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.
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.
beginning compete consistent forward game good looking matches obviously playing predicted trying week win
I wouldn't have necessarily predicted that at the beginning of the week, ... I didn't know how my game would be. Obviously I am a consistent performer, but the way everything has kind of panned out it's been a good week for me, just trying to win matches and trying to be out there and win and compete when I don't feel like I am playing my best, and looking forward to another opportunity.
hopefully points possible short towards trying
I was trying to keep the points as short as possible towards the end. Hopefully it will get better each day that passes.
balls dictate few hard hit knew liked struck tennis trying
It was the kind of tennis I wanted to play. Even a few balls that I missed, I thought I struck the ball well, better than the other nights. I knew that she liked to dictate play so I was trying to overpower her and hit the ball hard and not let her have a lot of time.
few games hard people points short trying
It's hard when there's people around because you really don't want that to happen. I was trying to keep the points short for a few games there.
break felt knew played rusty trying
I knew I'd be rusty and trying to find my rhythm. I felt I got a break at 4-4 in the first set. After that, I played calmer and more consistent.
encouraged experience gets match nerves nice tight whenever
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.
bizarre huge manages positive stay
She's a huge fighter. She manages to stay very positive in some bizarre circumstances in matches.
bali excited glad means players thinking win won
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.
likely stay win
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.
annoyed desire felt heart hope played time totally
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.
explain
I really don?t know how to explain it,