Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyderis a Swiss professional tennis player. She reached number 7 in the world rankings. She twice defeated a reigning world no. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup and Jennifer Capriati at the 2002 Family Circle Cup. In addition, she defeated former number 1s Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth14 December 1978
amazing win
It's just amazing that I could come back and win it at the end.
amazing greatest player win
This is huge. I really think she is the greatest clay-court player there is at the moment. It's just amazing that I could come back and win it at the end.
calm close confidence court few games hit hold lucky means nervous serve stayed thinking third victory winners
There was a lot going on. In the first set, she was not on the court yet, and I was there. So I was really quick. Then I think it was pretty close all the games, and I started to be really nervous thinking too many things. Because it would be my first victory at the Championships and it means so much to me, I got too nervous. I couldn't play anymore. In the third set, I just stayed calm and was so lucky to hold my serve the first few games to get my confidence back and hit some winners and serve well.
forward looking lucky match matches save tough winning
It was a really tough match and I was lucky to save the match point. And I am looking forward to winning two more matches here.
lucky maybe win
She was maybe lucky in the first set, a little bit, to win it. Sometimes it's like that.
difficult great happy match player win
She's a great player and I'm really happy to win such a difficult match and to win overall,
definitely deserved faced lucky maybe opponent ready win
I faced an opponent who was just ready for everything I had today. She was maybe lucky in the first set to win it, but she was definitely better over the two sets. She deserved to win, but I made her play.
finals past reached
I'm not too disappointed because I've reached two finals in the past two weeks,
clever games hard hit pace slower stick
The first four-to-five games I had to stick with her pace and her hard serves. She hit some clever shots, like slower ones to my backhand.
beginner beginning coordinate dizzy feeling felt hands legs second three
I started to feel unwell at the beginning of the second set, after two or three games. I was feeling dizzy like I couldn't coordinate what my legs and what my hands were doing. I felt like a beginner out there.
advantage feeling final maybe serve struggled three
I'm very disappointed, the way the whole final went. I was never really feeling my game. My serve was not really there, and also maybe she struggled for two, three games, but I could not really take advantage of it.
competing forward looking los playing
I'm playing well and looking forward to competing in Los Angeles.
forces huge move present pressure puts tough
She puts huge pressure on me. She is so present on the court. She really forces you back. It's tough to get the rallies going and move her around.
crowd point support
I told the crowd 'Please support me from the first point on tomorrow,