Anastasia Myskina Quotes

Russia, Tennis Player
July 8, 1981

Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina is a former professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Subsequent to this victory, she rose to No. 3 in the WTA rankings, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to reach the top 3 in the history of the rankings. In September 2004, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 2. She has not retired officially, but has been inactive on the WTA Tour since May 2007.

When you've played two sets against the girl, you kind of know her game, and by the third set I was really comfortable.

Anastasia Myskina
- Game
- Comfortable
- Sets
I'd never played her before, so it took me a little while to get used to her game. I think it was a good test for me today, but I'll need to be even better tomorrow if I'm going to win.

Anastasia Myskina
- Game
- Win
- Test

I could not control my tennis. I'm defending my country. It's a different situation. You're not playing for yourself. There's so many people behind you and you think you're disappointing them.

Anastasia Myskina
- Country
- Tennis
- Defending
In Moscow I played the wrong tactic, so I changed it, ... I tried to make her move more and to force her backhand and as you see it worked really well.

Anastasia Myskina
- Move
- Played
- Tactic
I guess it's not my year right now. The wind changed the game a lot and, you know, there really was a big wind today but, you know, both of us were on the court.

Anastasia Myskina
- Game
- Change
- Wind
Right now it's really difficult to understand what I have to do on court, ... When the ball comes to me, I don' know what I have to do, where I have to put the ball. I have no confidence at all.

Anastasia Myskina
- Confidence
- Ball
- Court
When we are on the court we forget that.

Anastasia Myskina
- Forget
- Court
But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

Anastasia Myskina
- Play
- Practice
- Tennis