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Post by Jasper on Jun 17, 2003 18:58:32 GMT -5
Lindsay's campaign at Eastbourne begins tomorrow, I believe, against Silvia farina Elia. Davenport looks ready to capture a second Eastbourne title this week, as long as she is fit and healthy. A poster from the recently-departed WTAworld saw Lindsay practicing in London and said she was looking great! Plus, L + L are already in the second round of dubs. Any TOP members lurking around here?
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Post by Jasper on Jun 18, 2003 22:15:30 GMT -5
-- Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport lost in yet another injury comeback, beaten by Italy's Silvia Farina Elia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) in the wind at Eastbourne on Wednesday. ``It wasn't a nice way to play tennis because win or lose you don't feel like you've hit the ball well,'' Davenport said. ``But I fought hard to come back and had some chances, but she came up with some good serves.'' Davenport has been slowed by foot problems and this was her third injury comeback of the year. She said she had no trouble with her foot. Davenport had won each of her five previous meetings with Farina Elia, but she was physically worn down after the two-hour, 13-minute match. "The knee feels good, but the foot is frustrating," said Davenport, who missed half of last year following knee surgery and is now bothered by a nerve problem in her foot. "So far, it's (the foot) holding up well after a cortisone shot. But my body breaks down more often than it used to. I guess that's what happens when you get older."
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Post by Jasper on Jun 21, 2003 23:28:04 GMT -5
Another doubles title. 2003 Eastbourne Doubles Final (2) Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond (USA/USA) d. (WC) Jennifer Capriati Magui Serna (USA/ESP) 63 62 Should give her confidence, or at least practice on the grass, going into the Big W.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 21, 2003 23:34:49 GMT -5
Looking good, as always: (Hastings Direct - Eastbourne) Player party: Lindsay Davenport with former LTA chief, Sir Geoffrey Cass (Hastings Direct - Eastbourne) Player party: Doubles partners and good friends, Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond Love that shirt, Linds. ;D
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Post by Jasper on Jun 22, 2003 19:04:54 GMT -5
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Post by Lee on Jun 23, 2003 10:20:29 GMT -5
Congrat Lindsay on her win today She is still not playing her best and doesn't show an emotions at all even winning the match! Hopefully, she will get better in next rounds!
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Post by vaiva on Jun 23, 2003 10:41:10 GMT -5
Congrats Lindsay. A win is a win, even though she barelly scraped through this match. Please find more motivation
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Post by Jasper on Jun 23, 2003 21:45:41 GMT -5
Lindsay Davenport - Day 1 Monday, June 23, 2003 Q. You got a cortisone shot last week. How are you feeling? What happened?> LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, my foot right now for the most part is feeling pretty good. I haven't had a bad episode here yet. I think more than anything, you know, like whenever you're injured, it's just the preparation is a little bit altered. You know, in a perfect world, I'm not able to do everything that I would love to do ‑ and that sometimes I need to do. But with any injury, you just need to adapt and try and move forward from there. Q. How limited would you say you are, then?> LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I'm not limited in terms of moving around, I just have to be very careful of being on my feet too much. It's a nerve problem, and so the more you irritate it, the ‑ obviously ‑ more painful it is. So I'm, you know, supposed to, you know, just, you know, save it for the court and save it for the practice and hope that it doesn't become inflamed here. Q. Your husband wheel you around or...? > LINDSAY DAVENPORT: No, I was trying. I mean, it's tough. I mean, I went through this, obviously, being a lot more immobile last year with my knee. But what can you do? It's just one of those bad luck things. Q. I know you can't do much about it, but were you concerned? You didn't have a lot of singles match play on grass.> LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah. I mean, yeah, like I said, I would love to have this whole like last few months go a lot differently. But injuries are something that most players ‑ all players ‑ deal with throughout their career, and it's how you are able to get through them and stuff that helps you. But, you know, it's been frustrating. I have my great days and my bad days. Q. I didn't see your match in Eastbourne, but was it...?