Richard Krajicek
Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicekis a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament, he defeated Pete Sampras in straight sets. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000. Since 2004, Krajicek has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. He is also the author of various sports books. Krajicek...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth6 December 1971
I felt like I was going to throw up. I couldn't even see the ball because my eyes were burning.
Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer.
Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.
My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time.
But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.
It's a pity some players couldn't come because of injuries. But the level of tennis we witnessed was very high.
It was a tough week -- of five matches here I've won three in three sets,
You know, you're smelling the hot dogs and people were shouting during the points to each other or something,
Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.
Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch
Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin
But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things
Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to
I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I serving well, but I was also breaking these other guys, and they felt the pressure