Elena Dementieva Playing Quotations

I play her so many times. I remember my first time playing in New York in Madison Square Garden, first round. When I saw the draw, I was almost like crying. I said, 'Ma, I want to go home.

It was another Williams today. She was playing different tennis today.

I was glad that I could change the match around after that bad first set, ... She was playing like she had nothing to lose, which makes it hard because she really went for winners and was so aggressive. I really wanted to play her again after losing to her last week.

Sometimes its not because she did so many mistakes for nothing, ... I was playing well from the beginning and maybe that's why she did so many mistakes from the beginning.

You can change the game around by playing an unbelievable point or return but taking a 12-minute timeout, I don't think it was fair play,

I felt I was playing well, even in the second set. I told myself to keep playing aggressively, to keep her moving as I felt fresh and she looked tired.

That means a lot to me. She's the No. 1 player in the world. It makes me feel that I can compete against such good players and I can achieve my goal to be No. 1 one day. Playing against Lindsay here in New York with the crowd support for her...it wasn't an easy match. I think that I could stay true and finish that well, it really meant a lot to me.

Martina is a good player and it's exciting to see her back. But that doesn't mean I won't be playing and I'll do everything possible to beat her.

We're not afraid because we're used to playing away. It's a great stadium and we're looking forward to playing there.

She was very aggressive from the first ball. She moved me around very well. I was playing kind of defensive all the time and that's what I don't like to do.

She was playing very well and it was a tough first match for me.

I watched her match last night and I was shocked by the way she was playing. She was playing unbelievable the whole year.

I had a feeling I'm playing against a wall. She was playing every single ball back to me and she was moving great. She likes to hit flat, she stayed aggressive, she was patient, she was waiting for my mistakes. The whole match, so consistent.

It was a tough first-round match. She has a pretty solid game, the whole package. She's very aggressive from the baseline. She's playing at a high level.

It was an added motivation. I was happy when I found out I would be playing her.

Maybe I was a little bit angry in the second set, but then I know if I want to win this match, I have to be focused, not think about what she did, ... ... I didn't take advantage of the first set, that I was playing so good. ... I just gave her a chance to play better in the second set, and she took the advantage of this.

I just had a feeling I was playing against the wall. She was playing every single ball back to me. She was so patient on the court.

I don't think I can change anything in my game, ... I feel disappointed with this loss, but at the same time I know how well I can play. It wasn't my day (Thursday) and she was playing unbelievably well. It's more than two days before I'll play my first match in the U.S. Open so I'll be OK.

I have never seen her playing that well.