> LINDSAY DAVENPORT: You know, it was really tough circumstances. The weather was pretty bad there for a few days and really, really, really windy, which on your first match on grass makes it even more tough. And, you know, I just wasn't real focused and didn't, you know, come in there with the right amount of intensity that I needed, and just kind of happened. But glad to get it out of my system. Q. Was today a good day or a bad day?> LINDSAY DAVENPORT: You know, it was just kind of a day I got through. I think that she served exceptional ‑ in the first set especially. And, you know, it's tough on grass when you're trying to build some momentum and trying to get used to playing on it. In women's tennis we don't have that many big servers, like they do in men's tennis. So I would rather have had a better match, hitting more groundstrokes, instead of like the one‑two rallies we were having. But I was able to get through, and you just keep looking for better days (smiling). Q. You've seen a lot of changes on the WTA Tour. Our latest installment, Larry Scott, comes in: new marketing campaign, sort of drama with the ATP and Grand Slams. What do you think of everything that's going on right now?> LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I'm really happy with every position that so far we've taken this year. I don't think there was any great need to do anything radical in the beginning. You know, you almost like to see the new guy come in and kind of get a feel for everyone's opinions.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 23, 2003 23:10:55 GMT -5
WTA's new ad campaign (including Lindsay):
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Post by Lee on Jun 25, 2003 10:27:44 GMT -5
Lindsay winning 6-3 6-1 vs Grande! Great job! Can't wait for ESPN to show her match later today! ;D ;D
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Post by Jasper on Jun 25, 2003 10:52:47 GMT -5
Lindsay had four aces, apparently no doubles, 11 more winners than errors, won 49% of her return points, had a first serve percentage of 78%, and didn't even face a break point against her! Terrific statistics... she seems to be playing much better now. Can't wait for Venus vs. Lindsay in the quarters.
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Post by vaiva on Jun 25, 2003 11:17:38 GMT -5
Yay Lindsay!
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Post by Jasper on Jun 25, 2003 15:24:05 GMT -5
Source: wimbledon.org I saw Lindsay smile a few times today and she seemed to enjoy herself on the court. Nice to see. She did play good tennis, especially in the second set.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 25, 2003 21:16:14 GMT -5
Lindsay Davenport - Day 3 Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Q. You went up a gear from 3‑3 and rattled off eight games in a row. It was a tight match until then. What made the difference at that stage?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, the first six games were close. I thought I was holding my serve pretty comfortably, though. I felt really confident in that aspect of my game, and I felt like I had a lot of chances those first few games to break.
It didn't just ‑‑ just didn't come until 3‑3. Then once I got that first break, I really felt a lot more confident and a lot more at ease on my shots.
So I think I was really close in the beginning, probably just forcing it a little bit too much.
But overall, I'm really happy with the way I played and the type of tennis I was able to play. Most importantly, I think I've found a little bit more rhythm on my serve, and then that always helps my game a lot.
Q. Your forehands were burning away, weren't they, at that point where you raced away from her?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I really felt confident. I was hitting the ball without second‑guessing myself and really forcing her on her back foot a lot, and really getting the shots that I like to have so I can set up.
So kind of match I needed to maybe get my confidence back and to get myself going in this tournament if I want to have a chance.
Q. On the negative side, you tried two or three volleys without a great deal of success. Is it something you're working on, making more volleys?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I think with grass, you want to set the tone and be coming in and be aggressive. I missed a few, but, overall, it's the right style of game for myself to be playing. Hopefully ‑‑ I won a few points at the net. Hopefully, if push comes to shove, more times than not I'll make the volley.
No, it's not the best part of my game, but I manage up there, I like to say.
Q. Would you say physically and mentally you are ready for this tournament?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I'm trying to be. I mean, physically I've been struggling with my foot for the last four to six weeks, and so my preparation wasn't exactly the way I'd want it to go. But, you know, as a tennis player you deal with injuries all the time and you run into those kind of problems along the way.
