So being a harsh critic I know what I need to work on between now and the Open. It's getting out there, hitting a lot of loose shots, a lot of loose forehands. And if I can do that I'm going to be looking good for the Open. |
That's a match I should win, but if I'd attacked more it would have been a straight-sets win to me, |
That's a match you should win, |
The more matches I can play the better. I can definitely get back. |
The next few months are very important for me, and I have to stay positive and keep working hard. I think about last summer a lot because it was such a fun and successful time. |
The reason I?m playing here is because I feel I would rather substitute matches for practice, ... I think it?s really important to be out there in match situations. |
The timing couldn't have been worse, basically, ... I was playing the best tennis of my life. I was struck down with quite an unusual illness. |
The way I win is by being aggressive, very pro-active and I wasn't today. |
We're very good friends. The time that I was home for four or five months (with an ear infection this year), Svetlana would be one of the players, one of my friends who would ring every week, |
When you get a lot of confidence, no matter where you are on the court, you feel like you can hit the ball as hard as you like and it's going to hit that line or hit that corner, |