I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better..

There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it..

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well..

The day I stop feeling the pressure and I'm just enjoying myself and taking it easy is when I'm 35, asking for a wild card and playing mixed doubles ….

The more kilos you have to move around, the more it weighs on your knees. Then of course in terms of stamina, the way you move around, it's a little ….

When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out ….

It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors..

Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the ….

My coach told me I had to expect, you know, some long rallies and stuff. So, you know, I was ready for this..

I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long tim….

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great..

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good..

Another factor is the education and culture in which you grow up. I didn't grow up in the culture of victory, where you are expected to be or have to….

Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in….

Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis..

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore..

When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out ….

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up..

All the people that still believed in me, after seven years - it's a long time..

I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did..

If you are not physically strong, it's difficult. But at the same time, I think you need something more than that; you need to vary your shots, as Ju….