Nadia Petrova Quotes (38 Quotes)

To be honest, this morning I didn't feel like playing. I have been here since Saturday and only played my first match on Thursday so I had a lazy feeling. But as soon as I stepped on court everything turned around and my legs felt back and I was ready to fight.

The winner of this weekend can really go far in the competition. This will be the hardest match for us.

I was really feeling bad today, I think it was the heat. In the second set I had difficulties to move on court.

Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on the phone.

Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.

I just wasn't feeling well this morning, and it became even worse as the match progressed. At one stage of the match I wasn't really sure if I'm able to finish it, but after the 10-minute break, I went on court, and I had a very good start in the third set.

I couldn't serve today, ... I've been struggling with a right pectoral strain since my last tournament, and yesterday after my three set match it seemed to get worse. I tried to fight through it, but in the third set it really started to hurt. Then my serve was just very off.

I was very motivated for today's match. I knew I would win the semifinal. I was in no doubt about the result. I gave everything I had. I stuttered a little in the second set, when Sugiyama won a few games, but I played my natural game in the tiebreaker.

I just took everything into my hands. I tried to sometimes be more precise, not go for angles, just put the ball in the court. I was really forcing her to do those mistakes. That actually worked out well today. Serving very good helped me to finish off the match easily.

She's a very tough competitor. She just doesn't give up at any stage of the match. She just goes for it and brings everything back. Either I have to play great tennis to beat her or I need to make the points shorter. Of course, serving well would help me a lot, too.

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.

Today it was hard to challenge. She was going for winners and getting them. I tried to play my best, but I just couldn't do it.

I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here today against probably the best player of the tournament.

I felt like she couldn't make huge winners against me on this surface.

This was the point, when I got really nervous, ... Being so close to my first title made my legs disappear.

It's a wonderful feeling, ... I have worked so hard for this to happen and now it's come true.

I knew it would be tough, especially because Patty is playing in great form, ... But I beat her two years ago and I was certain I had the potential to repeat this success.

She played very good tennis. But what really helped her to be so much in the points and getting all the balls is because that center court is so much slower than all the other courts. It just has too much clay on it.

Every year, I've been doing better and better, playing more consistent and winning more matches. Hopefully, I'll get more and more titles this year.

It's really hard with this weather. You just do whatever you need to. Unfortunately, with the wind you cannot play the beautiful game.

I am very disappointed I can't play. I was looking forward to my semi-final match.

I was prepared for a long match today. The less time I had to spend on court, the better. I was trying to make the points shorter and save some energy.

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.

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.

I was very exhausted this morning. I didn't feel 100 percent, and actually I didn't really play my game. I did more defending than anything.

There have been a lot of strange calls. I felt really uncomfortable on the court because of that because we're playing one of the best Grand Slam tournaments and (there's been) so many wrong calls.

It happened during my quarterfinal match, about the middle of the second set, ... I was so into the match I didn't really feel it, but I must say it got worse and the pain was aggravating. I was lucky to win the second set and the tiebreaker, because if we'd gone to a third set I probably wouldn't have had enough to finish off the match.

Definitely it's going to be very exciting and I'm very happy I've played lots of matches on clay so at the moment I'm feeling very confident. I'm really looking forward to the first match. I really enjoy the competition. Playing matches now, I feel much more relaxed on court and I think much clearer and that helps me a lot.

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.

I was prepared for a long match. As soon as I had an opportunity I was trying to make the points shorter and save energy. I'm happy with the consistency of my game, and I tried to keep it up and win as many points as possible.

I now know that no matter what happens out there, how badly I play or how badly I feel, I can still find the strength in me and win it. When I have a difficult time on court again, I will probably think of this final.

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.

It feels really good to finish off the week with the title. I felt like I could have done much more. On one hand, I was getting some free points from her side as well. I think we both didn't really play our best, but we both wanted to win and were trying as much as we could out there. I'm quite happy everything finished in two sets.

Hopefully, third time I'll be working.

The Russian tennis authorities can't claim any credit for the success many of the players are having on the professional circuit these days.

On a day like today, you don't get physically so tired, you get mentally very tired, because you really try to be more concentrated and be more sharp on court. I'm really happy that it went that way.

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.

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.