.
nervous like-you said
I just said to myself, She's just like you, you know, she can be nervous
men thinking games
Just look at Andy Roddick. He has the biggest serve on the men's tour and he's not the No. 1 because other parts of his game are not so good. I think it's more important to have the desire and the other parts of your game.
thinking play differences
When you play a tiebreaker, you dont have time to think of anything, ... You have to go for your shots because one shot can make such a difference. Thats the kind of shot that can break an opponent.
revenge excuse lost
I would like to take revenge but I'm not looking for excuses for having lost to her
perfect trying hard
You don't have to be perfect, but you have to try hard. And I did all the time.
against difficult focused four hours likes match patty
Like I said, it was a difficult match to play after four hours waiting. You know when you play against Patty Schnyder , you're very focused on what she likes to do, what she doesn't like to do.
focused stay trying
I've never had such a long break. I was trying just to keep warm, stay focused because that was pretty long.
minutes played saw
So when I saw that we'd played just 35 minutes and I was a set and 4-0, I thought, that's not enough.
thinking player together
I am working on it but I don't thinking having a good serve is the most important thing. It is about a lot of things coming together that makes you a good player.
afraid forward great looking playing stadium
We're not afraid because we're used to playing away. It's a great stadium and we're looking forward to playing there.