I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.

Christ will always accept the faith that puts its trust in Him

Obviously you try to keep as much of your private life as private as you can.

When a lot of things are going the wrong way for a country, for a people, when you can't really think of anything worse than a war, you always try to take life on the brighter side and that's how I grew up with my parents.

However well I return, opportunities will probably be few and far and I need to be ruthless.

A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.

This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well at the Masters Series and the grand slams. I dont have any ranking points to defend for the first few months of the year so if I do well over the next few weeks then Ive got a chance of doing it.