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
head shake
We'll see. I think it's just one of those things where you shake your head about it in disbelief.
served tough
It was a tough match. I served well and didn't get a break, that was the important thing.
seemed serves tried trying
I was, today, trying to get a lot of just first serves in and not tried to go for too much, ... (It) seemed to work.
learn per served
Someone said she served at 125, 126 (miles per hour) here. So I have to learn some more about her.
fast felt helped serve trouble
I felt like I was in control, ... This is a really, really fast court. My serve really helped me and got me out of trouble all week.
balls consistent playing
I mean, when she's playing consistent and she can make more balls than she's missing, she's playing tough.
tennis
It was the kind of tennis I wanted to play,
settle
Didn't know that. Not important, ... We'll settle it once and for all at the end of the year.
tricky
It has been very tricky with the wind,
fewer goal playing priority
It's not up in my priority list. My whole goal is just to get better. I'll be playing fewer tournaments this year, so it's inevitable.
dealt injuries optimistic past worse
I've dealt with much worse injuries and things in the past so I'm pretty optimistic that it will heal.
bend hurts ok pick
It's OK after a lot of treatment, but sometimes hurts when I bend over to pick up something.
mine mission year
Its not a mission of mine to end the year No.1,
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.