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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
There's no doubt Milos Raonic will be a very tough final opponent, after all he beat [ Roger] Federer on Centre Court to get there.
You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.
It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am.
My mom is my great supporter. It's always nice to have her around. She can cook. It's nice to have some home-cooked food sometimes.
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.
What made my matches against Borg and Connors interesting was, comparing it to boxing, it was like a puncher and a counter-puncher.
Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.
The information we need is not available. The information we want is not what we need. The information we have is not what we want.
But I have been hitting for a week now and trying to get back into some sort of routine because I need to play well at tournaments.
My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia.
I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day
I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.
As a tennis player, you have a record, and that is what counts. I feel like I enjoyed myself, and I'm proud of what I accomplished.
I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.
My fridge is really just vegan: coconut water, Gatorade (my favorite!), cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheat grass.
I love the game, and I do not feel that I have sacrificed anything. On the contrary, I feel privileged to do something that I love.
It's nice I inspire the kids. tThat's the most important thing, and more people are now playing tennis, even for fun. That's great.
I don't wear makeup on the court, but I always wear sunblock. I love getting done up and wearing makeup away from the court though!
Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there (Wimbledon). When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there.
What I'm doing, with my image, I have my perfumes. I've had that for almost 20 years, and I have like 14, 15 different perfumes now.
There is no game like the direct attack. Fancy strokes, while effective to watch, do not bring the results a fast driving game does.
I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time. I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.
I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time; I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.
Players are saying, 'I don't have to have a coach who has only played a little bit. Instead, I can have somebody who won something'.
The thing I would hate myself for the most or regret the most is if I did not push myself to maximize my potential and my abilities.
I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.
Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.
To win a Grand Slam, you have to win seven matches in a row, and it's very different physically and mentally from other tournaments.
I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.
I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.
I'm trying not to focus on the height of my opponent, just to play my tennis and to open the angles because it's the most important.
I've tried to learn something from other players and how they are really focused on the Grand Slams. I couldn't do that in the past.
If you start to hesitate with your game, if you start to not go completely with your plan, then it's tough to play your best tennis.
I was part of the David Lloyd Academy and when I was 16-17 years old I got to practise with Stefan Edberg and that really helped me.
Everyone thinks my name is Jerry Laitis and they call me Mr Laitis. What can you do when you have a name that sounds like a disease?
My fitness trainer's English, my physio's English, some of my friends are English. I don't have a problem with English people at all.
When I get the questions, I answer what I can answer. If they ask me about the match, I cannot really say that I like eating bananas.
Some players feel that winning is everything and that losing is a disaster. Not me. I want the spectators to take home a good memory.
Twenty days ago my physio asked me if I was if I never think that I can win a Grand Slam or be in final of Grand Slam, and I said no.
In Argentina at various tournaments, it's great. Every day it's full, everybody's crazy about tennis, everybody wants to play tennis.
It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit.
I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis.
I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.
As architects we're trained to solve problems, but I don't really believe in architectural problems. I only believe in opportunities.
That's what really seems to be the more difficult aspect - to have the men break through and challenge the best players in the world.
I'll just let the hair speak for itself. It's got a Twitter account, so it actually does more speaking than I probably do on Twitter.