But I've done my best that I could do to get to this point, and now it's just time to play the matches and see how it all turns out.
Q. How confident are you that you can go maybe all the way?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Well, today was a big stepping stone. I was able to play the right type of tennis, the type of tennis that you need to play to be successful on grass. So it was a big, big step and a good match for me to play today. So I'm feeling a lot better today than I was yesterday, let's say, because I didn't think like I started well at all on Monday.
So you can only give yourself chances the first week of a Slam, you know. You can lose and you don't have any chance. As long as I'm still in the tournament and improving in each match, that's all I can ask.
Q. How is grass for you?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I like grass a lot. It's a surface, though, where you need to be confident to play well, or else doesn't go so well, if you let the ball play you. So if I can keep getting my confidence up and keep forcing the plays and being aggressive, it's a good surface for my game.
Q. You look, how you say, aggressive this time. Is that your game plan?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I mean, I think I was a little bit more on my toes today, a little bit more positive with my energy, and a little bit more forceful with my shots. Hopefully, I can carry that on. That was definitely supposed to be like that (smiling).
Q. You mentioned improving with every match. Do you feel you have to improve a great deal to be considered as a rival for the Williams sisters again, and even the Belgians, the two Belgians?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I mean, I feel like this year, out of probably the last six or seven, has probably been my worst year and I'm still five in the world, which is pretty funny.
But I haven't, you know, just had the same consistent results that I've had in the past, or I'm used to. I've won a title, I've been in some finals. For me, it hasn't been an overall impressive year.
But there's no question that those four players are right now at the very top of the game and the rest of us need to catch up or are trying to catch up.
For a while there, I was one of those top players that people were always trying to strive to get to. So for me it's a little bit of a different situation and one that it's kind of different to feel like.
But there's no question I'm going to have to have some big wins to get back on top.
Q. Are you relishing the challenge to try to get back?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah. I mean, I've worked hard, you know. Like I said a couple days ago, if someone told me at this point last year when I hadn't played in about eight months that I'd be back to five and, you know, still hanging in there, I would be ecstatic.
So just it's about, you know, giving myself opportunities out there and trying to play well against the better players these days.
Q. Can you just explain to us, so we don't have to look it up, the reasons for your eight‑month break.
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Oh, I had knee surgery in January of last year and I had hurt my knee in November, waited a few weeks to see if it would heal, it didn't. Then I was out for quite a while.
Q. How do you feel, A, today, and after the first game, physically how are you feeling?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I'm feeling good. I mean, my body's holding up. I have a problem with my left foot that I've carried over since Paris that will at some point this year need some surgery, but right now it's holding in there. It's an inflamed nerve called a neuroma.
It's had a lot of doctor's care on it, so far it's been feeling really good and I've had no cause to worry about it yet.
Q. Do you go into matches worrying it's going to give
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Not yet. They've told me that what they've done will probably give me like a good two months of a good foot, and it's been like three weeks, so...
Q. What have they done?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: They just ‑‑ for an inflamed nerve there's not a lot you can do except give it Cortisone once or twice. Then once that wears off, you have surgery to sever the nerve.
Q. Nice.
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah. Relishing that this year (smiling).
Q. You got married recently. Does that change your approach to the game in any way at all?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It hasn't changed my approach to the game. It's only been about two months, so, haven't played a lot of tournaments or anything.
But it's been, obviously, a wonderful time in my life and it's been a different year ‑ I mean, obviously for a lot of months where my focus was definitely on the wedding and having fun. It was a challenge to try and balance both. I think I was pretty successful this year.
For me, it's almost like a relief that the wedding is now behind me and now I can just focus on the tennis hopefully for a few months. But my husband works, and so it's ‑‑ traveling, it's a little bit lonely sometimes.
