I've always found the rain very calming.

I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.

It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage.

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.

I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.

I am someone who likes to stay positive.

Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.