If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.

In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.

When you get older, if you are healthy, is not a problem. If you don't have the health, then you go home.

I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I've moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.