Q. He stays back at home?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah. So, you know, I adjust my schedule now to where I'm not on the road all that many weeks in a row, and I have two priorities, and I do my best to balance it both.
Q. What's his name?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: John.
Q. Have you watched the games so far to see who might give you a problem?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I've been watching matches in the locker room. I think that people change the channel quite a bit, so you catch a game or two of certain matches, but nothing ‑‑ I haven't been studying any games. So I haven't seen Venus or Serena play yet. I saw a handful of Kim's points.
I think at this point of the tournament it's too early to say if I've really been watching anybody, because it's been kind of sporadic.
Q. Do you think it's open this year?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I wouldn't call it "open." I think that Serena is still a highly regarded favorite, especially on this surface.
You know, the French Open is probably her least favorite surface, and it wasn't a huge shock to me. I mean, I thought she was the frontrunner, but still, you know, clay was the one surface she was going to maybe struggle on against Henin.
But I would think on the grass, her game is very much suited for it.
Q. So Serena's still the one to beat?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I would think.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 25, 2003 21:21:49 GMT -5
So Lindsay mentioned that her foot injury is a neuroma, and being the dork that I am I did a little research ;D Source: www.podiatryinfo.com/vphtml/neuroma.htmlNeuromas are often due to poor shoe fit and abnormal bone movement. The area between the third and fourth toes is the most commonly affected, however the area between the second and third toes is also commonly irritated. Symptoms The pain can be described as burning, tingling or cramping with occasional shooting and numbness in the toes. Symptoms usually occur during or after walking or standing. Evaluation At the doctor's office you should expect a history and physical and an examination. The doctor will squeeze your foot while pushing on the neuroma. He is testing for a "clicking" feeling as he is doing this. This "click" usually represents a thickened nerve passing between the long bones of your foot. During this test you may experience a similar tenderness to the pain you feel when walking or standing. X-rays may be used to rule out other causes of the pain. Note: Often with chronic neuroma formation, the toes will spread creating a "peace sign". This is referred to as Sullivan's sign and is due to the growing mass pressing on bone and soft tissue. Treatment Non-surgical: Orthotics: A shoe insole with special padding designed to support your foot. The padding should spread your foot in front which prevents irritation to the nerve. Shoe Changes: Tight shoes can aggravate this so shoe stretching can be of great benefit. I recommend a visit to a Board Certified Pedorthist. This person can best handle all shoe related problems and give you the attention you deserve. Physical therapy: Usually involved using ultrasound. This is good for very mild cases where the inflammation is acute. If the nerve is very thick, the pain may return after therapy is discontinued. Medication: Cortisone injections or other medication can relieve pain and swelling. Surgival: The latest data on neuromas (provided by accumulated endoscopy case studies) supports the percutaneous release of the deep transverse metatarsal ligament ONLY as a viable treatment for Mortin's neuroma. For the past 2 years, I have successfully performed this in office procedure without the use of endoscopy equipment on many patients. In fact, it has almost completely replaced the conventional neuroma surgery in my practice. The technique is very simple to perform with an over 95% success rate. The procedure is performed through a tiny incision that requires only one stitch. Because the procedure involves the release of a ligament that puts pressure on the nerve, the nerve itself does not have to be removed. The consequences of cutting this ligament are very minor. The patient should not notice any change in the function or appearance of the foot, only relief of the pain. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia. Sutures are removed in 2-5 days. Patient is able to resume normal activities very quickly and is back in regular shoes in 1-3 days for single incision procedures. (one innerspace)This procedure works in theory because the Deep transverse metatarsal ligament applies pressure to the nerve. Release of the ligament allows spreading of the metatarsals by a few millimeters which is often enough to relieve the pressure on the nerve from the sides and the top. Am happy to see that Lindsay's foot is feeling good so far, and surgery, which is inevitable, will only take a few days to recover from. I hope Davenport gets the surgery right after Wimbledon when I think she has a couple weeks break before Stanford. I want her to be fully healthy for the summer hardcourt season, when she is always at her best.
