Who will play? Will Dushevina defend her title?
"So I lost my doubles today. I'm not the typical doubles player to say the least. To be honest I really don't know how to play doubles at all. I have the strokes I guess, I can volley, I serve well and I can play quite fast when I want (fast to the fence is my favorite one) but I cross when no normal human being would cross and I stand and watch the ball when I really should have crossed. I don't know where I stand and I definitely don't know where to run. Yeah, doubles is an art for itself and I never was an artist nor will I become one."
lthough I cannot add anything for winning a doubles match, some of the poor players I played with are assured of having double the fun in a match (makes sense to me, having double the fun in a doubles match). You know how people joke and try to be funny to hide their insecurities? Right here! And you know how players laugh and act as if they don't care losing a match to make it less disappointing? Right here! I really hate losing, especially doubles, because if you're bad at something doesn't really mean you have to lose at it, does it? I don't know but I definitely know I have to get some practice lessons in doubles, any volunteers?"
Andrea Petkovic