That's what I love in tennis -- the competition and the tension. It helps me to be 100 percent. |
The beginning of the year, I've been very consistent. I won a lot of matches. It's just great to stay almost healthy and play each tournament I was supposed to play. So I hope it's going to keep going for me like this. The main goal is to stay healthy. It's my biggest challenge right now. |
The conditions were pretty difficult (on Thursday) and worse (Wednesday), |
The conditions were pretty difficult today and worse yesterday. But I did serve a couple of double faults. But when my first serve is in I win a lot of points, so I need to be very focused on that and I'm sure I'll serve better, I hope, next match. |
The game has improved so much now. There is a lot of power in women's tennis. That's the big difference from the time she played three years ago...I think the level she has right now is pretty good because she doesn't have a lot of matches. |
The past four months have been challenging. I have worked hard to try and get back onto the court as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, however, my body just needs more rest. The only thing I can say is that I wish everyone the best of luck in San Diego and Montreal. I love both of these tournaments and hope to be back there next year. |
They just told us two minutes before walking on court. So at the beginning, I think it was tough to get used to it because it's pretty different conditions. But I think it was much better for both of us and for the crowd also. It was very, very hot today. It was very humid. That was the hardest for both of us. It was pretty hot at the beginning and then started to cool down a little bit after one set. |
We cannot say that the first week is easy for the top seeds. We could see very difficult results in the first rounds, and a lot of difficulties for the top-seed players. |
We know each other pretty well. There are no big surprises in our game for the other, it's going to be interesting. |
We played a great match. It's very intense physically, especially in the first set and at the end of the match. |
We were pretty close when were younger, ... but when you become professional, it's hard to keep the friendship. But we have a lot of respect for each other. |
We'll have to look at the calendar. It's always very hard to predict what's going to happen; let's go step by step. |
What I think right now doesn't matter. We will see that on the court. I think I'm ready for this. |
When I arrived here I was coming to play a couple of matches and get my confidence back. I think it's just great to come back this way. |
When I play really aggressive, go to the net a lot, I win a lot of points. So I have to keep going this way. |