I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

I always believe if you're stuck in a hole and maybe things aren't going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.

Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.

I'm proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.

You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.

The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I've played well on Suzanne Lenglen, on the other courts. But the Chatrier court is really, really big, and I just haven't had enough play on it. Maybe I come here next year and play a week on this court, if I can, if the French Federation lets me. We'll see. I've been playing well in other tournaments, in Davis Cup on clay. So for me it's not the surface, it's rather maybe the court.

My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it's the one I've won all the points with.