I haven't lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

I didn't start a war. Nobody died.

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

So this is it. Match point for eternity.

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.