Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrovais a Russian professional tennis player...
against forward good hopefully looking match played sure
I'm looking forward to my match against Ai. I have played her before and I'm sure that we will have a good match, hopefully put on a good show for the public.
felt win
I had everything in my hands. I had 40-15 up. I felt if I could get the game, I would win the match.
chances cleared gave head mistakes move simply
I just feel like I simply gave it away. I had all the chances in the first set...I mean, there's nothing I can do about it now. I can just go through my mistakes and get my head cleared from all this and just move forward.
arm certain good mental thinking
I'm very happy, it was a good mental win. When I went on today, I was certain about my arm and was not thinking about it at all. I didn't feel a thing.
came double fault
I had 40-15 up, I had everything in my hands, ... I don't know where the double fault came from, then I made two errors.
best difficult finish matches maybe stage sure time
I really had a difficult time today. Maybe it has to do with all the matches I have played. Energy-wise I wasn't in the best of shape. At one stage in the match I wasn't really sure if I was able to finish it.
beginning playing
In the beginning it was difficult. I haven't been playing well.
consistent cope easy expect hitter seems today
I didn't expect it to be so easy today because Vera is a consistent hitter but it seems today she couldn't cope with the wind.
absolutely against best delighted match played player today
I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here today against probably the best player of the tournament.
absolutely against best delighted match played player today
I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here in Doha today against probably the best player of the tournament.
beautiful cannot hard whatever wind
It's really hard with this weather. You just do whatever you need to. Unfortunately, with the wind you cannot play the beautiful game.
final further great happy played step tennis won
Sybille played great tennis today. But I am happy that I won and went through to the semis, ... I was in the final in 2003, so I would like to take it a step further this time.
aggressive energy extremely feeling fighting hard hot overall played recover today
It was extremely hot out there today and very hard to recover after long points, ... I was feeling like I was a little out of energy and a little uncoordinated during some points. Overall I played well but I think I played too defensively. I should have been more aggressive and fighting for every point.
grand happy slam soon title
Not at all. I think I can say it can be frustrating to be No. 1 and having no Grand Slam titles. I'm happy where I am and I still have a lot of years to go. I know one day soon the title will come and there will be more to follow.