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
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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.
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People believe what they believe. You hear about women playing only three sets while men play five,
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There's going to be a void in my life when (tennis is) gone. I've never been one to sit around. I tried it once and after three days, it was like, 'This sucks, I'm so bored, I have no purpose.' I do know, number one, that I want to start a family and have kids. So, as far as having another career, I think that would be tough to do right away.
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I'm not playing for the ranking or I would play every single tournament. I play because I enjoy it and want to do more but my husband and marriage is my priority and being away for three weeks is not something I'm willing to do right now.
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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.
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I was really encouraged by how the first set went, ... and at the same time, I got a really tight set under my belt. You get nerves whenever a match gets that close, so it was nice to experience that again.
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She's a huge fighter. She manages to stay very positive in some bizarre circumstances in matches.
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I am really excited to win over 50 titles, ... That means a lot to me as not many players have won that. I was thinking about it after I won Bali and was glad to be able to do it here right off the bat.
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If I win the U.S. Open, I'll most likely stay there. So I'll just concentrate on that.
counting days
I was actually a little nervous. I've been counting down the days because I wanted to play.
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I hope I have that desire in me when the time comes. I'm annoyed at the moment. At Wimbledon, I played my heart out and totally got beat. Today, I felt like a lot of it had to do with me.
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I really don?t know how to explain it,
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New York has its ups and downs for every player.
conclusion limited
After all these years, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to play a very limited schedule.