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Post by Lee on Jun 25, 2003 23:11:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, Leo! I watched the match and was so happy with Lindsay. I haven't seen her this positive for quite awhile. Go Lindsay
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Post by Lee on Jun 25, 2003 23:49:09 GMT -5
Lindsay Davenport - Day 3 Wednesday, June 25, 2003 .... Q. Can you just explain to us, so we don't have to look it up, the reasons for your eight‑month break.LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Oh, I had knee surgery in January of last year and I had hurt my knee in November, waited a few weeks to see if it would heal, it didn't. Then I was out for quite a while. .... Q. You got married recently. Does that change your approach to the game in any way at all? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It hasn't changed my approach to the game. It's only been about two months, so, haven't played a lot of tournaments or anything. But it's been, obviously, a wonderful time in my life and it's been a different year ‑ I mean, obviously for a lot of months where my focus was definitely on the wedding and having fun. It was a challenge to try and balance both. I think I was pretty successful this year. For me, it's almost like a relief that the wedding is now behind me and now I can just focus on the tennis hopefully for a few months. But my husband works, and so it's ‑‑ traveling, it's a little bit lonely sometimes. Q. He stays back at home? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah. So, you know, I adjust my schedule now to where I'm not on the road all that many weeks in a row, and I have two priorities, and I do my best to balance it both. Q. What's his name?LINDSAY DAVENPORT: John. What's wrong with reporters this day? They don't even have the basic information that most tennis fans know. Not doing any preparation before meeting a player. Even they are not Americans, they still should have the knowledge.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 26, 2003 6:50:28 GMT -5
I know, Lee! Those are such dumb questions with obvious answers. I wish us we could do the questioning since we actually know something about tennis and Lindsay.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 26, 2003 12:17:46 GMT -5
Lindsay and Lisa win their second dubs match 6-2, 6-3!
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Post by Lee on Jun 27, 2003 11:17:33 GMT -5
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Post by Jasper on Jun 27, 2003 14:06:28 GMT -5
Great win, Lindsay! Now keep improving in the later rounds.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 27, 2003 14:42:32 GMT -5
Lindsay Davenport - Day 5 Friday, June 27, 2003 Q. Was that the best you've served in a while? Cara was talking about how you completely took her out of her game because you put so much pressure on her with your serving. LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I felt today, and even the last match was probably the first match where I felt like I had a really great rhythm on my serve, wasn't in too much danger of getting broken. But I do feel like I'm hitting my spots well. And if I feel like I can hit all four spots, it seems that I go through my service games a lot more confidently and a lot easier. So it's definitely been a change the last two matches from the previous weeks. Q. Is it just being on grass? Is it that simple to explain? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Sometimes you actually feel like you don't need to do as much because the grass actually helps your serve along, makes it faster, makes it skid, so I probably relax a little bit. When my foot was bad, I was having a hard time serving and really putting pressure on my left foot. It kind of caused me at the French to really get out of sync. But I really couldn't do much about it because I really couldn't press down on my left foot. For the time being, that's cleared up. I really feel like I can use both my feet and push off a little bit easier. Q. You said before the tournament you would have to wear special shoes. Are you still having to do that? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It's just a special orthotic. The shoes are still the same. But I just have like higher orthotics. They're a lot more padded. Q. Having been to Lakers games, Ducks games where you can't avoid noise, it's just everywhere, would you like to see tennis be more that way, where there's music on changeovers, or do you like the fact that it's relatively a staid spectator sport? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I have no problems with really trying to liven tennis up. On changeovers I think anything goes in the tournaments. If they want to play music, I think that's fine. I think, though, while a point is in progress, the reactions that we get from the sound of the ball coming off the other person's racquet, and the concentration it takes, I really think it does need to be quiet during points. I don't know in basketball if the sound is that big of an issue. But for tennis, it's pretty amazing how big a difference it does make. But as far as doing things when the point's not in progress, I think it probably should be opened up a little bit more. Q. Is that the difference between tennis and golf, whereas golf they're hitting a stationary object, so you could make a case that they don't need the silence or quiet as much as you guys do in tennis? