Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenportis an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions, for a total of 98 weeks. She is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four timessince 1975; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. She has achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles as well...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth8 June 1976
CityPalos Verdes, CA
compete court definitely exciting force four grand slam three winners
It definitely would make it more exciting if three of the four Grand Slam winners were here. You can't force someone to go out on the court when they don't feel like they want to compete at this level.
feeling four games next second
I was up 2-1 in the second and for the next four games I was feeling really nauseous, like I was going to get sick,
eight four hopefully matches played
I've played four matches in New Haven, four matches here, so it's been eight matches in two weeks. Hopefully that's enough matches,
again control finish fired four games glad middle played row winning
I was really fired up to play well and I'm glad I did that, ... I was in control of most of the match, dictating most of the rallies and played very well winning those four games in a row in the middle of the first set and again to finish the match.
body days four fresh held next played win younger
I played well and my body held up. So I am thrilled. To win here, I need to play four days in a row. I am not getting any younger and I have to be fresh for my next match.
easy expected felt few four handled last matches played row sets straight tough weeks win won
It's tough sometimes to play four weeks in a row and still to come out on top, ... I've played a lot of matches the last few weeks and I felt this whole week was a success. I won in straight sets every match, and it's not always easy to win when you're expected to win. I felt I handled that very well this week.
errors few finish four game great second solid though
So even though I didn't play a great game at 2-3 in the second and put a few errors in and got broken, I was able to come back right away and finish off with four really solid games.
bizarre chance fate feeling felt four hands last year
It's great, ... It's really, really a bizarre feeling to put your fate in other people's hands so to speak. It's unbelievable to do it four times. I wouldn't have felt last year that I have a chance to do that again.
change
I think we want to change that this year,
side took upsets
I think it took away a lot of it, especially on the women's side . . . on the men's side, you have some upsets once in a while.
hope matter titles win
It is a milestone, ... I hope I get there. But 48 is still pretty amazing, no matter what happens, and it's been great. I couldn't have guessed that I would win that many titles in my career, so I will try and get the 50.
couple fast games great last match
You always want to get the match over with as fast as you can, ... But I've got to say, she did play some great shots. The last couple of games were really close.
beaten players plays soon top
I still feel like I would have beaten a lot of players today. She's going to be at the top as soon as she plays more and more.
side struggled
I struggled a lot on one side of the court,