Nadia Petrova Match Quotations

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.

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.

I really had a difficult time today. Maybe it has to do with all the matches I have played. Energy-wise I wasn't in the best of shape. At one stage in the match I wasn't really sure if I was able to finish it.

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

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

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.

I'm looking forward to my match against Ai. I have played her before and I'm sure that we will have a good match, hopefully put on a good show for the public.

I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here today against probably the best player of the tournament.

I am absolutely delighted with my effort. I played my best match here in Doha today against probably the best player of the tournament.

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.

I really dominated my games. She played a few good points ... I put so much pressure on here, I ended up with the match quite easy.

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.