My coach told me I had to expect, you know, some long rallies and stuff. So, you know, I was ready for this.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it.

It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors.

When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. It was three years between the junior ranks and reaching the Australian Open, and even then, having reached the final against Hingis, I wasn't really realising what it would take to go higher.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

The day I stop feeling the pressure and I'm just enjoying myself and taking it easy is when I'm 35, asking for a wild card and playing mixed doubles with Arnaud Clement.