Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't.

I just want to make everyone happy.

'I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive...

If you're losing, just be a man, be a man and lose as a man. Don't pretend that you are injured and then you start running around and start to hit winners, and then all of a sudden you pull the hands up in the air after winning the match. I mean, what kind of sportsman are you? What kind of man are you?

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

But normally when you talk to yourself [on court] you say; 'I love you, you're a good guy, but don't miss next time, okay.'

I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.