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

It's always tough when you lose - you've worked so hard for that moment and it hasn't gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there's always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.

I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It's been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.

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.

I never really had an idol.

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

I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.