Anastasia Potapova: The essential thing is not to get lost and not to be vain – Tennis News

On the last day of the competition, she played up to three games – first a single tense final, which in 2 hours 19 minutes lost against Olga Danilovich (5: 7, 7: 6, 4: 6), then postponed from Saturday because of semifinal thunderstorm in a pair in which she and Vera Zvonareva defeated Natalia Vihlyantseva and Katerina Kozlov , then the final pair matches against Galina Voskoboeva and Alexandra Panova, concluded with a convincing victory (6: 0, 6: 3).

– Day, of course, stood out magnificent. Even despite the defeat in the final singles. I want to say thank you to everyone who supported me – it's a team, a family, friends and all the fans. It was a great day and all week, says Potapova

– It's clear that it's not very pleasant to lose, but what will you defeat in final?

– Maybe you have to take more of your own and do not relax at all costs, even when you lead 5-0

– Was this final special for your rival Olga Danilovich, whom you have known for a long time? [19659004] – For the history of tennis this final was usually special. But if I proceed from my feelings, I have not felt anything special. The final is a completely different match

– Danilovich refused to answer the question of what you were talking about, squeezing the net after the finals, granting you that right

– She told us remembered that we knew each other friend for years seven-eight and have always been in a warm relationship. We thought it was a super final and not our last game, including the final. In a word, they said they were beautiful things (smiles)

– What does it mean for you the first WTA title you won in the pair?

– I'm madly happy now you will not say it. But still I went to the central court four times a day, if you plan on warming up. I especially want to thank Vera for the fact that she started playing with me. Still I am still small and I have little experience. For its part, it was a risk, but we won, and it was very healthy.

– You said in an interview that the grandmother who brought you to tennis sometimes regrets it. What did you mean?

– Of course, this does not apply to victories and days like today. It's about what I live to get there. What suffering, in fact, it costs me. Of course, if I lightly open the curtain of all these achievements, I think anyone will say, "I will not give my child tennis or any other professional sport." Every day, you break. Somewhere crying at the training, because you are very tired. But for the days that I have today, I'm ready to endure just about anything, anything – thousands of tears, a hurricane, a tsunami. For that, I am ready for everything …