Nadia Petrova
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"Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova" (; born June 8, 1982, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russians/Russian professional tennis player.

Overall, she has won 37 WTA Titles, 13 in singles and 24 in doubles. In singles, Petrova reached a career-high ranking of world no. 3 in May 2006, and reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005. In doubles, she won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004 with Meghann Shaughnessy, and in 2012 with Maria Kirilenko. With Kirilenko, she also won the bronze medal in the women's doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics. , Petrova was ranked world no. 16 in singles and world no. 3 in doubles.

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We both were on and off, ... We both had some great points and we both had some bad - a lot of unforced errors. But we both fought hard and stuck to the end.

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

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[Petrova charged back and had two points to level the set at 5-5 but double-faulted and missed an easy backhand.] I felt if I could get that game, she would be fragile, ... that I could have won the match.

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I had everything in my hands. I had 40-15 up. I felt if I could get the game, I would win the match.

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Not at all. I think I can say it can be frustrating to be No. 1 and having no Grand Slam titles. I'm happy where I am and I still have a lot of years to go. I know one day soon the title will come and there will be more to follow.

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In the beginning it was difficult. I haven't been playing well.

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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.

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I had 40-15 up, I had everything in my hands, ... I don't know where the double fault came from, then I made two errors.

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