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I mean, it's pretty remarkable because I know I've seen Tiger a lot of times, if a photographer's clicking, it really bothers him. So maybe in golf - I've never played golf, I would have no idea if I could play with noise or without noise. But in tennis, I know, sometimes during a warm‑up, they turn the music up pretty loud. It's pretty funny because it does cause quite a difference in how you react ‑ for me anyway. Q. What is the rowdiest crowd you ever played in front of? Do you remember the circumstances? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Oh, gosh, put me on the spot, because I know I've played in front of some. I'll have to think about that. Shoot. Ask me at the end. Q. Venus played very well today. Does a buzz go through the locker room that maybe she's back, maybe what happened here in the semifinals last year, sisters wiping the others out? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I think a lot of people were talking about the Petrova‑Williams match today. I think a lot of people, you know, predicted a very close match. I think that Venus needs to feel some kind of pressure for her to really go out there and concentrate and play well. I actually thought she would dominate the match because I thought she would be fired up for the match, be ready, knows her opponent, knows she's dangerous, be up to the challenge for that. I didn't see much because I was playing at the same time. But from the score line, it sounds like she lifted her game a lot, probably played the best match she played in a few weeks or months. Q. Does that frighten other opponents? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I don't think so. I mean, I don't know. I can't speak for the other players. It doesn't really frighten me. I mean, I've seen the Williams. Serena struggled so badly the first round at the Australian Open. You kind of know they're going to get their game on as a tournament goes on. They've seemed to do that the last few years no problem. They struggle in the early rounds and kind of pick it up as the tournament goes on. Q. Those two semifinals being so one‑sided last year, anything tactically, not just in the ability to hit the ball hard, anything tactically you could see doing to have made those two matches closer? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I did not follow Wimbledon at all last year. I don't know who played, who they wiped out or anything. Q. Henin and Mauresmo. LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I mean, I think that the grass is going to be the most difficult surface to beat them on. I think that the grass really helps their serve. They hit the ball extraordinary hard anyway. On top of that, the grass is going to make it more difficult to control their balls. I've said I thought the clay would be the one surface they would be the most vulnerable on. Tactically, I don't know. I haven't really watched them play all that much in the last few matches here on the grass. You have to serve well. You have to be able to go out there and hold your serve against them. To even get a shot at breaking them, the only chance you're going to get to break them is if you're keeping it close and you're feeling like you can always hold, you can go for your returns a little bit more. I think you've got to start with that. Q. Have you looked at your next match? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah. I mean, I know I play Asagoe. I don't know very much about her at all. I got sucked into that third set the other night, so that was the first time I saw her play and really the only time I saw her play, when she played Hantuchova. It's going to be a match for me that I will be able to dictate. I mean, I think I can attack her serve. I think I can attack her balls, feel like the ball's in my court in that match if I'm playing well and moving forward and attacking balls. It should be a good match. But I know she hits the ball pretty hard, flat and low. Just going to have to be moving into the court, I think. Q. Can you talk about what it's like to come here as a former champion, as opposed to maybe some of the other places? Are there places you can go that others can't, and do you take advantage of the perks that come with having won here? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I really don't. I know that there's a members enclosure that I have not visited. I have not been to the members seating on Centre Court or Court No. 1. I feel like maybe that's kind of for after I'm done playing. I was joking about it a couple weeks ago. It's a great tournament. They treat their former champions so well. You're always getting invited back with tickets and passes. It would be a huge honor. It would be a lot of fun to be able to bring my daughter or son here in a number of years, be able to do everything that the former champions are there doing. At this point in my career, I would really feel awkward putting on a nice dress and going for lunch in the members enclosure. Q. How is the toe holding up?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: It's been really good. I mean, the doctor was pretty confident that I would have a couple months where the cortisone would really take down some of the pain. But it will flare back up eventually. There's only so many times that you can inject cortisone in a certain area.
