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

I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.

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

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 wasnt the case. I struggled.

I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did.

We all had, at some point, matches we should have won and we didn't and that's the game. That's just the way the sport is. Otherwise, if everything was written before, we don't need to play.

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.