I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.

I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.

No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.

I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

I'm not fighting with myself.

All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.