Lindsay Davenport Few Quotations

Watching her play a little bit the first few rounds, I thought Venus looked like she was playing well.

She gave me a few errors, which always helps,

She is a great competitor, one of the few pure lefties on the tour,

That's way too far ahead, ... I'm so excited to be in the quarters. I'm going to leave it at that. I would love to answer that question in a few more days, but right now I'm just ecstatic to be where I am.

We had a few really close games in the beginning that I was able to come through. It seemed like as the match went on, she probably lost a little confidence, and I felt like I was playing better and better.

It seems like the top women are really stepping up and have been getting through with relative ease. It's hard to sound too cocky about that. I think normally there's a few more closer matches in there.

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.

It was a strange match with lots of ups and downs from both of us. I started off really well, but from 3-all in the second set, I missed a few and she stepped it up. I got off to a good start at the beginning of the third, and I think that settled the matter. Her level dropped again and I was able to take advantage.

It's tough sometimes to play four weeks in a row and still to come out on top, ... I've played a lot of matches the last few weeks and I felt this whole week was a success. I won in straight sets every match, and it's not always easy to win when you're expected to win. I felt I handled that very well this week.

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.

So even though I didn't play a great game at 2-3 in the second and put a few errors in and got broken, I was able to come back right away and finish off with four really solid games.

I made a few errors and allowed her to come back into the match, giving her confidence. She broke me a few times but I still managed to come back, and I feel good about that.

... But I think normally there's a few more closer matches.

You used to get a lot more really tough battles in the first few rounds,