Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.

I don't worry about what my opponent is doing.

My next goal is to be number one in the world.

There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.

I had so many outs in my career. I could have said, I don’t need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories; I have Grand Slams. But when your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when it’s freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief sometimes isn’t there from the outside world, and you seem so small. But you can achieve great things when you don’t listen to all those things.

I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.