46 Quotes by Nadia Petrova

I was playing very aggressively and wasn't missing much, but in the second set she really improved. She wasn't missing anything. It was like playing against a wall. She's also very quick and she was getting to nearly every ball.

There are many good players and pretty tough first-round matches. Things will be hard for me, as early as my first match.

At the beginning it took me a while to adjust to the lights, ... I found it difficult to see the ball and struggled a little on my return of serve. Other than that though, I think I served well and played well on important points.

Every year, I've been doing better and better, playing more consistent and winning more matches. Hopefully, I'll get more and more titles this year.

The Russian tennis authorities can't claim any credit for the success many of the players are having on the professional circuit these days.

I wanted to finish the match as fast as I could, ... Sometimes, I dehydrated and lost energy.

Definitely it's going to be very exciting and I'm very happy I've played lots of matches on clay so at the moment I'm feeling very confident. I'm really looking forward to the first match. I really enjoy the competition. Playing matches now, I feel much more relaxed on court and I think much clearer and that helps me a lot.

It was extremely hot out there today and very hard to recover after long points, ... I was feeling like I was a little out of energy and a little uncoordinated during some points. Overall I played well but I think I played too defensively. I should have been more aggressive and fighting for every point.

It's a wonderful feeling, ... I have worked so hard for this to happen and now it's come true.