He was confident, though, I should be able to get through November with another injection or two, then I'll probably do the surgery the day after I'm out ‑ hopefully if I make it ‑ The Championships.
Q. Does that mean Australia is a possibility?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Then I would be okay for Australia. I think I'm mobile for about four weeks. That would still give me five or six weeks to get ready. That's the plan.Q. Do you have an answer for the question on the crowd? LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I was thinking (laughter). I played Henin one time at the French Open in '99. There were I don't know how many Belgians that came in there. I never heard of her. She was kind of the underdog and got the crowd going. The French sometimes just keep going with their cheers. I didn't get whistled or booed or anything like that. You know, sometimes in Fed Cup, some Fed Cup matches in Spain have been pretty brutal. But nothing to the point where I've ever felt too bad. I'll think, though (smiling).
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Post by Lee on Jun 27, 2003 21:41:51 GMT -5
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I really don't. I know that there's a members enclosure that I have not visited. I have not been to the members seating on Centre Court or Court No. 1. I feel like maybe that's kind of for after I'm done playing. I was joking about it a couple weeks ago. It's a great tournament. They treat their former champions so well. You're always getting invited back with tickets and passes. It would be a huge honor. It would be a lot of fun to be able to bring my daughter or son here in a number of years, be able to do everything that the former champions are there doing. Wonder how she definites 'a number of years'. I have the feeling that if she win a GS, she will retire really soon. And start producing future giant Leaches.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 28, 2003 8:51:31 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be great if the "future giant Leaches" became tennis players and dominated the sport for a decade? One little Jon and one little Lindsay. Hehe. ;D
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Post by Jasper on Jun 28, 2003 12:02:19 GMT -5
Lisa and Lindsay win their doubles match today 6-3, 6-4. Lisa should be even more determined to do well in the dubs now that she is out of singles.
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Post by Jasper on Jun 28, 2003 22:23:13 GMT -5
They said on ESPN today that Lindsay had a little car trouble the other day. I guess the tourney officials moved her car from where it was not properly parked but she didn't know and thought it was stolen! But it's okay now, she got it back. ;D
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Post by Lee on Jun 30, 2003 8:14:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lee on Jun 30, 2003 9:08:33 GMT -5
Wimbledon-Davenport crushes Asogoe to reach last eight 2003-06-30 13:39:00 GMT (Reuters) By Gideon Long LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Former champion Lindsay Davenport swept through to a quarter-final against Venus Williams at Wimbledon on Monday with a crushing 6-4 6-1 defeat of Japan's Shinobu Asagoe. Davenport, champion here in 1999, broke serve in the opening game of the match and wrapped up the first set in 29 minutes under a brooding grey sky. The fifth seed stepped up a gear in the second, winning it in just 17 minutes before the rain, which had delayed the start of the match, started to fall again. "We were really eager to get out there and get back in again, just in case its started raining," Davenport said afterwards. Asagoe, who beat ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova in the second round last week, had no answer to the American's searing groundstrokes and failed to take a single point off Davenport's serve in the second set. "I think my serve is getting better," said Davenport. "I've served well here and I haven't been broken much in the last few matches." Asked about her clash with the elder of the Williams sisters, she said: "I'm going to just go out there and try to be aggressive, and try to serve well above all." ------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading this makes me feel better of Lindsay's chance vs Venus in QF
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Post by Lee on Jun 30, 2003 11:48:26 GMT -5
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Post by Jasper on Jun 30, 2003 21:47:10 GMT -5
Lindsay is in both the singles and doubles quarterfinals! Good Luck to her! I'm so pumped for Venus-Lindsay tomorrow. Lee, you'll have to cheer for her alone. I'll be out of town for a week and a half. Bye!!
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