Seriously. I'm not playing to prove anything to journalists. I'm playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.

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

When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.

Success is a nice thing because it always means you've taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.

Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.

Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there is always something you can improve. [Y]ou have to put in a lot of sacrifice and effort for sometimes little reward but you have to know that, if you put in the right effort, the reward will come.

My heart is in South Africa, through my mum. My mum being from here, me spending a lot of time here as well, I feel most connected to this part of the world.