Anastasia Myskina Quotations

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

When we are on the court we forget that,

The fact that Lindsay is missing gives us an even bigger chance.

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.

But we can't play 365 days a year. We're human beings and can get tired or have a bad day. We can't just go on the court and be a robot.

Karolina's a tough player, ... She's obviously playing with a lot of confidence right now, but I've also had some good results lately, so I'll be going into the final believing I can win.

I think it was a good match, especially after Sydney (where she lost in the first round).

I think she can play rallies now. She has definitely improved a lot because she won Wimbledon.

I'm happy as this win will help my effort to regain a place in the top 10,

That's the worst I've ever played. What can you do when you play like that?

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

For my second match it's pretty good.

My real goal is the Olympics. It's going to be tough but it was very good preparation to play here.

I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing.

I've been getting better with every match, ... After a few games I was able to read her serve, which made it easier for me in the return games. I haven't won a title in a year now, so I'm really hoping I can do it tomorrow.

You play bad, you drop. You play good, you go up. If I can fight and be like, I don't know, calm on the court, then I can be Top 10 again. I'm not good enough for Top 10 right now. Definite. That's why I'm not there.

It's every time like this between us. We grew up together, we play together, we still compete together, so it's tough between us.

It's a tough match between us, it's every time like this. It's really poignant to win this match.

That really helps my confidence coming in here. It hasn't been all that good of a year.

It's amazing because I had to control my emotions, it's Roland Garros, a Grand Slam and I was playing against a friend.

It was a pretty tricky match against a determined opponent. I better get used to playing such opponents and get ready for tougher players as the tournament advances.

It was much tougher for me to play against Venus yesterday because she is playing on a much higher level. Today I knew that we had a great chance to win, and if I were to miss it that would have been terrible for the team.

It was a great match - she played incredible today.

It's very special to win this title because it's been nearly a year since I won a tournament. It's only the start of the indoor season, and this is a time of year I normally play well, so it's good for me to win here. I really want to be in the Top 10 at the end of the year, so this will obviously be good for my ranking.

I'm not on top of my game, but it's getting better and better. If I can my get confidence back it will be easier to play. My game is coming back, but my confidence isn't there yet. On the important points I'm making the wrong decisions because I don't have the confidence to play longer rallies.

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.

I'm playing well but she's confident right now,

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.

Hopefully Marat and I will do our best here because last year we lost and it was because of me most of the time,

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.

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.