It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that's just the way it is.

I was very disappointed (at the U.S. Open), and I went out there and I worked really hard.

I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.

I personally love Jennifer Lawrence. She's an amazing actress, but so young and fresh and youthful.

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'm just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don't want to lose.

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.