What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.

I have learnt to be even more patient.

It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.

It doesn't need to be the same every day, doesn't need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I've always been very flexible. I don't care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.

I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.

The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.

I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.