I know you are reporters and I know this is your job, but, you know, take your note pads, take your pencils down, take your grunt-o-meters down, the fashion police, put everything away and just watch the match, you know, from just the fans' perspective. I seriously think that the quality of the match today was great.

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.

I have a very big sweet tooth and I love treating myself to something that I wouldn't necessarily eat during the tournament such as a nice-sized cake.

There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.