The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

A lot of these young girls, they dont even know what the game is about. They have never seen a drop shot, a slice and all the mixture and variety I have.

Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image.

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'

I went through very emotional things this year, like being in the French Open finals already feeling like you got it and kind of losing it.