Anna Kournikova beats Tamarine Tanasugarn
2:6, 6:4, 10:8
November 9, 2003
About the back injury:
"This
injury is chronic. I'm glad I still played well, although I haven't played
in a match for so long. The back is OK today, but tomorrow it's going to be
some sore because there were some long rallies."
"I still love tennis and want to play, but I
have a chronic back condition which makes it impossible to play more than
week at a time."
"As an athlete you must expect injuries and you
have to learn how to deal with it, but it is very frustrating. But I really
enjoyed playing against Tammy."
Retirement rumours:
"I wasn't
saying I was going to retire. I said I was just trying to do some shows and
people made it the headline. I think there are many professional [actresses]
already."
The future:
"Now everything else is secondary for me as I still want to play tennis. I
will try to do everything medically to get back within the first quarter of
next year. Now I have to wait for the condition to get better, which is very
frustrating."
"That [surgery] is one of the options I'm looking at. I hate needles, but I have to look at everything."
"When there is no information about me there
will always be rumours. I should hold up a sign. My number one
priority is tennis. That's what I want to do, far above anything else."
her trip to India on November 11, 2003:
"It will be a surprise."
About Thailand:
"People here
are great. The food here is good. It's quite hot but I like it. I would love
to come back here and stay longer."
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