46 Quotes by Nadia Petrova

We both were on and off, ... We both had some great points and we both had some bad - a lot of unforced errors. But we both fought hard and stuck to the end.

We had break points, we had really bad points. We had a lot of unforced errors. It was a very tough match mentally, ... We both wanted to win. That's why we were a bit over-reacting, I can say.

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.

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.

She has good serves, very strong, attacks fast and goes for winners,

She had me running around so much. She was playing so well out there. We always seem to have matches like these.

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.

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 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.