46 Quotes by Nadia Petrova

I feel pretty happy because that's my first win against a top 10 player.

Today it was hard to challenge. She was going for winners and getting them. I tried to play my best, but I just couldn't do it.

It happened during my quarterfinal match, about the middle of the second set, ... I was so into the match I didn't really feel it, but I must say it got worse and the pain was aggravating. I was lucky to win the second set and the tiebreaker, because if we'd gone to a third set I probably wouldn't have had enough to finish off the match.

Our friendship came under a lot of stress when we started playing each other in the singles.

Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.

Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on the phone.

I was very motivated for today's match. I knew I would win the semifinal. I was in no doubt about the result. I gave everything I had. I stuttered a little in the second set, when Sugiyama won a few games, but I played my natural game in the tiebreaker.

I was very exhausted this morning. I didn't feel 100 percent, and actually I didn't really play my game. I did more defending than anything.

I was really feeling bad today, I think it was the heat. In the second set I had difficulties to move on court.