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.

You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it's important to have a bit of both.

You live during the match, and you have strong emotions, but you don't want to get too overexcited. My body's totally flat now. I cannot move anymore. I'm totally exhausted, just because of the tension out there.

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

You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.

But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season.

One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.